Sloth bears are the world's deadliest bear. As their habitat shrinks, India's forest communities are finding ways to co-exist ...

Sri Lanka released 1,800 rehabilitated Tamil Tiger fighters on Friday, as part of what it says are efforts to reconcile ethnic differences after a quarter of a century of war.

NEW DELHI, India – The Sri Lankan air force launched a second round of retaliatory strikes on Tamil Tiger rebel positions yesterday amid fears that the country was returning to civil war after a ...

(Updates casualties, adds army bus blast) COLOMBO, March 22 (Reuters) - A Sri Lanka navy fast attack boat was destroyed on Saturday when it hit a suspected sea mine laid by Tamil ...

Almost always smiling, smartly dressed and carrying a polished cane, S.P. Thamilselvan was the key contact point between Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels and the outside world. Mr. Thamilselvan was ...

Colombo - The Sri Lankan army on Tuesday captured more territory from the Tamil Tigers ahead of the expiry of a government deadline for the rebels to surrender, the defence ministry said ...

NEW DELHI — As the Sri Lankan military tightens the noose around Tamil Tiger guerrillas, squeezing them into an increasingly tight pocket on the island’s northeast coast, the government ...

Sri Lanka released 1,800 rehabilitated Tamil Tiger fighters, as part of what it says are efforts to reconcile ethnic differences after a quarter of a century of war ...