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UNP refuses Law and Order state ministerial post!

President Maithripala Sirisena had agreed to award the state ministerial post of the Law and Order Ministry to the UNP, but the UNP had turned down the offer. மேலும் படிக்க...

President calls emergency Cabinet meeting

President Maithripala Sirisena has called an emergency Cabinet meeting this evening, sources told Ada Derana. The emergency meeting is slated to be held at மேலும் படிக்க...

Iraq to identify remains from Daesh graves in Yazidi area

Iraqi authorities will begin identifying the remains of 141 people exhumed from mass graves in the Yazidi region of Sinjar, the head of Baghdad’s forensic மேலும் படிக்க...

Two Canadian women kidnapped from golf club in Ghana

Two Canadian women have been abducted in Ghana, police said Thursday, a rare attack in a country seen as one of the most secure in the West African region. The மேலும் படிக்க...

Isis claims sub-Saharan attacks in a sign of African ambitions

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for two attacks by militants in sub-Saharan Africa in less than 24 hours, suggesting the continent is central to the மேலும் படிக்க...

I was asked not to attend SC meetings

Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara who was sent on compulsory leave says he did not attend the meetings of the Security Council after the 23rd of மேலும் படிக்க...

Easter Sunday petitions to be heard before a full bench

The Supreme Court today determined that all petitions put forth pertaining to the Easter Sunday attacks will be taken up before a seven member bench on the மேலும் படிக்க...

Saudi Arabia, UAE urge new talks in Sudan as death toll rises to 100

Saudi Arabia and the UAE raised concerns regarding the deteriorating situation in Sudan and urged all Sudanese parties to resume talks. Saudi Arabia said on மேலும் படிக்க...

Egypt: Troops kill 14 militants day after ISIS attack in Sinai

Egypt says security forces killed 14 militants while pursuing attackers behind an assault on a police checkpoint in northern Sinai that authorities said left மேலும் படிக்க...

Report on Saudi, UAE and Norwegian tanker attacks to be presented to UN Security Council

The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Norway will present to the UN Security Council on Thursday the results of a joint probe into attacks targeting four மேலும் படிக்க...