Sri Lanka’s Sinhala-Buddhist nationalists have opened a new front in their war against the island’s minorities. If for decades it was the island’s Tamils who were the focus of their hostility, it is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a prominent Muslim lawmaker and his brother over suspected ...

Baby Shaayiq Faz was just 20 days old when he died. He was the youngest Covid victim in Sri Lanka, born amid a pandemic and cremated before reaching his first birthday. Officials at a Sri Lankan ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Sri Lanka on Tuesday as Muslims protested near the president's office demanding that the government allow people who die of ...

Sri Lanka's Muslim cabinet members leave after addressing media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 3, 2019. Sri Lanka’s Muslim politicians holding top government positions have resigned enmasse ...

Several Muslim religious and civil organisations in Sri Lanka have issued a joint statement expressing concern over the escalating conflict in the Middle East and calling all parties for an immediate ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government imposed a nationwide state of emergency Tuesday after mob attacks against the minority Muslim population in a central district, violence that has ...

COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan Catholic archbishop appealed to the country’s Muslims on Wednesday to reject extremism and join Catholics in determining the truth behind Easter ...

Rights activists have criticized the Sri Lankan government for withholding the results of Muslim students who appeared for an advanced-level exam wearing a hijab or headscarf. The results of 70 Muslim ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — At 12:10 p.m. Friday, men and boys in a Muslim neighborhood in Sri Lanka’s capital did something everyone had warned them not to do: They came together to pray. Hundreds ...

KOTTAMPITIYA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police arrested 23 people on Tuesday in connection with a spate of attacks on Muslim-owned homes and shops in apparent reprisal for the Easter bombings ...