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Araghchi rebuffs Trump's 'total control' claim over Hormuz
Iran's foreign minister said Washington had repeatedly miscalculated through intelligence failures, warning that 'worse than fake news is fake intelligence.'
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Eric Meyer Sworn In as New US Ambassador to Sri Lanka
Career diplomat Eric Meyer took the oath at the State Department in Washington, with Deputy Secretary Landau officiating, before taking up his Colombo post.
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Incheon overtakes Heathrow as world's busiest airport for international traffic
Incheon airport handled 38.4 million international passengers in H1 2026, overtaking Heathrow as world's busiest.
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Sri Lanka–Japan Friendship Association pledges further assistance in talks with President's Secretary
Japan Friendship Association delegation meets President's Secretary, pledges further assistance after providing ambulances.
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Sri Lankan student dies in Japan stabbing, compatriot arrested
Japanese police have arrested an 18-year-old Sri Lankan on suspicion of murder after a 21-year-old Sri Lankan student was fatally stabbed in Chiba Prefecture.
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Tamil Nadu minister to raise fishermen arrests with Delhi after Talaimannar seizure
Tamil Nadu fisheries minister to raise fishermen arrests with Delhi after Sri Lankan Navy detained nine Rameswaram fishermen.
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Sri Lanka's first disability rights report to be reviewed by UN committee
A delegation led by Minister Upali Pannilage will face the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva on August 14.
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Premachandran urges immediate DNA testing of Chemmani remains
The DTNA spokesperson says forensic work on the 500-plus sets already exhumed should begin now rather than wait for the excavation to finish.
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Congo's Ebola outbreak on track to become deadliest on record, WHO warns
Over 2,000 dead in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record; WHO warns it could eclipse the 2014-16 West Africa epidemic.
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New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse
Four crew and two rescuers were killed in a Red Sea attack as Tehran said the Strait of Hormuz stays shut until Washington accepts its terms.
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Zhu Rongji, the premier who steered China into the WTO, dies at 97
The former Chinese premier, who forced through an overhaul of state industry and secured China's 2001 WTO accession, died of illness in Beijing.
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New Chinese Ambassador Wei Huaxiang arrives in Colombo
Wei Huaxiang landed at Katunayake to take up his post, calling his appointment by President Xi Jinping a great honour and pledging deeper cooperation.
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Colombia earthquake death toll passes 250 as rescuers race to find survivors
Death toll from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake in western Colombia has passed 250, with more than 100 aftershocks recorded and rescuers searching for survivors.
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Iran says Hormuz pact with Oman is in final stages as Houthis hit Saudi refinery
Araqchi says the Oman shipping-lane pact is in its final stages, but reopening Hormuz still hinges on US compensation and an end to sanctions.
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90% of mine-contaminated land cleared, ministry says as Pike meets minister
Sri Lanka has cleared about 90% of its landmine-contaminated land and aims to be mine-free within four years, with 20.8 sq km of difficult terrain left.
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India hands over third Bailey bridge consignment worth over $5 million
Five modular Bailey bridges weighing more than 250 tonnes were handed over on August 8 under India's $450 million post-Ditwah reconstruction package.
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Iran releases first video of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei after health reports
Iran's Mehr news agency has published a 12-second undated clip of Mojtaba Khamenei, days after reports claimed his health had seriously deteriorated.
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India says it is pressing Sri Lanka for early release of detained fishermen
A statement tabled in the Lok Sabha says 27 Tamil Nadu fishermen and 249 boats were in Sri Lankan custody as of 31 July 2026.
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Iran says Hormuz deal with Oman is close but will not reopen the strait by itself
Araghchi says an Oman route deal is 'very close' but reopening depends on US concessions, as the UAE reports another ADNOC tanker struck in the strait.
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Rosamund Pike visits Sri Lanka as landmine clearance passes one million
The MAG ambassador is touring minefields in Mannar and Mullaitivu as Sri Lanka marks one million landmines cleared in 17 years.
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Chemmani excavations pass 100 days as recovered remains exceed 500
The Chemmani mass grave excavation near Jaffna reached its 100th day on Friday, with the number of skeletal remains identified rising to 507.
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Embassy warns youth against African migration routes after three rescued from traffickers
Sri Lanka's mission in Addis Ababa issued the caution after three nationals held for ransom in Ethiopia were repatriated on 30 July.
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India hands over further 250 tonnes of Bailey bridges to Sri Lanka
A fresh consignment of Bailey bridging weighing more than 250 metric tonnes has been handed over under India's $450 million post-Ditwah reconstruction package.
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India and Sri Lanka review HVDC link and Sampur solar project in Delhi
Energy Minister Anura Karunathilake met India's power minister in New Delhi to review the proposed undersea interconnection and the Sampur solar plant.