The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed the authenticity of a photograph showing one of its soldiers in southern Lebanon smashing a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer, prompting widespread outrage and an official investigation. The image, which circulated online over the weekend, showed the soldier...

Namal Rajapaksa has questioned the scope of the Government’s ongoing commission of inquiry into coal imports, saying investigations should begin from 1989 rather than 2009. Speaking on the matter, Rajapaksa said that if coal had been imported during that period, authorities should examine all transactions...