A prominent Kanak pro-independence leader has accused the French government of deliberately preventing his return to New Caledonia by withholding his passport, months after he was cleared to travel home by a Paris appeals court.

View(active tab)EditDeleteRevisions Trincomalee camp residents say promised Sri Lankan state support never cameDec 4, 2025 Open configuration options Families sheltering at the Muttur Pattithidal Maha Vidyalayam relief camp in Trincomalee have condemned the Sri Lankan government’s response to the worsening disaster, saying that no senior officials or military personnel had visited them despite repeated state assurances of coordinated relief.

Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) announced on Thursday that the death toll from Cyclone Ditwah has climbed to 479, as the island continues to grapple with damage of up to USD $7 billion.

People trapped in Sri Lanka’s central highlands, home to some of the island’s most vulnerable Malayaga Tamil families, say they were left without warnings, assistance or government support as Cyclone Ditwah unleashed catastrophic floods and landslides that have killed hundreds.

Two British women trapped by landslides in Sri Lanka’s central highlands say they are running out of food, water and fuel, with their families accusing the UK government of offering little meaningful assistance as the impact of Cyclone Ditwah continues to devastate the island.

Sri Lanka’s police have launched a wide-ranging investigation under emergency regulations after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) identified 57 social media posts that officials claim contain “misleading rumours”.

Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Public Security, Sunil Watagala, has ordered the police to use emergency regulations to pursue and arrest individuals accused of circulating defamatory statements about Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake on social media, despite the president’s own public assurance that emergency powers would apply strictly to disaster management.

Canadian Tamils held an event in Toronto, Canada, to commemorate Maaveerar Naal 2025. 

Similar commemorations took place in the North-East and across the Tamil diaspora to mark the day. 

Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza is continuing despite the ceasefire announced more than a month ago, Amnesty International said, warning that Israeli authorities are still deliberately inflicting conditions of life intended to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians.