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The Pentagon says it will “rush” Patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package. The US will utilise $6bn (£4.8bn) for this purpose, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin revealed on Friday. Patriot air defence batteries are not included. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were “urgently” needed […]
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan accused of killing eight women and children in Afghanistan air strikes (Category: Breaking News)
- Joe Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
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The Pentagon says it will “rush” Patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package. The US will utilise $6bn (£4.8bn) for this purpose, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin revealed on Friday. Patriot air defence batteries are not included. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were “urgently” needed […]
- Pentagon to ‘rush’ Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package (Category: Breaking News)
- US House passes crucial aid deal worth $61bn for Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel’s Netanyahu says defences are ‘ready’ as Iran attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia says all four suspects arrested after 133 killed at concert hall (Category: Breaking News)
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- 03/12/2010 14:45 INDIA – CHINA – SRI LANKA Chinese aid to Sri Lanka could lead to conflict (AsiaNe (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Chinese companies begin road extension work in Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Rock slows Sri Lanka port project (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka pins hopes on China-funded port (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? – Part II appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping & Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin’s Last Stand (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post When The West’s Mask Slipped – Exposing Its Hypocrisy Beyond Gaza! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- From ‘Never Again’ To ‘Here Again’ – World’s Shameful Indifference To Israeli Impunity! (Category: Breaking News)
- If It Is Not ‘Genocide’ In Gaza, Then What Should We Call It? (Category: Breaking News)
- Partial West & Shameful Muslim Leaders Complicit In Israel’s War Crimes In Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Gazan Fire Fuelled By Western Genocide Enablers With A Scrambled Moral Compass! (Category: Breaking News)
The US and the EU are considering rapid new sanctions against Iran in the wake of Tehran’s large-scale air attack on Israel at the weekend. As Israel’s war cabinet met for a third day in a row to consider its response to the Iranian assault, which was launched in retaliation for Israel’s strike on an Iranian diplomatic facility in […]
- Argentina seeks Sri Lanka’s help to arrest Iran’s Interior Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister continues attack on Canada (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria (Category: Breaking News)
On 19 April, Indians will begin choosing a new parliament for the next five years, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term. Opinion polls put his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies ahead. They are up against the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (India), which groups more than two dozen opposition […]
- Rahul Gandhi returns to India’s parliament as MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Key wins boost Indian PM Modi’s re-election bid (Category: Breaking News)
- Delhi’s chief minister arrested over corruption claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Rahul Gandhi sentenced to jail for Modi ‘thieves’ remark (Category: Breaking News)
Iran’s mission to the United Nations has suggested that any Iranian military response to a deadly Israeli air raid on the Iranian consulate in Damascus could have been averted if the UN Security Council had denounced Israel’s attack. The Iranian statement on Thursday comes amid a growing number of media reports that an Iranian attack […]
- Iran launches air attack on Israel, with drones ‘hours’ away (Category: Breaking News)
- Israeli launches missile attack on Iran  media reports (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel cripples Syria’s two main airports in strikes: Syrian state media (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran warns Israel, US of ‘severe response’ in case of retaliation (Category: Breaking News)
Mr. Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon, President Director General of Community Affairs, stated that between President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s assumption of office and February 2024, the Government of Sri Lanka has settled a total of US$ 1909.7 million in foreign debt and interest payments.The post Sri Lanka settles $1.9 Billion in Foreign Debt and Interest Payments: Official Statement appeared first on ONLA...
- Sri Lanka Government allocates nearly Rs. 200 Billion for Economic Relief amidst Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Government settles US$ 1,909.7 million foreign debt and interest – Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Debt Restructuring: Too Late & Too Short To Get Out Of The Debt Trap (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka must avoid China’s debt restructuring as Beijing is to seek preferential treatment (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Brahmins Demand A Debate On Debt appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
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At least five Sri Lankans have reportedly been killed so far while fighting in the Ukraine-Russia war, according to Al Jazeera. In the latest incident, Nipuna Silva, a Sri Lankan soldier who quit his army position to fight for Russia in Ukraine due to better pay, is believed to have been killed on the front line.The post Sri Lankan soldier Nipuna Silva among latest victims in Ukraine-Russia confli...
