Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the ...

Many Sri Lankans say the current government is largely made up of the same politicians who have ruled the island nation for ...

Traditionally, Tamils have voted for Tamil parties which are active in northern Sri Lanka, but Paramasamy Thanabalasingam, a ...

The crisis at its doorstep - a nearly 2,000km (1,240-mile) border - is becoming costly for China, which has invested millions ...

The port blast killed more than 200 people and injured thousands. The synchronized explosion of devices used by Hezbollah was ...

Maps of the states that are expected to decide the presidential election are stunning. The urban areas in these states are ...

Even in a country that has vaulted from one crisis to another for decades, the level of confusion, insecurity and anger is reaching new heights.

With their former countrymen divided and lacking a monarch after the English Civil War, Colonists seized an opportunity to ...

US Vice-President Kamala Harris has spoken of her willingness to use her gun if an intruder entered her home. "If somebody ...

US and other Western officials are concerned that Smotrich might refuse to renew the agreement which expires on 31 October, ...

A Civil War museum in Texas that has faced criticism for skirting around slavery will be closing its doors at the end of ...