The government of Sri Lanka announced plans this week to conduct a nationwide census to tally “human and property damages” inflicted during the nation’s three decades of civil war. “The death toll of ...

Thousands gathered in different parts of Sri Lanka on May 18, demanding justice and accountability for the death and disappearance of thousands of people as they marked the 16 th anniversary of the ...

Yesterday, the government army in Sri Lanka effectively brought an end to the long-running civil war in that country, declaring victory over the Tamil Tiger militants they’d been fighting for over 25 ...

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered prayers Wednesday remembering thousands — including ethnic Tamil civilians — killed in the final stages of the country’s ...

Salliyargal delves into one of the most humane and rarely explored aspects of the Sri Lankan civil war—the medical wing of ...

A Macomb County drug bust on June 16, 2025, resulted in the seizure of 10 pounds of marijuana, 600 grams of mushrooms, five guns, $22,756 in cash and two vehicles. Read full article: Strong storms ...

Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka – On a beach in northeastern Sri Lanka, Krishnan Anjan Jeevarani laid out some of her family’s favourite food items on a banana leaf. She placed a samosa, lollipops and a large ...

Tens of thousands of civilians died amid Sri Lanka’s defeat of separatists in 2009. Some Israeli military strategists see it as a campaign to be emulated. For many people around the world, the memory ...

The feast of the assumption is one of the holiest days on the Roman Catholic calendar, marking the time the Virgin Mary is believed to have been physically taken into heaven after death. On Aug. 15, ...

Sri Lanka's civil war appears to have ended. Earlier this week the Sri Lankan government announced it had killed the leader of the rebel group the Tamil Tigers. This ended their decades-long pursuit ...