Marking 3,000 days of protest, families of the disappeared renewed their call for international justice in their ongoing struggle for truth and accountability
Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Secretary and President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran has declared that the results of the recently concluded local government elections have dispelled the myth of an "Anura wave" and reaffirmed the enduring strength of Tamil nationalism in the North-East.
Former Member of Parliament and Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) candidate for the Valvettithurai Urban Council, M.K. Shivajilingam, stated that the people have entrusted them with a mandate to govern themselves.
The final results from Sri Lanka’s 2025 local government elections revealed a significant shift in voter sentiment across the Tamil homeland, with the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) coalition losing ground and Tamil nationalist parties making a more decisive comeback.
The Israeli cabinet has approved plans to expand the war on Gaza and remain in the enclave for an unspecified amount of time. Benjamin Netanyahu said the new offensive will be an intensive military operation aimed at defeating Hamas.
Netanyahu stated in a video message on X that Gaza’s Palestinian population “will be moved, for its own protection”.
A journalist and a Tamil People’s Alliance candidate were assaulted in separate incidents during the local government elections in Jaffna, prompting police investigations
A SriLankan Airlines flight from Chennai to Colombo was searched on 3 May, after authorities at Chennai Airport received an email claiming that five suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives were on board.
A high-level European Union (EU) monitoring mission is currently in Sri Lanka to assess the country’s compliance with the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) - a vital trade concession worth over $500 million annually that grants Sri Lankan exports, particularly garments, duty-free access to European markets.
On International Press Freedom Day, journalists in Jaffna protested demanding justice for slain media workers and condemned recent threats against a photojournalist
