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New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently warned that holding of civilians could amount to a war crime.

The AFP in a Beirut datelined story quoted HRW’s Middle East and North Africa Director Sarah Leah …

A Sri Lankan government-appointed panel, probing cases of missing persons during the country’s civil war with the LTTE Tamil terrorists, on Tuesday claimed that the numbers cited by Pro LTTE dispora, TNA, and Tamil groups on alleged disappearance of individuals …

 Israel lashed out on Tuesday after the UN Human Rights Council named the man who will be running an inquiry into its Gaza offensive.

Apparent war crimes committed by US and NATO troops in Afghanistan have gone uninvestigated, leaving the families of thousands of the victims without justice, Amnesty International said in a new report.

“Thousands of Afghans have been killed or injured …

A hero is a great warrior or man of noble qualities and great achievements. Lieutenant General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa was both of these. He was beloved by his men, respected by his colleagues and loved by the people. Unfortunately, the …

Learning from the experience of the furor over the allegedly controversial Jayalalitha-Modi article in the Sri Lanka Defence Ministry website Sri Lankans need to have broader perspective of the unenviable position in which successive Indian central governments have been placed …

By Podinilame Dissanayake  —

Dr. Ananda Guruge, Buddhist scholar, author and former civil servant passed away today (August 6th, 2014), while returning home to Los Angeles, from a speech delivery tour to China and Australia. He was one of the …

The LTTE terrorists had a “mole” in 10 Janpath, and Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination was part of a conspiracy “hatched by several influential people in faraway places”, says former India’s home secretary R.D. Pradhan.

“Someone inside 10 Janpath provided crucial information …

By Supun Mudalige —–

In today’s highly monitored international scene a country, big or small, is judged by the way it conducts itself. To make a mountain out of a molehill or create a storm in a tea cup i.e. …