Fugitive Snowden hid among Hong Kong refugees
Sep. 08, 2016 | 12:05 AM
U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden sought shelter among Hong Kong refugees after he leaked a huge trove of secret documents in the southern...
Sri Lanka seeks more time for ethnic reconciliation
President Maithripala Sirisena Sunday pleaded for more time to bring about reconciliation and ensure accountability seven years after Sri Lanka's ethnic war...
UN chief asks Sri Lanka to reduce military presence
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon Friday urged Sri Lanka to speed up returning land to war-battered minority Tamils and reduce the army's presence in their areas to help...
Protesters descend on UN as Ban Ki-moon visits Sri Lanka
Dozens of Sri Lankan nationalists rallied outside the United Nations compound in Colombo Thursday as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the island,...
Maldives issues arrest warrant for ex-president Nasheed
The Maldives announced Wednesday it is seeking former president Mohamed Nasheed's arrest for failing to return to the troubled archipelago to complete a...
Dissidents 'plotting to topple' Maldives president
The Maldives' dissident former president met opposition groups in neighboring Sri Lanka Friday to hatch a plan to topple strongman president Abdulla Yameen,...
Justice still elusive for aid workers slain on front lines
Nita Bhalla Aug. 22, 2016 | 12:13 AM
It was a massacre that shocked the world's humanitarian community.
UN denies report Sri Lanka temple may lose heritage tag
The U.N.'s cultural agency has denied reports it is considering taking an ancient Sri Lankan cave temple off a list of world heritage sites, as a local...
UN voices concern over Sri Lanka's crumbling cave temple
The U.N.'s cultural agency expressed concern Wednesday over the poor maintenance of a centuries-old cave temple in Sri Lanka, which risks being struck off the...
Four elephants killed by Sri Lankan train
A passenger train hit and killed an elephant and three calves in northern Sri Lanka Wednesday, the latest deadly accident involving the venerated animals
Sri Lanka arrests son of former leader Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan financial crime police arrested the eldest son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday on suspicion of laundering money, his lawyer said,...
Sri Lanka parliament endorses office to trace wartime missing
Sri Lanka's parliament Thursday passed a law to establish an office to trace people who disappeared during a 26-year war and another insurrection amid...
Sri Lanka seeks spiritual help to reduce accidents
Sri Lanka's police sought spiritual help from Buddhist clergy Monday to bless an accident-prone highway in a country that has some of the world's most...
Economists tell Sri Lanka president, finance minister, their policies inconsistent
Two Sri Lankan economists told a summit attended by President Maithripala Sirisena and his finance minister Tuesday the government's economic policies were...
West rebukes Maldives over defamation bill
Western nations warned Monday that a new defamation bill could severely undermine freedom of speech in the Maldives as they accused President Abdulla Yameen...
Indian state to hunt for 'life-saving' mythical plant
Jul. 28, 2016 | 02:44 PM
A northern Indian state will soon begin a multi-million dollar search in the Himalayas for a mythical plant believed to hold life-saving properties, a local...
How the New York Fed fumbled over the Bangladesh Bank heist
Krishna N. DasJonathan Spicer Jul. 22, 2016 | 12:14 AM
Jupiter. That single word, by a stroke of luck, helped stop the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from paying nearly $1 billion to the cybercriminals behind a...
Sri Lanka detains ex-leader's brother on suspicion over funds
Sri Lankan financial crime police arrested Monday a brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a third time over suspicion of state fund...
Visit France to defy 'terrorists': U.N. tourism boss
Jul. 16, 2016 | 12:16 AM
The U.N. tourism chief Friday urged holidaymakers to express solidarity with France by visiting the country to defy "terrorists" after a truck attack in Nice...
Bridging the gap between education and employment
Nahla El-Zibawi Jul. 16, 2016 | 12:17 AM
This week, the U.N. celebrated the World Youth Skills Day in the event "Developing Skills to improve you
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