Lankan refugee sentenced to 20 years’ jail for murder in Australia
A man found guilty of the stabbing murder of a fellow Sri Lankan refugee in Adelaide’s north has been…
Category: FOREIGN
Obama Admits US Gun Laws Are His ‘Biggest Frustration’
President Barack Obama has admitted that his failure to pass “common sense gun safety laws” in the US is the…
London’s Metropolitan Police must speak Sinhala
Aspiring police constables must speak a second language to join London’s Metropolitan police under a month-long pilot scheme. Scotland…
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‘Oldest’ Koran Fragments Found in U.K. [Images Inc…]
Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the U.K. said Tuesday they may have found fragments from one of…
7th Conference on the Heads of SAARCSTAT
The maiden conference of heads of the National Statistical Organizations (SAARCSTAT) of the countries of South Asian region was…
US Strike kills senior Al-Qaeda leader in Syria
The Pentagon said today, that the alleged leader of Al-Qaeda’s Khorasan Group was killed in an air strike by…
Suspected LTTE Operative Arrested In Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu police on Monday night arrested a suspected LTTE operative who is believed to have served as one…
Chinese Naval Vessels in Indian Ocean Is No Threat to Regional Stability
Justifying the docking of Chinese submarines in Karachi and Colombo, a Chinese think tank questioned criticism in India of…
Rebel shelling kills at least 100 in Yemen, aid group head says
Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen randomly shelled a town Sunday outside of Aden after losing control of…
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Update: Blast in Turkish border town kills 27 people: interior ministry [Images Inc…]
An explosion has killed at least 10 people at a cultural centre in the southern Turkish town of Suruc near…
“Iran nuclear deal does not ‘prevent military option” – US
US defense secretary has said that Military action could still be used to prevent Iran developing a nuclear bomb,…
Yemen conflict: Dozens killed in Aden heavy rocket-shelling
At least 43 people have been killed in shelling by Yemeni Houthi rebels in the southern city of Aden.…
Greek debt crisis: Germany ‘may consider’ debt relief
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is prepared to consider further debt concessions to Greece once its latest economic…
Thousands urged to flee as Typhoon hits Japan
Japanese authorities urged at least 350 thousand people to flee as Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southern Japan. It…
Multiple suicide bombs blamed on Boko Haram kill 64 people in northeastern Nigeria
Multiple suicide bombs blamed on Boko Haram kill 64 people in northeastern Nigeria. Nigerian officials say suicide bombs have…