COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan divers have located and recovered seven bodies from a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the central Indian Ocean. The remains were discovered days after China President Xi Jinping ordered an all-out search to rescue and recover missing crew members. Several cou...

Bogot, Colombia: Four Indigenous children, including an 11-month-old baby, have been found alive in the dense Colombian Amazon after a plane crash more than two weeks ago, President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday, declaring "joy for the country." Giant trees that can grow up to 40 meters ta...

Born in 1980, Pita is the son of the former advisor to the minister of Agriculture. Pita is also the nephew of the former secretary to the Thai Interior minister, it is predictable then, that Pita would join the government service as soon as he came of age to do so. As a young boy, Pita gained the i...

Sri Lanka's Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva spoke to WION on Hambantota and Colombo ports, investments by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in the country, and more. "We have excellent relations with India. India is helping and we are reciprocating. We have star...

Colombo (News 1st) - Pakistan's Supreme on Monday began hearing a landmark plea by the Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that the Supreme Court has no authority to set a date for elections, a day after the lapse of the May 14 date set by the apex court for elections in Punjab, Pakistan'...