Prime Minister to visit Indonesia for talks with Joko Widodo

Australian homes of Sri Lankan linked to IS raided

Counter-terrorism police in Australia have raided two homes in Melbourne reportedly linked to a Sri Lankan born Australian man who appeared in a propaganda video for the Islamic State (IS) last year. Forty one-year-old, Sri Lankan-born Mohomed Unais Mohomen Ameen appeared in the video urging Australians and other foreign sympathisers to offer their services to the organisation?s health service in Syria. According to the ABC, the searches were carried out after warrants were issued for two addr

29 Jan, 2016

Maithripala insists no allegation of war crimes against Sri Lanka

President Maithripala Sirisena insists there is?no allegation of war crimes against Sri Lanka but only the allegation that human rights violations took place. In a Talk to Al Jazeera interview, Sirisena appears to contradict key findings from a UN investigation into the country’s civil war, released in September last year, Al Jazeera reported. The report from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) investigated atrocities committed by both the Tamil separati

30 Jan, 2016

British war ship in Sri Lanka, boost for defence ties

The British war ship HMS Defender is paying a routine visit to Colombo to take on stores and fuel before continuing with her duties in the Indian Ocean. This is the first time in four years that a RN warship has visited Sri Lanka, a country with which the United Kingdom shares a long military history, the British High Commission in Colombo said. The British High Commission said the Ship?s visit now is a welcome signal of the closer defence relations the two countries are developing. HMS Defen

29 Jan, 2016