Batticaloa, on the east coast of Sri Lanka, has a distinct tropical charm. This culturally and racially diverse town is about ...

While the details were not disclosed, North Korea this month amended its constitution, presumably to formalize Kim Jong-un's ...

Rohan de Saram, the cellist who has died aged 85, was a leading light in avant-garde music, spending almost 30 years with the ...

One of the key happenings in human history, is the so-called “Industrial Revolution,” that originated about two centuries ago ...

India’s tea narrative is perpetually defined by disaster, with plantations shutting down and producers left with unsellable ...

The 1681 edition of Robert Knox’s classic work on the Kandyan Kingdom after the restoration work The mid-18th century edition of “A True and Exact Description of Malabar… and Ceylon” after the ...

De Weert's death dealt a blow to any Kandy-Dutch alliance in Ceylon until the next king, Senarat, succeeded to the Kandyan throne in 1604. Once in power Senarat began again to solicit Dutch support.

With National Curry Week observed this week, it’s fitting to celebrate the fact that curry culture is experiencing a surge in ...

Yet under Dutch military and political pressure the Indonesian government ... In 1954 Indonesia took part in two conferences of Asian Prime Ministers, along with India, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan; the ...

Australian shares have finished the day lower after losses on Wall Street, where all three benchmarks fell.  Look back on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live ...