On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three Christian churches across Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital Colombo were targe…
Read moreSri Lanka has declared a state of emergency after several attacks against mosques and Muslim-owned businesses. A curfew is in place in the cent…
Read moreHistoric floods have cut off access to many rural Sri Lankan villages, forcing nearly 75,000 residents from their homes. Widespread flooding …
Read moreOn May 18, 2009, Colombo declared the end of the 26-year civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LT…
Read moreSupporters of Sri Lankan presidential candidate Mithripala Sirisena celebrate in Colombo. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa conceded defeat …
Read moreSri Lankan tsunami survivor fishermen pull a fishing net on the beach in Peraliya, Sri Lanka. The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami following the Indian Oc…
Read moreSri Lankans stand on mud and sludge at the site of a mudslide at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla district, about 220 kilometers (140 miles…
Read moreJeddah Rain Europe is seeing the worst flooding of its history and several rivers have burst their banks and are now flooding big cities. Sev…
Read moreAn improvised explosive device ( IED ) is a homemade bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may b…
Read moreTamil rebels in a pickup truck in Killinochchi The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( Tamil : , Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ ; commonly known a…
Read moreThe Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka . Beginning on 23 July 1983, there was an intermittent insurgency a…
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