Mr Dissanayake was elected president in September in a rejection of traditional political parties that have governed the island nation.

Tropical Storm Sara made landfall in northern Honduras late on Thursday local time and threatened to dump torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico.

Four Los Angeles residents are accused of providing video footage of a ‘bear’ moving inside a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes to ...

Beans went missing from its home near Glasgow before turning up weeks later south of the border in the West Midlands.

The Onion’s bid was backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims to whom Alex Jones owes more than 1 ...

Donald Trump met on Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentina’s President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect since his victory in last week’s election. The ...

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 15 November https://t.co/HkSbGmKjuN pic.twitter.com/65eTfVGdrY The i reports the Chancellor will loosen rules introduced after the ...

It is believed that a DAF GeoAmey prison transport vehicle collided with two pedestrians, South Yorkshire Police said.

The review includes hundreds of cases of misidentified balloons, birds and satellites as well as some that defy easy explanation.

Shel Talmy, who produced early music for British bands The Who and The Kinks, has died at the age of 87. The US record producer “died peacefully in his sleep” at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday ...

Around 60kg of Blue John was recovered after Derbyshire Police’s Rural Crime Team searched an address in the Greater Manchester area.

British actor and Hollywood star Gary Oldman has said he is “very honoured” to read a special CBeebies Bedtime Story for Children In Need. The 66-year-old Oscar and three-time Bafta winner will recite ...