Sri Lanka

Sri Lankans Ask the U.K. to Take Back Rotten Waste

The South Asian nation joins a growing list of countries pushing back on We...

The South Asian nation joins a growing list of countries pushing back on Western trash

A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard near a car explosion after the police tried to defuse a bomb near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.

A State of Disorientation: Dispatch from Sri Lanka after the Easter Bombings

In Colombo, as though there is war once more, the ominous presence of heavi...

In Colombo, as though there is war once more, the ominous presence of heavily armed soldiers is everywhere. Ever since the Easter Sunday bombings, checkpoints have been posted on all the main roads, as well...

A Sri Lankan vendor shows a full face veil, called a niqab, at a shop selling clothes for Muslim women in Colombo on April 30, 2019. Religious tensions and a government ban on covering the face since the Easter Sunday suicide attacks have forced conservative Muslim women in Sri Lanka to shun veils, head scarves and long robes in public.

Sri Lanka Bans Face Coverings as it Scrambles to Respond to Easter Attacks

Eight days after the April 21 bombings in Sri Lanka left at least 253 dead,...

Eight days after the April 21 bombings in Sri Lanka left at least 253 dead, the government announced that all face coverings would be banned in public, saying the move would help the search for...

Sri Lanka security personnel look at the remains of a truck used by Tamil Tiger rebels to stage a suicide attack against bus loads of navy sailors in the north-eastern Sri lankan town of Habarana on Oct. 16, 2006.

'The Birthplace of the Suicide Belt.' Sri Lanka's Deadly History of Suicide Bombings

The deadly terrorist tactic was perfected during the country's long civil w...

The deadly terrorist tactic was perfected during the country's long civil war

More than 300 people were killed with hundreds more injured after coordinated attack on churches and hotels on Easter Sunday rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Sri Lanka Terrorist Attack

The terrorist group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks on...

The terrorist group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed at least 321 people on Easter Sunday, but provided no evidence. In a bulletin posted...

Sri Lanka Struggles to Come to Terms With the Implications of the Easter Sunday Bombings

With the 2009 ending of the civil war, Sri Lankans thought they had put str...

With the 2009 ending of the civil war, Sri Lankans thought they had put strife behind them

Relatives place flowers after the burial of three victims of the same family, who died at Easter Sunday bomb blast at St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 22, 2019. The State Department has confirmed that at least four Americans died in Sunday's attacks.

A 5th Grader and a 'Big-Hearted' American. These Are Some of the Victims of Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings

At least four Americans were among the nearly 300 killed, officials said