A Myanmar junta airstrike has killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state, an ethnic minority armed group has said.
The students and staff of Burlington Junior and Infant School in New Malden, UK, celebrated Thai Pongal, marking the first time it has been observed in a British school with its school students.
Eravur Circuit Magistrate Court has issued an arrest warrant for Tamil journalist Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy for not attending court after he was forced into exile due to intimidation by Sri Lanka's security forces.
Sri Lanka's Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekaran was 'shocked; over Tamil being placed third on the nameplate of the Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre in Jaffna.