Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency for seven days in a bid to curb communal violence after clashes...
A migrant domestic worker was found dead Thursday in a house in the northern district of Kesrouan, the state-run National News Agency reported.
A domestic worker was found dead Thursday in a house in the northern district of Kesrouan, the state-run National News Agency reported.
One was homeless, smoked crack cocaine and worked as a prostitute. Another was from a conservative Muslim family and hid the fact that he was gay from his...
Australian authorities say they have helped make the Indian Ocean safer for air and sea travelers since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished in the vast...
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VERONA, Italy: When hundreds of hardcore Verona soccer fans chanted "Adolf Hitler is my friend" and sang of their team's embrace of the swastika, Italian...
The president of the Maldives said Tuesday he ordered a state of emergency to investigate “this plot, this coup” involving a Supreme Court ruling last week...
Security forces in the Maldives stormed the Supreme Court overnight, arresting two judges and later a top opposition politician, after the government declared...
Sri Lanka destroyed $108 million worth of cocaine in public, seized by authorities in the port of Colombo.
Sri Lanka has lifted a 39-year ban on women buying alcohol or working in places that sell or manufacture liquor, an official said Sunday.
England coach Trevor Bayliss will step down after the next Ashes series in 2019, he announced Tuesday as the media slammed him over the 4-0 Test thrashing in...
The Dora roundabout is home to blaring horns, incessant calls for buses, chaotic jumps for services and frenetic sales-pitches for small knick-knacks.
Clad in traditional Chinese, Western and Sri Lankan costumes, 50 Chinese couples were married at a mass ceremony in Sri Lanka's capital to mark the 60th...
(Corrects to say 193 countries signed, not more than 200) By John Ndiso NAIROBI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Nearly 200 countries signed a U.
More than 200 countries signed a UN resolution in Nairobi on Wednesday to eliminate plastic pollution in the sea, a move some delegates hoped would pave the...
Unprecedented scenes of Sri Lankan cricketers wearing face masks have reignited debate about hosting major sports in heavily polluted New Delhi, where doctors...
Hazardous smog interrupted the third Test between India and Sri Lanka in New Delhi on Sunday, with players wearing face masks as air quality dipped in the...
The friendly words exchanged between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping this month softened the edge of a Chinese economic and military buildup that a...
China has traditionally rejected U.S.-style interventionism, but its deepening economic involvement in volatile countries is thrusting Beijing toward a more...