by Rhiannon Ingle in Lad Bible, Sept 29, 2023 at 10:19 hrs BST A British woman has been trapped in Sri Lanka for 13 months and is now left ‘out of hope’. Kayleigh Fraser, 35, from St Andrews, was visiting the country to study botanical medicine and began sharing videos online of the ‘Aragalaya’ (‘Struggle’ in Sinhalese) protests. Fraser, who had been living abroad for over a year, had her home on the South Asian…
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AFP report, Sept 7, 2023COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s Catholic church on Wednesday demanded an international probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Colombo after a British documentary claimed they were orchestrated to tip the outcome of that year´s election. The documentary, aired on Tuesday, featured a political insider who accused current intelligence chief Suresh Sallay of complicity in the bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners. Sallay is closely linked to the powerful Rajapaksa…
By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Aug 26, 2023 at 10:51 PMBritish High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott claimed that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other terrorist organizations continue to operate in Afghan territory. In an interview with Pakistani Geo News, Marriott said that if the activities of these groups in Afghanistan are not stopped, they may become a threat to Pakistan and the world. “Pakistani military and security forces are bearing the brunt of these attacks…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Apr 26, 2023 The Indo-Pacific Defense Forum is published by the US Indo-Pacific Command, in line with overall US strategy. In its latest issue (Volume 47, Issue 04, 2022), it dealt with current Chinese strategies. Interestingly, reference was made to Chinese Admiral Zheng He’s voyages to Sri Lanka. Zheng He’s first visit took place in 1405. The Chinese fleet arrived in Sri Lanka exactly 100 years before the Portuguese,…
AFP Report in Dawn, April 3rd, 2023LONDON: Britain’s interior minister Suella Braverman on Sunday said the UK government was “in negotiations” after three British men were detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Media reports have identified the men as charity medic Kevin Cornwell, 53, the unnamed manager of a hotel for aid workers and YouTuber Miles Routledge. “The government is in negotiations and working hard to ensure people’s safety is upheld,” Braverman told Sky News.…
by Nadeem Badshah in The Guardian, Apr 3, 2023The families of two British men held in custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been able to speak to them for the first time since their arrest. Kevin Cornwell, a 53-year-old charity medic, and another British national, who has not been named, were detained by the Taliban’s secret police on 11 January. Another Briton being held is Miles Routledge, 23, who returned to the country after…
report in The Guardian, Apr 1, 2023 at 22.23 BSTThree British men including a charity medic and a self-styled “danger tourist” are being held in custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan, it has been reported. The Mail on Sunday said Kevin Cornwell, a 53-year-old charity medic, and another British national who manages a hotel for aid workers in Kabul, who has not been named, were detained by the Taliban’s secret police in January. The other…