International

Colombo: Sri Lanka Navy Thursday said eight foreign vessels, including two from India, have been honoured for providing assistance to the island nation after the Cyclone Ditwah disaster that saw over 600 deaths. Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya personally expressed gratitude to a group of diplomatic...

Sofia (Bulgaria): Bulgaria officially adopts the euro as of the first day of 2026 and becomes the 21st member of the eurozone. This happened exactly 19 years after the country joined the European Union. Until the end of January, the lev will remain a legal...

Berlin: A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left people dead and injured during New Year's celebrations, police said early Thursday. Multiple people were killed in the blaze, and many others were injured in the Alpine ski resort municipality of Crans-Montana, Switzerland,...

New York: Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at a historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in as the first Muslim leader of America's biggest city, placing his hand...

Washington: President Donald Trump said he's dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort. Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that...

Kyiv: In his New Year’s Eve address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine wants the war to end but will not accept a weak peace agreement, stressing that any deal must not come at the cost of the country’s future. His remarks came shortly...

New York: Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam's holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city....

Melbourne: Auckland was the first major city to ring in 2026 with a downtown fireworks display launched from New Zealand's tallest structure, Sky Tower, followed by a defiant celebration in Australia in the aftermath of its worst mass shooting. South Pacific countries are the first...

Kyiv: Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, officials said Wednesday. Four apartment buildings were damaged in the bombardment, according to...