Assistance in response to flooding in Sri Lanka
In response to a request for assistance by the Sri Lankan Red Cross and Disaster Management Center due to the destruction caused by torrential rains in Sri Lanka, United States Ambassador Patricia Butenis issued a disaster declaration on...
External Affairs Minister G.L.Peiris is to visit the United States next week for bilateral talks with the US government, Foreign Ministry sources told Daily Mirror online this evening. Daily Mirror online learns that Minister Peiris is expected to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
Hizbullah mobilized thousands of fighters in southern Lebanon on Friday in response to week-long Israeli military exercises due to kick off on Sunday, an official from the Shiite group said.
"The Hizbullah fighters have (been instructed) to be completely ready to confront Israeli maneuvers...
Tensions deepened Thursday on the Korean peninsula as South Korea accused North Korea of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship, killing 46 sailors in the country's worst military disaster since the Korean War.
President Lee Myung-bak vowed "stern action" for the provocation following...
President Obama deploys aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, missile ships to the middle east
aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower & other missile ships are already in the middle east
6000 marines will also deploy
departure scheduled from Norfolk on May 21 2010
clear warning for Iran...
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The flooding from the torrential rains lashing the Southwestern part of Sri Lanka for the fourth-consecutive day has displaced over 440,000 people and caused 17 deaths, the Disaster Management Centre said Wednesday.
The Western Province that includes the Sri Lankan capital Colombo was...
The United Nations says the forming of a commission by President Mahinda Rajapakse to investigate alleged incidents which took place during the war will not substitute the need for a panel of experts to brief the UN Chief on accountability issues relating to Sri Lanka.
A UN official from the...
The Kelaniya University has been closed until further notice following clashes between two student groups, the police said. However the medical faculty remains open.
The Kiribathgoda Police have been rushed to the scene and students residing in the campus hostel have been issued a notice to...
Buildings across Bangkok have been set ablaze by red shirt protesters after the Thai military stormed a protest camp in the centre of the city.
Six key leaders of the red shirt movement surrendered to police after Thai soldiers breached barricades surrounding the camp early on Wednesday...
A Sri Lankan delegation left for Brussels late last night in an attempt to renegotiate the GSP+ trade benefits and discussions are scheduled to be held on May 20, Foreign Ministry sources told Daily Mirror online.
The Sri Lankan delegation consists of Foreign Secretary Romesh Jayasingha...
South Korea has concluded that a North Korean torpedo attack sank one of its warships in Mach killing 46 sailors, government sources and domestic news reports said Tuesday, as Seoul prepared to announce its investigative result later this week.
The much-anticipated finding would accuse North...
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US, major powers agree on new Iran sanctions
The United States won agreement from China, Russia and other major powers on tough new sanctions against Iran's nuclear program...
A container at the dangerous cargo section at the Colombo harbor caught fire sending thick black smoke in the air as well as a chemical smell, a spokesman at the Colombo harbor told Daily Mirror online. The fire brigade is at the scene and there are no reports of casualties.
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The United States said on Tuesday that China backed a "strong draft" UN sanctions resolution against Iran, even as Beijing offered its support for a deal Tehran signed to swap its nuclear fuel abroad.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the draft would be circulated on...
Floods caused by the torrential rains lashing the southwestern areas of the island for the past few days have affected over 260,000 people in Sri Lanka, national Disaster Management Center said.
According to the figures released today by the Disaster Management Center 6,332 families had...