A total of twelve youths have been arrested after Nawalapitiya Police raided a party being organised at a premises offering rooms for rent near Sudugala Falls in Samanalagama, Nawalapitiya.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an ‘Amber’ advisory for severe lightning in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North Western and Southern provinces, as well as in the Anuradhapura, Mannar and Vavuniya districts.

Charith Sandakelum, alias “Ran Malli”, a major drug trafficker linked to several organised criminal activities, including the trafficking of approximately 345 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine ('Ice') recently recovered from the Kirinda Beach, has been arrested in Bulgaria.

A total of four individuals, including two women, have been killed in separate road accidents reported in several parts of the island, the Police Media Division said.

Nepali authorities urged villagers on Sunday to move to safer places after a massive ​flood in a river in the central part ‌of the country swept away several houses and infrastructure, but there were no reports of any casualties.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested with more than 18 kilograms of narcotics, including crystal methamphetamine (‘Ice’) and heroin, in the Mabola area of Wattala.

A 70-year-old man has died after being clubbed to death in the Dangollawatta area within the Nittambuwa Police Division.

A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people in Erie, Pennsylvania, including a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently shot himself to death, authorities said at a press conference where they revealed details of the previous evening's shooting.

The wife of the restaurant owner who was fatally shot outside his establishment in the Nagoda area of Kalutara on October 9 has also succumbed to her injuries while receiving treatment after being admitted to hospital in critical condition.

The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it ​still does not know what caused the pneumonia that ‌killed a Russian lab worker at an anti-plague research center in Siberia this month, and that no case of plague had been registered.

Navi Pillay, the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, has called US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) "unheard of" and "unacceptable".

The third attack this week on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday left at least 12 people dead and ​more than 300 wounded, Saudi authorities said, as Iran-backed Houthis escalated the campaign they launched this summer against the kingdom.

A foot march organised under the leadership of the Maha Sangha in support of Most Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, who is currently in prison, and in defence of the religious rights of Buddhist monks, is continuing for a second day today (11).

US President Donald Trump has said he thinks "it's time for Ukraine to get a new president" as he responded to Volodymyr Zelensky's criticism of the US diesel deal with Russia.

Showers or thundershowers will occur in most parts of the island after 1.00 p.m. today (11), the Department of Meteorology said.

The Department of Irrigation has stated that four spill gates of the Deduru Oya Reservoir have been opened by two feet each due to prevailing heavy rainfall.

Only Buddhist monks have the authority to remove the robes of a fellow monk, Most Venerable Ittapana Dhammalankara Mahanayake Thero, the Mahanayake of the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha, has said.

More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to Riyadh's ‌international airport and travellers were evacuated from parts of the facility after a loud blast was heard there on Saturday, an eyewitness and people briefed ​on the matter said.