1. The news from Sri Lanka got worse. The death toll in Sunday’s coordinated suicide attacks at Christian churches and hotels rose to nearly 300 and the number of injured to 500.

All Sri Lankans are requested to join hundreds of millions of people from around the world, by participating in the Earth Hour initiative and showing their commitment to preserving the planet ...

The images show a littoral sliver of land between the sea and a lagoon in the north-east of Sri Lanka where displaced people were living in camps. An image taken in March 2009, two months before the ...