Pakistan's HEC has opened the Allama Iqbal Scholarship Scheme for Sri Lankans at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level, with applications due June 25.
Home Office traffic-light system from summer 2027 tightens visa-refusal, enrolment and completion thresholds for UK institutions hosting overseas pupils.
Four Republicans crossed the aisle as the US House voted 215-208 to require congressional approval for further military action against Iran.
Chemical hazards drove 73% of food-related deaths in 2021, and Africa and Southeast Asia accounted for 60% of global foodborne deaths, WHO said Thursday.
A hotel fire in Malviya Nagar, south Delhi has killed at least 21 people including foreign nationals, with more than 40 rescued, police say.
INS Airavat and Pakistan Navy's PNS Taimur, PNS Aslat and submarine PNS/M Hangor arrived simultaneously at Colombo Port on June 1, weeks after their May war.
Iran fired missiles at the US Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain and hit the tanker Panaya near Hormuz; the US said its defences intercepted three missiles.
Iran will hold a three-day funeral for slain supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei across Tehran, Qom and Mashhad, with up to 20 million expected in Tehran.
Three Sri Lankans were among 63 injured and an Indian national killed after Iranian missiles and drones struck Kuwait International Airport's Terminal One.
Kuwait summoned Iran's chargé d'affaires, expelled two Iranian diplomats and reduced the mission size, calling missile and drone attacks blatant violations.
OECD warned global growth could fall to pandemic and financial crisis lows if the Iran war disrupts energy flows into 2027, slowing growth to 2.1 percent.
Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra has been fully pardoned by royal decree, with parole obligations ending three months before his September 9 sentence expiry.
US President Donald Trump said Iran has already agreed not to develop a nuclear weapon, in a Pod Force One podcast interview broadcast on Wednesday.
A US Hellfire missile disabled the Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie's engine room, the sixth vessel struck since the Iran blockade began on April 13, CENTCOM said.
India's MHA amends immigration rules: foreigners can register for stay extension any time before 180 days lapse; late filing now restricted to emergencies.
Lebanon says Hezbollah has accepted a US-proposed mutual halt to attacks with Israel, but clashes continued hours after the pause was announced.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Phase 2 of Iran nuclear talks could take 30 to 90 days of expert negotiations.
Former Army Commander Shavendra Silva told the 5th Wanshou Dialogue in Beijing that Sri Lanka rejects becoming a stage for great-power confrontation.
UK Home Office removal letters have hit Sri Lankan care worker families legally resident under pre-2024 rules, including children as young as five.
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay told PM Modi 12 incidents have hit TN fishermen in 2026, with 58 still detained in Sri Lanka and 266 fishing boats impounded.
FM Vijitha Herath observed Australia's Parliamentary Question Time live, calling it a vivid demonstration of democratic accountability and robust debate.
Defence Secretary Thuyacontha said the Indian Ocean must remain a zone of peace as power competition and non-traditional security threats mount.
Three vaccine teams — IAVI, Moderna and Oxford — are now racing to develop a Bundibugyo Ebola jab as cases pass 1,000 in DR Congo and Uganda.
INS Airavat arrived in Colombo for a three-day visit with spares for Coast Guard vessel Suraksha and items for the SL Navy under an Indian grant.