Sri Lanka

Chile, Honduras return ambassadors to Israel for first time since October 7

During his meeting with Chile's ambassador, Herzog addressed ongoing diplomatic efforts surrounding the Gaza conflict and referred to the Trump Board of Peace initiative.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog is pictured with the Ambassador of Georgia to Israel, Beka Dvali on August 3, 2026.
Prisoners board a bus to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, July 6, 2026.

At least 25 dead, 100 injured in clashes between prisoner groups at Sri Lanka jail, sources say

"The military has been requested to provide support to the police, but at the moment they are on standby," Sri Lankan Army Spokesman Brigadier Waruna Gamage told Reuters.

|ByREUTERS
Israeli-made Kfir fighter jets.

Israeli-made 'Kfir' aircraft will fly until 2030, following new deal between Sri Lanka, IAI

Sri Lanka is upgrading the five Kfir jets that it has under a $50 million deal with IAI. The planes received an advanced cockpit, a new mission computer, and additional avionics improvements.

|ByUDI ETZION
Iran's Ambassador to Germany Majid Nili Ahmadabadi speaks from the embassy in Berlin, March 19, 2026.

Iranian embassies openly recruit for ‘sacrificing life’ campaign in the West

Iranian embassies in the UK, Germany, Australia, and Sri Lanka have openly sought recruits for a martyrdom campaign amid ongoing conflict with the US and Israel.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Voices From The Arab Press: SRI LANKA AND THE 100-YEAR BATTLE

I am convinced that this battle – the battle to eradicate terrorism – is going to be a long one, spanning maybe even an entire century.

MAY 1, 2019ByMEDIA LINE
A MAN purported to be Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaks in this screen grab taken from video released on April 29.

Leave my country alone, Sri Lanka president tells Islamic State

Investigations revealed the bombs used in the Easter attacks were made locally, the president said in the interview.

MAY 1, 2019ByREUTERS
Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Why only ‘unnatural’ deaths?

Let us not wait for a disruption at the scale of two world wars to reconsider this as “natural.” Let every death as a result of climate criminals be followed by international headlines.

APRIL 29, 2019ByTAL HARRIS
A candlelight vigil is held at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church for victims of a shooting incident at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, north of San Diego, California

All in the family: How Sri Lanka terror reveals reality of threat

There is no doubt that ISIS is still a widespread threat around the world with a capacity to inspire attacks.

APRIL 29, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A blood-spattered statue of Jesus Christ is pictured while crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast, as the sun shines through the blown-out roof, inside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

Sri Lanka bans face veils after Easter day bombing attacks on churches

Human Rights Watch condemned the ban.

APRIL 29, 2019ByREUTERS
Muslim woman whose veil is decorated with the Egyptian flag

Family of Jewish teens killed in Sri Lanka to start charity in memory

APRIL 29, 2019ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
A blood-spattered statue of Jesus Christ is pictured while crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast, as the sun shines through the blown-out roof, inside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

ISIS attacks show the world what Israel has always been dealing with

ISIS proved this week that not only is the organization alive, it is also kicking, fiercely.

APRIL 28, 2019ByALON BEN-DAVID/MAARIV
AN ISIS fighter uses his phone to lm a military parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province in 2014

Sri Lanka bans groups suspected to be behind attacks; raids safe house

Israel recommends citizens leave island, refrain from visiting.

APRIL 28, 2019ByREUTERS, HERB KEINON
Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Fifteen killed in Sri Lanka in shootout with suspected Islamist militants

Six children were also killed in the gun battle.

APRIL 27, 2019ByREUTERS
Men carry dead bodies towards ambulances near the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019.

'Black sheep': The mastermind' of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs

"He was against our teaching and the way we interpreted the Koran - he wanted his radical Islam," said Aliyar. "So we kicked him out."

APRIL 26, 2019ByREUTERS
TERRORISTS STRUCK at worshipers in Sri Lanka.