COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire that set off explosions and killed a soldier at an army camp near Sri Lanka’s capital has been put out, officials said Monday.Military spokesman Brig. Jayanath ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire broke out at an army camp near Sri Lanka's capital, setting off explosions and damaging hundreds of nearby homes, officials said Monday. One soldier was killed ...

At Sri Lanka protest camp, army veterans once led by president. Dozens of veterans are camping out near the president’s office, having lost faith in a leader who is resisting calls to resign.

They were among the 225,000 to 280,000 people who were held in several detention camps after fleeing the fighting in the last stages of the 26-year-long war between the Sri Lankan Army and the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka's military says it has decided to remove a dozen army camps in the former northern war zone where key elections are scheduled in less than two months. Military ...

MANKERNI, Sri Lanka, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's army pursued fleeing Tamil Tiger fighters on Saturday after the rebels abandoned their eastern stronghold following weeks of fierce fighting and ...