Mr Dissanayake was elected president in September in a rejection of traditional political parties that have governed the island nation.

Mr Kennedy ran as an independent in this year’s presidential race and abandoned his bid after striking a deal to give Donald ...

Tropical Storm Sara made landfall in northern Honduras late on Thursday local time and threatened to dump torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico.

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 15 November https://t.co/HkSbGmKjuN pic.twitter.com/65eTfVGdrY The i reports the Chancellor will loosen rules introduced after the ...

Donald Trump met on Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentina’s President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect since his victory in last week’s election. The ...

Andrew Bailey will talk about the importance of economic growth at the annual Mansion House speech in the City of London.

Israel’s campaign in Gaza has killed over 43,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to local health officials ...

British actress Lucy Boynton has turned on the Bond Street Christmas lights in a festive event, saying she was “thrilled” to perform the role in her home city. The Bohemian Rhapsody star switched on ...

It is believed that a DAF GeoAmey prison transport vehicle collided with two pedestrians, South Yorkshire Police said.

The Onion’s bid was backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims to whom Alex Jones owes more than 1 billion dollars.

Shel Talmy, who produced early music for British bands The Who and The Kinks, has died at the age of 87. The US record producer “died peacefully in his sleep” at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday ...

Around 60kg of Blue John was recovered after Derbyshire Police’s Rural Crime Team searched an address in the Greater Manchester area.