STORY: Footage broadcast on a Sri Lankan network also showed houses on fire. Sri Lanka's prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned after pro- and anti-government protesters clashed for the first time ...

In recent weeks, protests have erupted in the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka as the country’s economy remains on the brink of collapse. A lack of foreign reserves and the crippling national debt have ...

Protesters in Sri Lanka have burned down homes belonging to 38 politicians as the crisis-hit country plunged further into chaos, with the government ordering troops to “shoot on sight.” Police in the ...

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