A Sinhala Buddhist monk led a small demonstration in Colombo expressing solidarity with the United States and Israel, praising both countries for what he described as supporting Sri Lanka in “defeating terrorism”.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has said it will keep its peacekeeping force in the town of Akobo despite an order by the South Sudanese military to vacate the area ahead of a planned offensive.

In a statement issued on Monday, the UN mission warned that military operations in and around the town could place civilians at grave risk.

A former colonel in Syria’s Air Force Intelligence has appeared before a London court charged with crimes against humanity, in what prosecutors say is the first case of its kind brought under British law.

Former Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran has reiterated that there must be no compromise in the demand for the complete repeal of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), warning that its abolition should not be tied to the introduction of new legislation.

Vanni District Member of Parliament Thurairasa Ravikaran has criticised members of the Rajapaksa family for portraying themselves as humanitarians while expressing concern over the ongoing war in the Middle East, accusing them of hypocrisy given their role in the atrocities committed against the Tamil people  in 2009.

Two people were killed and 13 others injured after a boat carrying devotees from Jaffna to Palaitheevu met with an accident.

The Secretary of the Chandrasekaran People's Front, lawyer S. Anusha Chandrasekaran, has called on the Sri Lankan government to introduce dedicated legislation in Parliament to address longstanding land rights issues faced by Hill Country Tamils.

A Tamil father who spent years searching for his forcibly disappeared daughter and participating in protests demanding answers has passed away in Vavuniya.

Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekara has dismissed reports that the government plans to remove the Sri Lankan military headquarters in Jaffna, stating that the claims are “entirely false”.