27-02-2026 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators arrested the country’s former intelligence chief on Wednesday (Feb 25) in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners. Police said retired Major General Suresh Sallay was taken into custody at dawn in a suburb of the capital, …

27-02-2026 NAYPYIDAW: A military air strike by the Myanmar military in Rakhine state has killed and injured dozens people, local media reported, in the latest civil war carnage weeks after a military-backed governing party election win was dismissed as a “sham” by international observers. Women and children were among those …

27-02-2026 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed “deep concern” over escalating violence across war-torn Sudan, including in Darfur and Kordofan states, calling for an immediate end to the fighting. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the UNSC denounced repeated drone attacks against non-combatants, civilian facilities, …

27-02-2026 HARARE: Zimbabwe has suspended exports of all raw minerals and lithium concentrates with immediate ⁠effect until further notice. In an announcement on Wednesday, Minister of Mines and Mining Development Polite Kambamura said the move includes all minerals “currently in transit”. “Government expects cooperation of the mining industry on this …

27-02-2026 JERUSALEM: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Israel for a two-day visit, his first since the war in Gaza began. Modi is expected to address Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, and hold meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog. There is no meeting with Palestinian …

27-02-2026 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: United States President Donald Trump has told Congress that he would prefer to resolve differences with Tehran through diplomacy, while laying out his case for potential attacks on Iran, which he claimed was seeking to develop missiles that could strike the US mainland. His comments have drawn …

26-02-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Tensions have heated up again between Islamabad and Kabul this week after Pakistan launched airstrikes on militant targets in Afghanistan. Pakistani security sources said the strike killed at least 70 terrorists, while the United Nations said at least 13 civilians were killed. …

26-02-2026 SYDNEY: Australia opened a government-backed inquiry into antisemitism, after a mass shooting at a Jewish event at Bondi Beach killed 15 people in December 2025. The attack at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration shocked a country with strict gun laws and fueled calls for tougher controls and stronger action against …

26-02-2026 TEHRAN/ BEIJING: Iran is close to a deal with China to purchase anti‑ship cruise missiles, according to six people with knowledge of the negotiations, just as the United States deploys a vast naval force near the Iranian coast ahead of possible strikes on the Islamic Republic. The deal for …

26-02-2026 MEXICO CITY: Mexico remains on high alert after a wave of reprisal attacks triggered by the killing of its most wanted drug cartel leader, even as President Claudia Sheinbaum claimed the country is at peace and life is returning to normal. Some 10,000 soldiers have been deployed across 20 …