Deep within the Vanni, Sri Lanka’s “green lung” is being systematically drowned in the name of progress. The Kivul Oya project, a vast irrigation scheme cutting across the island’s northern reaches, ...

As American and Israeli strikes pound the Islamic Republic and Iran attacks Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure ...

The sinking of an Iranian ship by the US near Sri Lanka brings the conflict uncomfortably close to India.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen or heard from publicly since the war started, leading to speculation about his whereabouts and health condition.

Establishing forests can capture carbon and boost biodiversity — but some biomes are a better bet than others, a recent study ...

As American and Israeli strikes pound the Islamic Republic and Iran attacks Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a new threat to Iran’s leaders on ...

What began as targeted strikes has spiralled into the most internationally entangled conflict in decades, stretching military stockpiles and threatening a ’70s-style energy shock.

How the little-known atoll of Diego Garcia is becoming another flashpoint in the global contest between the U.S. and China ...

Iran continues to launch missile and drone strikes across several Middle East countries as Trump warns over the Strait of ...

Sri Lankan MP Harsha de Silva expressed shock following the sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena by a U.S. submarine on ...

For the first time since the 1800s, giant tortoises are walking free again on Floreana Island, and NASA had a hand in getting them there. Using satellite data to map vegetation, rainfall, temperature, ...

A US Navy submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka's coast. Sri Lankan MP Harsha de Silva expressed shock, ...