Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a left-leaning leader, is Sri Lanka's new president after the country witnessed first election ...

India will also show a willingness to work with the new leader and expand bilateral ties, especially as it deals with an ...

Dissanayake’s win dealt a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis ...

The new president's first challenge will be to steady the economy amid "anxieties felt by business and financial groups about ...

Sri Lanka swore in Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the nation's president on Monday, a member of the Marxist group People's ...

Sri Lanka could witness a snap parliamentary election in November as the newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ...

Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is tasked with leading the island nation, which has long been led by ...

Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine formed about 350 miles (565 km) south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba and is expected to develop into a hurricane on Wednesday as it moves across the eastern Gulf ...

In Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as president today, becoming the country’s first leftist leader. He won ...

The election came as the country seeks to recover from a severe economic crisis that led to shortages of essentials such as ...

Incidents of violent crime in the United States fell by 3% last year, while the number of hate crimes rose, the FBI said in ...

In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders and overthrow the government in an armed insurrection. On Sunday, he won ...