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Katunayake Airport Police arrested a Chinese national at a casino in Colombo Fort yesterday (30) for stealing $9,900 (approximately Rs. 3.1 million) from the Chief Immigration Doctor of the Russian Federation during a flight from Abu Dhabi.
Aguruwathota Police stated that four women who were travelling on motorcycles after consuming alcohol have been arrested in the Remuna area.
A man who was selling and in possession of Government-approved foreign liquor without a licence was arrested last weekend by the Island-wide Excise Special Operations Unit.
Sri Lanka’s leading sports hydration brand Yeti Isotonic, partnered with the Negombo Rifle Club (NRC) as its official hydration partner at the recently concluded Sharpshooter 2026 held in Kandy. Sharpshooter 2026 is one of Sri Lanka’s premier shooting competitions, organised by the Hill Country Sports Shooting Club.…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has cast doubt on accusations by the United States that Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha collaborated with the Sinaloa drug cartel after US prosecutors charged him with having ties to organised crime.
A collision of two motorcycles on the main road of Nattandiya town resulted in the death of one motorcyclist, Marawila Police said.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Six transgender Idaho residents are suing the state in federal court, asking a federal judge to declare a strict new bathroom ban unconstitutional.
A California city near the Mexican border has had enough of the state’s openness toward illegal immigrants — now taking the state’s sanctuary laws to court.
Sir Keir Starmer has called for police to prosecute people chanting "globalise the intifada" during demonstrations, calling it an example of "extreme racism".
California’s powerful coastal watchdog has suffered a major blow after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled it overstepped its authority over a shoreline development.
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London: The British public has been told to expect more terror attacks within months after the frenzied stabbing of two Jewish men on a London street, heightening fears of violent antisemitism and prompting the government to outline new spending on community protection.
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Keir Starmer pledges crackdown on protesters chanting or displaying antisemitic slogans as terror attack is assessed to be ‘highly likely’
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is threatening a total shutdown of Facebook and Instagram in New Mexico if a state judge orders the company to adopt new safety features, according to a court filing Thursday.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has defended how officers subdued the suspect in the Golders Green attack, after Green Party leader Zack Polanski shared a post condemning their actions.
Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, state media report, more than five years after the military toppled the civilian government that the Nobel laureate had led and jailed her.
Only hours after he allegedly stabbed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas to death, singer D4vd gave an interview talking about how “losing relationships” inspired his upcoming album.
An Iranian exile and independent investigative journalist is heading toward a critical court hearing in Canada, as members of a prominent Iranian family seek to curb her ability to publish allegations linking them to wealth and influence tied to the Islamic Republic.
BEIRUT — Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed at least 15 people, the health ministry said Thursday, as the country's president decried what he described as ongoing Israeli violations of a nearly two-week ceasefire.
With their son in the throes of a mental health crisis last November, Bill and Faith Piersing did what they’d been told to do countless times before: They dialed 911.
Jews in Britain are facing a wave of hate spread by hostile states, and some homegrown. We can only tackle it by working together
An Israeli human rights organisation has petitioned the Supreme Court to demand the immediate release of 14 doctors from Gaza held without charge for more than a year.
Another Israeli strike on Lebanon has killed six in the southern town of Zebdin, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports.
A Guatemalan drug pusher who dealt gummies to Long Island kids was cut loose with no bail – then caught trying to escape justice by running to Canada, authorities said Thursday.
An inquest into the shooting of five people in west Belfast in 1972 has found that the Army "lost control" in a number of cases and "overreacted to a perceived threat".
The day after Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzma’ut), a religious Israeli man was arrested by the police and then detained for several hours. His “crime”? Having displayed both the Israeli and Palestinian flags on his kippah. After being released and requesting its return, his kippah was given back to him torn, with the…
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, allegedly stormed the White House correspondents’ association dinner
A heartbroken Alabama mother of three died by suicide hours after her abusive husband allegedly murdered their 4-month-old baby, according to family members and police.
Israeli strikes have killed 16 people in Lebanon so far on Thursday, in violation of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
The man suspected of stabbing two Jewish men in north London was previously referred to the government's counter-extremism programme Prevent.
Thirteen individuals have been referred to the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal over a multimillion-dollar scheme to illegally procure military equipment for Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF) through UAE-based companies and financial channels.
Critics of President Donald Trump have pointed blame at the president after the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner descended into chaos on Saturday as a shooter allegedly attempted to assassinate the president and members of his Cabinet.
Education professionals from across the country are facing backlash after posting reactions online voicing disappointment that President Donald Trump was not killed in the Saturday shooting during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
State media broadcast a photograph of the Nobel laureate flanked by two uniformed personnel – the first public image of her in years
State media broadcast a photograph of the Nobel laureate flanked by two uniformed personnel – the first public image of her in years
WASHINGTON — A man accused of trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives and attempting to kill President Donald Trump agreed on Thursday to remain jailed for now while he awaits trial.
The leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski issued a statement on Thursday condemning the use of antisemitism by other UK politicians as “political football” following the stabbing of two Jewish men in London on Wednesday.
A former singer for Spandau Ballet who believed he could have "sex on demand" has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of eight charges, including rape and attempted rape.
The terror suspect accused of stabbing two Jewish men in London has been identified as a Somali-born thug who previously served time for knifing a police officer and his dog, and was wanted over another suspected attack hours earlier.
LAST year, I wrote about a word that briefly escaped the confines of legal language and entered everyday conversation: “forthwith.” It appeared in Article XI, Section 3(4) of the 1987 Constitution, where it provides that impeachment trial by the Senate shall “forthwith proceed.” At the time, I turned to dictionaries…
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s coup chief-turned-president cut all prisoners’ sentences by one-sixth on Thursday, a blanket measure that a source close to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi said would further shorten her detention.
North Korea executed considerably more people since the COVID-19 pandemic than before, a new study by the South Korean human-rights NGO Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), revealed in a new investigation earlier this month.
WASHINGTON — The lawyer for White House Correspondence Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen gave an absurd reason for why the CalTech grad should be allowed to walk free pending trial — despite charges that he attempted to assassinate President Trump.
Mali’s Defense Minister Sadio Camara enters a hall for a talk in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 28, 2024. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has stopped the May 16 congressional primaries from going ahead after the Supreme Court struck down the Pelican State’s House map Wednesday.
Cole Allen, 31, did not immediately contest prosecutors’ arguments that he was a danger to the community
Cole Allen, 31, did not immediately contest prosecutors’ arguments that he was a danger to the community