Saudi Arabia oil facilities ablaze after drone strikes
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Drone attacks have set alight two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, state media say. Footage showed flames...
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Hurricane Dorian: Number of missing drops to 1,300
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Emergency services in the Bahamas say the number of missing following Hurricane Dorian stands at 1,300. The number is down from the 2,500 listed missing...
Netanyahu denies Politico report Israel spying on the White House
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly denied a report that his country was spying on the US. A Politico article cites three former...
Democratic debate: Biden, Warren and Sanders spar over healthcare
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden and close rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have clashed over healthcare at the party’s third debate. The debate in...
Tiananmen Square Tank Man photographer Charlie Cole dies
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Charlie Cole, one of the photographers who captured the famous Tank Man on film during the Tiananmen Square protests, has died. The image of...
World’s first malaria vaccine released – [VIDEO]
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The world’s first malaria vaccine is being rolled out in parts of Kenya from Friday. It will be added to the routine vaccination schedule,...
Trump immigration plans: Supreme Court allows curb on migrants
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The US Supreme Court has given the go-ahead to Trump administration plans that severely limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum. Under the...
Australia bushfires are now ‘hotter and more intense’
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Something strange is happening in the air above Antarctica that hasn’t happened since 1992 — and it has dire consequences for Australia. The Arctic...
Catalonia Spain: Barcelona Diada annual march draws smaller crowd
(UTV|COLOMBO) – About 600,000 people marched in Barcelona in support of Catalan independence on Wednesday, police say, one of the lowest turnouts in the eight-year history...
‘Air strikes’ hit Syria-Iraq border
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Warplanes on Monday struck positions of Iran-backed militias near Syria’s border with Iraq, a London-based watchdog said on Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human...