Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the country doesn't want to be sandwiched, especially between China and India, signaling a bold stance on his foreign policy.

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday said he shares Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to ...

India will also show a willingness to work with the new leader and expand bilateral ties, especially as it deals with an ...

Yet many Sri Lankans continue to demand fundamental change. It is not only swingeing austerity that angers them: they are ...

Sri Lanka swore in Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the nation's president on Monday, a member of the Marxist group People's ...

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 ...

Amid a change of guard in Sri Lanka, many former Indian diplomats on Monday said the results of the presidential election in ...

Sri Lankans have elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the country's new president, giving the Marxist-leaning politician a key ...

Following the presidential election in Sri Lanka, diplomats emphasize the need for India and Sri Lanka to maintain their close ties. Newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake vows to lead a ...

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

The growing support for Dissanayake, a center-left politician who ran on transparency and the working class, is a reflection ...

Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political ...