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Sri Lanka government says 3 inmates killed in separate prison clashes

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, August 7, 2026 (AP) — Three inmates were killed and more than 20 were injured in two separate prison clashes in Sri Lanka on Thursday and Friday, a government minister said. In a third detention facility, officials used tear gas to control inmate protests on Friday. Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament on Friday that one inmate died at Colombo Magazine Prison in the capital, Colombo, late Thursday when about 40 prisoners clashed after breaking out of their cells. Two inmates died Friday morning at Kuruwita Prison in Kuruwita town about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from

Stock markets decline dragged by banks, elevated crude oil prices

Stock markets decline dragged by banks, elevated crude oil prices

Mumbai, Aug 7 (PTI) Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Friday after two days of gains, dragged down by bank, financial stocks, and crude oil prices trading above USD 80 per barrel mark. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 455.59 points, or 0.58 per cent, to settle at 78,499.17. During the day, it tanked 577.69 points, or 0.73 per cent, to 78,377.07. The 50-share NSE Nifty dipped 65.35 points, or 0.27 per cent, to end at 24,570.65. Intra-day, it declined 113.25 points, or 0.45 per cent, to 24,522.75. From the Sensex pack, Bajaj Finance tanked 5.90 per cent

Rupee settles on flat note, up 2 paise at 95.20 against US dollar

Rupee settles on flat note, up 2 paise at 95.20 against US dollar

Mumbai, Aug 7 (PTI) The rupee settled on a flat note on Friday, higher by just 2 paise at 95.22 (provisional) against the US dollar, on heightened risk aversion due to fragile negotiations between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz. Forex traders said risk aversion in global markets due to uncertainty on the deal between Iran and Oman and an overnight jump in crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 95.27 against the greenback and traded in a range of 95.19-95.28 during the session. It eventually settled at 95.20

After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive

KOCHI, India, August 7, 2026 (AP) — As the sun set over Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua donned a gray kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the 458-year-old Paradesi Synagogue where he knew he would pray alone — without a minyan, the quorum of 10 males required for a communal service. Hallegua is the synagogue’s last local congregant — the only Jew left in Jew Town. Across the city at the centuries-old Kadavumbagam

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