The escalating crises in the Middle East are yet another reminder, if one were needed, that the world is becoming more volatile, more polarised and less predictable. For a small, relatively open ...

COLOMBO, (IANS) – An Indian firm jointly taking over the management of China-built country’s second biggest airport in Hambantota – one of the hotspots of China’s controversial Belt and Road ...

Australia's most decorated living soldier was arrested on Tuesday and ​will be charged with five counts of war crime murders relating to the killing of unarmed civilians while on ‌deployment in ...

The royal family does fly commercial on occasion, primarily when they’re traveling for non-official business. Their favored airline seems to be British Airways, but they’ve also been spotted on ...

From “World’s Emptiest” to the Gulf’s Lifeboat: How a bold Sri Lankan ‘Proposal’ is testing the limits of Mattala (MRIA) amid the great Persian Gulf airspace crisis. In the silence of the “world’s ...

Sri Lanka’s president says his government turned down a request from the United States to land two US combat aircraft at a civilian airport earlier this month. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told ...

Sri Lanka denied US warplanes landing requests in early March President Dissanayake emphasised maintaining neutrality despite pressures US warplanes were armed with eight anti-ship missiles Sri Lanka ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'We turned down the request to maintain Sri Lanka's neutrality,' says President Anura Kumara Dissanayake [File: Omer ...

Request to station two warplanes at civilian airport turned down to maintain neutrality Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. @anuradisanayake Colombo: Sri Lanka refused permission to the ...