MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Singaram Soosaimuthu fishes every day with his son, casting nets and reeling them in. It ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The plan for a surreptitious meeting had been in the works for weeks. On the morning of November 7, ...

Photo courtesy of Tripadvisor “The past is continually remade to suit the present.” Richard Gombrich and Gananath Obeyesekere The root causes of Sri Lanka’s 26 year civil war have yet to be addressed, ...

Northern Tamil claim, Eastern Province claim, and Tamil Eelam have no historical or legal basis. Uti Possidetis Juris Territory remains with the existing sovereign state unless lawfully transferred. → ...

MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Tamil people still live in the shadow of defeat in the civil war that tore the country apart until it ended 15 years ago. Some parents have given up hope of ...