BREAKING – Canada crash: 14 killed as junior hockey team’s bus and lorry collide
UTV | COLOMBO – Police in Canada have confirmed that 14 people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey...
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Angela Merkel sworn in for fourth term as German chancellor – [IMAGES]
UTV | GERMANY – Angela Merkel has been sworn in for a fourth term as German chancellor, after months of political wrangling that left her...
Ghouta aid halts as regime assault presses on
UTV | COLOMBO – Aid agencies postponed a convoy of vital food and health supplies to Eastern Ghouta on Thursday, as the Syrian regime pressed...
Arab ministers affirm Jerusalem as future Palestinian capital
UTV | COLOMBO – Arab foreign ministers are insisting that Jerusalem must be the capital of a future Palestinian state, even as the US prepares...
Bezos tops Forbes world’s rich list as Trump wealth drops
UTV | COLOMBO – Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world’s richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who...
Mohammad Bin Salman describes Qatar crisis as very small
UTV | COLOMBO – Saudi Crown Prince slams Iran ‘paper tiger’ regime’s policies Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman told Egyptian media the Qatar issue...
UN chief set to appoint UK’s Griffiths as Yemen envoy
UTV | SANA – War-wracked Yemen is what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council...
Saudi cleric endorses Valentine’s Day as ‘positive event’
UTV | BAGDAD – Florists openly sold red roses and Valentine’s Day memorabilia in cities. A prominent Saudi cleric on Wednesday endorsed Valentine’s Day calling...
Update – US Government shutdown looms as Senate short of votes for spending bill
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The U.S. Senate was short of the votes needed to approve a bill to keep the federal government running as a...
Sonia Gandhi retires as India Congress party president
UTV | COLOMBO – The leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, has retired from her post, the party confirmed on Thursday (14)....