On March 13, 2026, the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, delivered a lecture to Sri Lankan intellectuals and journalists on the topic of “Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity”.

The United States has temporarily lifted sanctions on certain Russian oil shipments in an effort to stabilize global energy markets amid escalating conflict in the Middle East.

The conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel has entered its 12th day by last Wednesday, with rising civilian casualties, persistent volatility in global oil markets and increasing fears of a broader regional war.

On Sunday, two new Type 055 guided-missile destroyers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, Dongguan and Anqing, made their official debut.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts has selected Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s next supreme leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the United States could gain major economic benefits if the Iranian government is overthrown during the ongoing conflict.

U.S. President Donald Trump has denied that American forces were responsible for a strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab that killed 175 people, most of them children, suggesting instead that the explosion was caused by an errant Iranian missile.

Iran has claimed it forced a United States aircraft carrier strike group to withdraw from waters near the Strait of Hormuz following drone attacks, while Washington insists its naval forces remain actively engaged in operations against Tehran.

The Iranian Embassy in Sri Lanka has announced that a condolence book has been placed at the official residence of the Iranian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, located at 222 Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7, following the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.