Nations of the world celebrate New Year’s Eve with fireworks, music, religious ceremonies
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Revellers around the globe are bidding a weary farewell to a 2018 filled with challenges to many of the world’s most basic institutions,...
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CCTV shows men carrying body parts of Jamal Khashoggi, claims Turkish TV
(UTV|COLOMBO) – A CCTV footage broadcast by a Turkish news channel Sunday shows men carrying cases and bags allegedly containing the body parts of journalist...
UAE says Gulf Arab bloc still strong despite Qatar row
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday the Gulf Cooperation Council remained valid despite a bitter row with Qatar that has fractured the...
Donald Trump: I told Saudi king he wouldn’t last without US support
(UTV|COLOMBO) – President Donald Trump made an undiplomatic remark about close ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, saying he warned Saudi Arabia’s King Salman he would...
John Bolton warns Iran not to cross the US or allies: ‘There will be hell to pay’
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Trump administration has warned Tehran that there would be “hell to pay” if it continued to “cross” the US and its allies....
Qatar Airways files $69m loss amid Gulf crisis
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Qatar Airways on Tuesday posted a net loss of over $69m in the year to March 2018, blaming the “illegal blockade” against Doha...
Iran says Twitter shut legitimate accounts, but not anti-government ones
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday accused Twitter of closing accounts of “real” Iranians, while allowing anti-government ones backed by the...
Cutting ties with Qatar ‘a sovereign decision’ says UAE’s UN envoy
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Egypt’s decision to cut ties with Qatar was “a sovereign decision”, the UAE’s representative to the UN...
Saudi Arabia may dig canal to turn Qatar into an island
(UTV|COLOMBO) A Saudi official hinted on Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring Qatari...
Air strikes target Yemen’s Houthis at Sanaa International Airport
(UTV|COLOMBO) Heavy air strikes hit Houthi targets at Sanaa International Airport and Al Delmi air base north of the Yemeni capital, Yemen national military website...