In 1995, after a bloody conflict, the Sri Lankan army wrested control of the Jaffna Peninsula from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It was seen as a key turning point in the war, which ended with the defeat of the Tigers in 2009. As they extended control in the late 1990s, the entire
AUSTIN, Texas — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas, local authorities said, and anti-ICE protesters quickly gathered at the scene. The man was in serious but stable condition at a hospital after being shot once in the torso on the capital city’s north side,
Provincial police spokesperson Col Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said Ndlovu had gone to pick up his wife from a religious service when the attackers struck. “As she approached their vehicle, three unknown men, one reportedly armed with a firearm, suddenly approached them, pushed her aside and forced her husband into the back seat,” she said. “The suspects
Eight people, including six children, were found dead in a Michigan home after a fire, some with gunshot wounds, authorities said Friday. Police and firefighters responded shortly before noon to a house fire in Grand Haven Township, on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. When they entered, they found the bodies, Capt. Jacob Sparks of
