Sri Lanka's most decorated officer Sarath Fonseka, who lost January's presidential poll, faces a court martial on charges of sharing defence secrets with the opposition and conspiring to topple the government.
As India remembers those fallen in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, security analysts and officials warn that, twelve months on, the country’s anti-terror strategy is still “work in progress”.
As India remembers those fallen in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, security analysts and officials warn that, twelve months on, the country’s anti-terror strategy is still “work in progress”.
The United States' attorney general, Eric Holder, has named John Durham as special prosecutor to probe CIA prisoner abuse cases after the release of a disturbing report on torture methods used to interrogate key terror suspects.
Residents in the northern cities of Jaffna and Vavuniya vote in the first local polls since 1998. The elections come almost three months after a massive military operation wiped out the Tamil Tigers and left close to 300,000 people homeless.
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested Selvarasa Pathmanathan, the newly appointed leader of the nearly defunct Tamil Tigers. Pathmanathan arrest comes only a fortnight after he was declared the successor of Velupillai Prabhakaran.
Residents in the northern cities of Jaffna and Vavuniya vote in the first local polls since 1998. The elections come almost three months after a massive military operation wiped out the Tamil Tigers and left close to 300,000 people homeless.
Booming India's students are reeling under gruelling competition, growing stress and parental pressure to excel academically. Some fail to cope and end up depressed, or even worse, commit suicide.
Pop icon Michael Jackson died in Los Angeles at the age of 50. What are your memories of one of the entertainment industry’s most beloved and bizarre figures?
The 'King of Pop' Jackson began his career as a child star in the Jackson Five and recorded nine solo albums between 1972 and 2001, including "Thriller," the top-selling album of all time.
