Sri Lanka
Scores feared dead as torrential rain triggers landslides in Sri Lanka
Rescuers were searching on Wednesday for more than 200 families feared buried by mudslides in a remote area in central Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan maid convicted of adultery is spared stoning to death sentence
A maid sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of adultery in Saudi Arabia has won a reprieve.
U.N. calls for special court to prosecute Sri Lanka war crimes
A long-awaited U.N. report has detailed horrific abuses committed in Sri Lanka’s civil war and said the country needed international help to probe...
Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa concedes defeat in elections
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election, which looks set to be won by opposition...
President faces fierce battle in Sri Lanka’s election
Voting started early Thursday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, where Mahinda Rajapaksa faces a fierce political battle after a onetime ally...
'No chance' of survivors at mudslide as search for 200 Sri Lankans called off
Hundreds of desperate Sri Lankan villagers dug with bare hands through the broken red earth of a deadly landslide on Thursday, defying police orders after...
Rescue crews search for 100 missing after Sri Lanka landslide
Rescue workers stepped up their desperate search Thursday for survivors of a landslide in Sri Lanka which is feared to have buried alive 100 people on...
More deadly riots in Sri Lanka resort as Buddhist hardliners defy curfew
More deadly violence flared in a Sri Lankan coastal resort where Buddhist hardliners set shops and homes alight for a second night running.
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