Ranjan Ramanayaka arrested
(UTV|COLOMBO) – UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayaka was arrested by the police a short while ago, the police said. The MP was taken into custody this...
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Gamal Eid: Egypt rights activist ‘attacked and doused in paint by armed men’
(UTV|COLOMBO) – A leading Egyptian human rights lawyer has alleged he was assaulted and doused in paint in Cairo by a “gang” of armed men...
Kataib Hezbollah: Iraqis protest outside US Baghdad embassy
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Thousands of people have gathered outside the US embassy in Baghdad to protest against recent US air strikes on an Iran-backed Iraqi militia....
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: US releases first images of raid on compound – [VIDEO]
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria in which the leader of the Islamic State (IS)...
Yemen war: Houthi rebels claim mass capture of Saudi troops
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Houthi rebels in Yemen say they have captured a large number of Saudi troops after a major attack near the border between the two...
NGO accuses Israel of torturing Palestinian bombing suspect
(UTV|COLOMBO) – An NGO accused Israeli security forces Sunday of torturing a Palestinian arrested on suspicion of leading a cell allegedly behind a West Bank bomb...
Egypt kills 15 militants in North Sinai shootout
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Egyptian security forces have killed 15 suspected militants in a shootout in restive north Sinai, the interior ministry said Sunday. A militant group was...
Saudi Arabia donates $3 million to UN cultural tolerance initiative
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 million in support of the UN Alliance of Civilizations’s (UNAOC) plan of action, activities and programs over the next...
Syria demands withdrawal of US, Turkish forces, warns of countermeasures
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem on Saturday demanded an immediate withdrawal of all US and Turkish troops from his country and warned that Syrian...
UAE and Bahrain urge world leaders to act against Iran
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program failed to change Tehran’s behavior, the UAE said on Saturday. Speaking at the UN General Assembly...