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

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.

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 ...

Gary Lineker said hosting Match Of The Day for more than two decades has been “an absolute joy and privilege”, but that it is “the right time” for him to exit and “someone else to take the helm” as ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Health Secretary has said he is against a change in the law to allow terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their lives.

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

Cynthia Erivo shares how her feelings of being an outsider and "not fitting in" drew her to the role of Elphaba in the highly-anticipated new film 'Wicked' and opens up about the incredible bond she's ...

The review includes hundreds of cases of misidentified balloons, birds and satellites as well as some that defy easy explanation.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing a rare semi-precious mineral found only in the Peak District. Around 60kg of Blue John was recovered after Derbyshire Police’s Rural Crime Team ...