International

Colombo: Indian tourists are among visitors from 40 countries who will be granted free on-arrival visas valid for 30 days, the Sri Lankan government announced Monday. The Department of Immigration and Emigration said all visitors, including nationals from the 40 countries as well as those...

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to the Taj Mahal Monday drew a sharp reaction from an Iranian consulate in India, which said, "if Rubio knew" its history or architecture, "he wouldn't have posed for a picture" at the monument in Agra....

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Monday received a call from Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Majid Takht Ravanchi, during which they discussed the ongoing developments in the region and also reviewed the bilateral cooperation. “Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri received a call from...

Colombo: India has surpassed the UK to emerge as Sri Lanka's second-largest export market in January-April this year, the Export Development Board said here today. The US remains the island country's largest export market. "India has consolidated its position as Sri Lanka's second-largest export destination,...

Beijing/Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday met Chinese President Xi Jinping, who hailed Beijing's "unbreakable" friendship with Islamabad and commended Pakistan for taking the initiative to play a mediating role in restoring peace in West Asia. During the meeting at the Great Hall of the...

Karachi: At least 24 people are feared dead and many injured after a powerful explosion ripped through a shuttle train in Pakistan's Balochistan province Sunday, officials said. The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the blast in Quetta, the capital city of...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Sunday said that negotiations between the US and Iran are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, but he has told the negotiators not to rush into a deal and that time is on our side. In a post on...

Beijing: A joint China-Nepal scientific expedition has completed the first full-depth ice core drilling at the summit of Mt Everest to collect samples for understanding climate and environmental changes in ultra-high-altitude areas. Members of the joint expedition conducted scientific sampling work, including ice core drilling,...

Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay: Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that is still in doubt. US President Donald Trump has lashed...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv Sunday that killed at least two people, marking the third time the weapon has been used in the four-year war....