- Lankan mercenaries fighting on both sides of Russia-Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Two Indians recruiting Lanka’s ex-servicemen for Russia-Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin signs ‘independence’ decrees for Zaporizhia, Kherson (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks details on medical students ‘rescued from Russian captivity’ in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
Russia has charged four men it says attacked a Moscow concert hall and killed at least 137 people. Three were marched blindfolded into a Moscow court while the fourth was in a wheelchair. All were charged with committing an act of terrorism. The Islamic State group, or IS, said it carried out Friday’s outrage at […]
- Russia says all four suspects arrested after 133 killed at concert hall (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Delhi’s chief minister arrested over corruption claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Princess of Wales in early stages of treatment for cancer (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Trump Likely To Be The Next American President? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Checks-Out Of His Job (Category: Breaking News)
Russian President Vladimir Putin says all four gunmen who carried out a deadly attack at a packed concert venue in Moscow have been arrested. At least 133 people were killed and more than 140 injured when the attackers stormed the building, firing indiscriminately and setting it alight. Authorities said 11 people were detained in total, […]
- Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
- US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked (Category: Breaking News)
- Princess of Wales in early stages of treatment for cancer (Category: Breaking News)
- China attacks ‘bandit logic’ of House vote on TikTok (Category: Breaking News)
The ISIL (ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for a brazen attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall that killed at least 60 people and injured more than 145. At least five camouflage-clad gunmen with automatic weapons burst into the packed concert hall in the city’s western suburbs on Friday night as the audience was gathering to […]
- Russia concert hall attack- Suspected gunmen arrested, death toll rises to 93 (Category: Breaking News)
- Nearly 100 people still missing after Moscow attack, Russian news site says (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian authorities say at least 40 killed in Moscow concert hall shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Moscow massacre- Putin says gunmen tried to escape to Ukraine, death toll above 130 (Category: Breaking News)
Gunmen burst into a big concert hall in Moscow and fired automatic weapons at the crowd, killing 40 people and wounding more than 100, according to Russia’s state news agency TASS, citing the Federal Security Service (FSB). Russian news reports said the assailants also used explosives, causing
- Russia says all four suspects arrested after 133 killed at concert hall (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian authorities say at least 60 killed in Moscow concert hall attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka condemns terrorist attack in Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinians Under Zionist Occupation – Part IV appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinian... (Category: Breaking News)
- Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinian... (Category: Breaking News)
- Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinian... (Category: Breaking News)
- Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? (Category: Breaking News)
Nikki Haley is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race after winning just two Republican primaries. “The time has now come to suspend my campaign,” she said at a news conference on Wednesday morning. Her departure will leave her rival Donald Trump as the only Republican left
- Trump moves closer to Republican nomination with string of victories (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump ordered to pay $83.3m for defaming E Jean Carroll (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump likely to be arrested and charged over hush money (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
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- Maldives and Sri Lanka discuss impact of war on Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- Maldivian Envoy meets State Minister of Defence (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka and Maldives must work together to counter violent extremism, illicit trafficking  St... (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinians Under Zionist Occupation – Part III appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinian... (Category: Breaking News)
- Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinian... (Category: Breaking News)
- MP Gary Anandasangaree’s Hypocrisy & Political Cowardice On Israel-Palestine (Category: Breaking News)
- Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinian... (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka seeks details on medical students ‘rescued from Russian captivity’ in Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka deports over 1,900 foreign nationals in four years (Category: Breaking News)
- Horrific details about 07 Sri Lankans captured by Russian soldiers revealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia says no evidence to back claims Sri Lankans involved in Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
India has unveiled four Air Force pilots who have been shortlisted to travel on the country’s maiden space flight scheduled for next year. The Gaganyaan mission aims to send three astronauts to an orbit of 400km and bring them back after three days. India’s space agency Isro has been carrying out a number of tests […]
- Qatar commutes India ex-navy officers’ death penalty (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan holds election tainted by rigging claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenyan marathon world record holder dies in road accident (Category: Breaking News)
Sweden has cleared its final obstacle to joining Nato after Hungary’s parliament voted to ratify the bid. The Nordic nation applied to join the defence alliance after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Every member must approve a new joiner, and Hungary had delayed, accusing Sweden of being hostile to it. But last week […]
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- UK-owned ship damaged in Houthi missile attack off Yemen, US says (Category: Breaking News)
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenneth Eugene Smith faces first nitrogen execution in US after losing last-minute appeals (Category: Breaking News)
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- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan president calls Aukus a ‘mistake’, rejects fears over China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s access to growing Indian & African markets cannot be disrupted – President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- RW: Final settlement with Tamils in a few months (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka President leaves for Australia to attend 7th Indian Ocean Conference (Category: Breaking News)
- President to attend 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth, Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe calls for unified action to safeguard the Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- President to Australia to participate in the 7th Indian Ocean Summit (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Genocide Of Palestinian Began Since 1948 appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Isn’t It Time For Sri Lanka To Expel Israelis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel – Most Condemned UN Member (Category: Breaking News)
- ICJ Ruling On Israeli Genocide In Gaza; Stopped Short Of Ordering A Ceasefire (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Supports US War-Mongers Against Houthis (Category: Breaking News)
Amy and Ano are identical twins, but just after they were born they were taken from their mother and sold to separate families. Years later, they discovered each other by chance thanks to a TV talent show and a TikTok video. As they delved into their past, they realised they were among thousands of babies […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohit Sharma: The Indian captain who lost cricket World Cup but won hearts (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead (Category: Breaking News)
Aryna Sabalenka remains on track to defend her Australian Open crown after reaching the Melbourne final by avenging her loss to Coco Gauff in last year’s US Open showpiece. Belarusian second seed Sabalenka won 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 against American fourth seed Gauff in a tense semi-final. Both were edgy in an error-strewn first set with […]
- Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka sets up semi-final against Coco Gauff (Category: Breaking News)
- Aryna Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen in Melbourne (Category: Breaking News)
- Jannik Sinner beats Daniil Medvedev in Melbourne final (Category: Breaking News)
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
those on board can be independently verified. Ria Novosti news agency said another […]
- Huge ancient city found in the Amazon (Category: Breaking News)
- Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air (Category: Breaking News)
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
At least 25 people have been killed in a shelling attack in the Russian-held city of Donetsk, the Moscow-installed leader of the region says. Denis Pushilin said a Ukrainian strike, which also injured 20 people, had hit a busy market and that the casualty figures might change. Russia’s foreign ministry denounced the strike as a […]
- Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea (Category: Breaking News)
- At least eight dead after major rioting and unrest in Papua New Guinea (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian jet carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashes – Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Huge ancient city found in the Amazon (Category: Breaking News)
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