Tens of thousands of civilians are believed to be trapped after weeks of heavy fighting, mostly in a government "safe zone" along the north coast. Th...
Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011
The main office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was stoned by a mob today in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Although no one was hurt, the...
Press Trust Of India | T V Sriram | Posted 05.25.2011
At least 52 civilians were killed in shelling in Sri Lanka's embattled northern Wanni region, where a hospital came under attack for the fourth straig...
Guardian.co.uk | Randeep Ramesh, South Asia Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011
Five artillery shells hit the children's ward of a Sri Lankan hospital, killing at least nine and injuring 20, according to aid agencies, as the army ...
The Economist | Posted 05.25.2011
THE war in Sri Lanka, pitting the Sinhalese-dominated government against the vicious rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who have b...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces captured the Tamil Tigers' last major stronghold Sunday, confining the rebels to a narrow slice of jungle...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces captured the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital Friday, winning a major victory in a decades-long battle to d...
World Politics Review | Posted 05.25.2011
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- In the silent, low-res imagery of the closed-circuit video footage that rapidly spread across YouTube, the young Tamil woman app...
BBC | Posted 05.25.2011