Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have admitted for the first time that their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead....
The Independent | Jerome Taylor | Posted 06.21.2009 | World
Pictures like this will certainly add to the ongoing rumour mill that LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran is still alive. I've been speaking to ...
Washington Post | Posted 06.21.2009 | World
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday that its workers have been barred from the country's largest refugee camp and cannot distri...
Nimmi Gowrinathan | Posted 06.20.2009 | World
The abuses of the past few months have left deep wounds that empty promises alone cannot heal; awareness does not always translate into action.
New York Times | Posted 06.20.2009 | World
Sri Lankans were given the day off Wednesday as the government declared a national day to celebrate its victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels....
Telegraph | Posted 06.19.2009 | World
A pair of Tamil Tiger leaders were shot dead as they tried to surrender following desperate last-minute negotiations to guarantee their safety, it was...
Jim Luce | Posted 06.19.2009 | World
In spite of the slaughter, of using their own people as human shields, of creating the largest, bloodiest hostage drama of modern times, the Tigers have at long last been defeated.
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 06.19.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president declared his country "liberated from separatist terror" Tuesday as the military said it recovered the...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.18.2009 | World
This is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This HuffPost World feature is available Monday ...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 06.18.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending hi...
AP | BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI | Posted 06.17.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's military says the eldest son of the top Tamil Tiger rebel leader has been killed in fighting. Military spokesm...
Derek Flood | Posted 06.15.2009 | World
While the Sri Lankan government appears to be close to consolidating its hold on the country's turbulent northeast, a massive humanitarian drama, largely unseen by the international media, is unfolding.
AP | BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI | Posted 06.15.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's military said it took control of the island's entire coastline Saturday and cut off any sea escape for Tamil Ti...
New York Times | Posted 06.14.2009 | World
At least 1,500 civilians who had been trapped in Sri Lanka's shrinking war zone managed to flee on Thursday, the country's military said, as its force...
AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 06.14.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians waded across a vast lagoon under a hail of rebel gunfire Thursday, breaking out of Sri Lanka's war z...
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
President Obama, speaking this afternoon, made a direct statement to both the Tamil Tigers as well as the Sri Lankan government regarding the enduring...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Artillery shells tore through a hospital packed with wounded civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for a second day Wednesday, ...
Guardian | Posted 06.11.2009 | World
Doctor reports hundreds of bodies being brought to hospital as UN says feared bloodbath has now become reality...
Steve Crawshaw | Posted 06.06.2009 | World
There is still time to act, to prevent yet more senseless deaths. But every day and every hour count.
Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 06.04.2009 | World
It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows how to handle a Kalashnikov and ...
James Ross | Posted 06.01.2009 | World
One might think that no one would shed a tear for the insurgents, but support for the Tamil Tiger cause remains strong for many Tamils in Sri Lanka and among the large Tamil diaspora.
Al Jazeera | Posted 06.01.2009 | World
The Sri Lankan government has admitted carrying out air raids in the so-called no-fire zone in the country's northeast, where the army is battling Tam...
Times Online | Jeremy Page | Posted 05.29.2009 | World
Sri Lanka has refused to allow Sweden's Foreign Minister to enter the country on a joint mission with his British and French counterparts to press for...
AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.28.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka agreed to stop firing heavy weapons into the northern war zone to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped there,...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 05.25.2009 | World
The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs The Taliban's Advance Facts: This week, the Pakistani Taliban spread its reach, taking control of Buner dis...
BBC NEWS | Posted 06.24.2009 | World