COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lanka's armed forces launched ground and air attacks in the rebel-held north of the island Wednesday, as the Tigers mourned the death of

UN members are being urged to oppose Sri Lanka's bid to be re-elected to the body's Human Rights Council. On the eve of the vote, the New York based group

A senior leader of LTTE died of a sudden heart attack on Tuesday in Kilinochchi a pro-rebel website said. Brigadier Balraj, a commander of the Liberation

Sri Lankan military says there has been heavy fighting in Vavuniya as the security forces 'neutralised' a major LTTE offensive on army defence lines ahead

At least 50 people have died in heavy fighting between government troops and the Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka, the island's defence ministry reported

At least 12 Tamil Tiger rebels and three Sri Lankan soldiers have been killed in renewed clashes along the country's embattled north.

Colombo – Government troops launched a counter-attack on Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka, killing at least 12 rebels and losing three soldiers,

By Andra Griffin As a result of an attack that Sri Lanka military forces undertook against rebel positions in north of the country, 61 Tamil Tigers and 17

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of children forced to fight wars around the world has fallen but a hardcore of governments, rebels and armed groups are

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka‘s air force launched a strike on Tamil Tiger rebels near the front lines in the war-ravaged northern region, while infantry

Balraj was first commander of the rebels` conventional fighting formation, Charles Antony Brigade, established in 1991. A senior Tamil Tiger military

A senior leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels died of a sudden heart attack on Tuesday in the guerrilla-held northern regions of the country,