According to government figures, some 12,000 LTTE fighters who gave themselves up were taken prisoner and underwent "rehabilitation" at the end of the war. There were about 3,000 female ex-combatants.

Ravaged by 30 years of civil war, Cambodia is littered with anti-personnel mines. Every year, they kill and injure civilians, ...

The White House engages in damage control after a journalist was included in a group chat planning US airstrikes in Yemen.

Russia now in its fourth year, the number of women joining the Ukrainian army continues to soar to some 70,000 up from 56,000 at the start of the Russian invasion.

In elite sport, the focus is more often than not on athletes and coaches, but parents are a key figure in the shaping of a ...

The Sudanese army has just won the battle of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, after two years of civil war. It is now calling ...

France says a response from the EU to Trump's new 20 percent tariff will "probably" come at the end of the month.

It was not supposed to happen again. Two years ago, after the cash-for-favours scandal known as "Qatargate" rocked the European Parliament and sent shockwaves through the EU, reforms were introduced ...