A sweeping power outage left millions of people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France without electricity on Monday, leading to chaotic scenes and widespread disruption.
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Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced.
North Korea has held the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time in six years, welcoming some 200 foreign runners to the streets of the reclusive country's capital.
A strong earthquake rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings in neighbouring Myanmar’s second-largest city.
Fires are still burning on an oil tanker carrying jet fuel and a cargo ship carrying highly toxic chemicals that collided in the North Sea on Monday morning.
Vijitha Herath, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, delivered a statement at the High-Level Segment of the 58th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
Pope Francis has asked Catholics to pray for him, as he continues to receive treatment in hospital for double pneumonia.
More than 60 false killer whales have died and authorities are trying to save dozens more after a mass stranding on a remote Australian beach.
All passengers and crew on a flight which crashed and overturned while landing at Toronto Pearson airport in Canada have survived, the airport's chief executive has said.
Vijitha Herath, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, delivered an address at the 8th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) held in Muscat, Oman.
President Donald Trump has ordered a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the US in a major expansion of existing trade barriers.
Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to Lebanon, Kapila Jayaweera presented credentials to President of the Republic of Lebanon, (General) Joseph Aoun recently.
President Anura Kumara Disanayaka will undertake a visit to the United Arab Emirates from 10-13 February 2025 at the invitation of President of the UAE Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to participate in the World Government Summit 2025.
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