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Kandy Police are conducting investigations into an incident where an individual entered a gem testing, certification and sales center on E. L. Senanayake Veediya, Kandy, in broad daylight, sprayed an unknown liquid onto the businessman’s face and fled with a box containing gems valued at around Rs.6 million.
A Sri Lankan passenger who was illegally bringing in a consignment of foreign-made cigarettes worth 5.7 million rupees into the country and was taking them out of the Katunayake Airport was arrested by officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau in the early hours of yesterday (13) morning.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday quashed Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve in January, a severe blow to an investigation that has already attracted strong criticism on Capitol Hill.
Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Sicko financier Jeffrey Epstein had long been linked to a “macabre and strange” ranch in New Mexico, an Upper East Side townhouse that ultimately sold for a massive listing discount and his twisted “Pedophile Island” in the US Virgin Islands.
A federal judge in a scathing ruling blocked subpoenas issued by a grand jury to the Federal Reserve as part of a criminal investigation of Chair Jerome Powell.
One of the most wanted drug kingpins in South America, Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, has been arrested in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, after a morning raid involving hundreds of police officers.
The troubled son of Cyndi Lauper who was busted with a loaded gun during a Harlem shooting dodged a lengthy prison sentence Friday when he finally copped to the weapon charge.
Bandits swiped a jaw-dropping $50,000 worth of walnuts from two trucks parked in the Bronx — baffling state police, who want food-world folks to help them catch the crooks.
The government of Brazil has revoked the visa of Darren Beattie, a far-right adviser to United States President Donald Trump who had planned to visit ex-President Jair Bolsonaro in his prison cell in Brasilia.
Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and Israeli aggression and the killing of civilians
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of an Alabama man who died after police shocked him with a Taser multiple times in 2023.
Here is the face of hate — images of the Michigan shooter who tried to murder toddlers at a Jewish preschool, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Friday, along with details about his ties to Hezbollah.
FILEL - Former New York state trooper Christopher Baldner, who is charged in the death of an 11-year-old girl, leaves the court room during his trial Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 in Kingston, N.Y. (AP Photo/Michael Hill, File)
Alon-Lee Green, the cofounder of the Palestinian-Jewish activist group Standing Together tried to organise a protest against his country’s war on Iran on Thursday. It was the second attempt, he said, after the first had been broken up by the police.
The ex-president, who is serving a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup, was moved from prison to a hospital in Brasilia
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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
It was an android “arrest.”
Israel has launched a new phase of its assault on Iran, targeting checkpoints manned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) based on tip-offs from informants on the ground, Reuters is reporting, citing a source briefed on Israel's military strategy.
The United States has filed a declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), explicitly rejecting the allegation that the country is committing genocide in Gaza.
Aaron Judge de los Yankees de Nueva York batea un sencillo ante los Azulejos de Toronto en un juego de pretemporada, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026, en Dunedin, Florida. (AP Foto/Chris O’Meara)
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The Lebanese health ministry is reporting that at least 773 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Lebanon since Israel renewed its assault on the country on 2 March.
South African soldiers deployed to high-crime areas have dismantled illegal gold mining operations in a community near Johannesburg this week, forcing some illegal miners to flee and abandon their equipment, according to authorities.
EU member states are obliged to amend the data on gender in the identification documents of citizens who have undergone a sex change, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled.
EU member states are obliged to amend the data on gender in the identification documents of citizens who have undergone a sex change, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled.
Experts say Trump's decision to sue over his leaked tax returns risks putting him in charge of arranging his own payout.
Old Dominion terrorist Mohamed Bailor Jalloh had been serving time in federal prison up till 2024 for helping plot a heinous attack against the US — but ended up being cut loose early, records show.
A jealous dad allegedly admitted to blowing up his house while his girlfriend and their children were inside — saying he planned to kill them all to see them in “hell,” according to police.
A pedophile who was hit with a more than 300-year sentence for sexually abusing children as young as 5-years-old admitted his sick desires are “always going to be there” — but was granted early release anyway under a controversial law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Police stood guard Thursday afternoon outside a building on the campus of Old Dominion University in Virginia, where authorities say the shooter killed one person and injured two others. The shooter also died.
Accusations were false and primary cause of major meat supplier ‘panicking’ and cancelling contract, Victorian judge finds on balance of probabilities
Sealed section names officials who drafted unlawful debt recovery scheme – and who were referred to corruption watchdog for further investigation
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge connects for a single off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Hahn during the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Dunedin, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
The Big 12 has reverted back to the hardwood already, retiring its bizarre LED glass court idea for now.
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
Harish Rana was comatose and bedridden for over a decade. Now, the Supreme Court has ruled that his ‘endless misery’ can finally end
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A Texas judge said she was manhandled while attending a concert at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo this week after staffers refused to let her access a VIP area and escorted her out of the venue.
Mr. S. Satheestharan has been appointed as a High Court Judge, the Presidential Secretariat confirmed. The letter of appointment was presented to him by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this morning (13) at the Presidential Secretariat.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) deals a massive blow to financial syndicates on March 13, 2026, following the arrest of a suspect and the seizure of approximately ₱12 billion in counterfeit US dollar notes and treasury bills during a high-stakes sting in Pasay City.
Equipment used at a scam center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A fire erupted at the entrance to a synagogue in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam early Friday morning and police said they were treating it as arson.
Austrian officials took action after airline ignored court order to pay €890 to unnamed women
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Miss Universe 2013 third runner-up Ariella Arida blended poise and precision on the pickleball court, showing that beauty and sporting excellence can go hand in hand as she captured two gold medals in the Kosmas Pickle Fest 2026 Adult Categories at the Net and Paddle courts here Thursday.
Sri Lanka’s largest underground water source has been discovered during tube well drilling carried out near the Pitabeddara Police Station, according to the National Water Supply and Drainage Board.
South African National Defense Force soldiers and police officers load recovered generators and machinery left behind by illegal miners, during a patrol in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)