Car bomb in Afghanistan kills at least 17 ahead of Eid ceasefire
UTV | COLOMBO – At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city on Thursday as crowds shopped for...
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Covid-19: Death toll in US surpasses 150,000
UTV | COLOMBO – The United States on Wednesday surpassed 150,000 recorded Covid-19 deaths — a milestone that comes as the country’s number of daily...
Johnson warns of ‘signs of second wave’ in Europe
UTV | COLOMBO – Boris Johnson has defended the UK government’s decision to impose quarantine restrictions on Spain, warning there were “signs of a second...
Hong Kong security law: China hits back in extradition row
UTV | COLOMBO – China has said Hong Kong will suspend extradition treaties with Britain, Canada and Australia, after they took similar steps over the...
Former Malaysian PM guilty on all charges in corruption trial
UTV | COLOMBO – Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption...
Coronavirus: Swimming defector was not infected, says S Korea
UTV | COLOMBO – The man suspected of being North Korea’s first confirmed Covid-19 patient did not have the virus, South Korea says. The man...
Sudan to send more troops to Darfur after deadly attacks
UTV | COLOMBO -The Sudanese government is sending more troops to the restive Darfur region, following a spike in violence there. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok...
Vietnam alarm after first Coronavirus cases in months
Vietnam has closed the city of Da Nang to tourists after four new locally transmitted coronavirus were recorded, the country’s first since April. No tourists...
US leaves Consulate in China as deadline passes
American diplomatic staff have left their consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu, after a 72-hour deadline expired. China ordered the closure in response to...
Trump scraps Republican convention in virus ‘flare-up’
UTV | COLOMBO – President Donald Trump has cancelled the pre-election Republican party convention in Florida, blaming the coronavirus “flare-up”. “It’s not the right time...