Sri Lanka’s new president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, during his swearing in ceremony on November 18.
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The political comeback of the Rajapaksa family has left some Sri Lankans worried.
A Buddhist monk claiming to be the president of the self-styled ‘Protect Sri Lanka’ organisation argues with police personnel barricading the road leading to the president’s official residence in Colombo.
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The bombings have been framed as part of ongoing internal conflict, but Sri Lanka was just the stage for a play that could have been performed anywhere in the world.
Newspaper headlines the day after the 2017 terrorist attack in Westminster, London in which Khalid Masood killed at least three people.
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Viewing Muslims as ‘other’ just makes the problem worse – but research has some solutions.
Members of the Pakistani Christian minority in Peshawar, Pakistan, prepare placards to pay tribute to people who died in the Sri Lanka bombings.
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What movitaves these wealthy young people from doing this atrocity?