Anura Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, was sworn in on Monday as the ninth ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday wrote another letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take strong ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said he hoped to broaden cooperation with Sri Lanka under his Belt and Road infrastructure initiative (BRI) as he congratulated the island nation's new leader ...

Governor, Mark Robinson have resigned following porn-site comments. Four people have been killed in a shooting in Birmingham, Alabama. Plus, Sri Lanka swings to the left, as it elects a new president ...

Hoping for change, Sri Lanka has elected its first leftist president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the National People's Power ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, at 56, took oath as Sri Lanka's new president. Promising a 'Renaissance,' he ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's President on Monday following several years of economic ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election, the Election ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election, the Election ...

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 the ...

Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation ...

Voters backed Marxist coalition leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, rejecting an old guard accused of leading the country into ...