A steady influx of Sri Lankan Tamils, seeking better life in Europe, Scandinavian countries, and Canada, gave the Diaspora wherewithal to pressure foreign political parties. The influential Tamil Diaspora had the means to secure the direct support of foreign lawmakers who raised the Sri Lankan issue at their respective legislatures.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov condemned the proposal, which would involve a joint Franco-British mission, as "unacceptable" and "militaristic." -This comes as the head of the French army, General Thierry Burkhard,

Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new exhibition — and a string of multimillion-dollar auction sales.