Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Public Security, Sunil Watagala, has ordered the police to use emergency regulations to pursue and arrest individuals accused of circulating defamatory statements about Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake on social media, despite the president’s own public assurance that emergency powers would apply strictly to disaster management.

Canadian Tamils held an event in Toronto, Canada, to commemorate Maaveerar Naal 2025. 

Similar commemorations took place in the North-East and across the Tamil diaspora to mark the day. 

Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza is continuing despite the ceasefire announced more than a month ago, Amnesty International said, warning that Israeli authorities are still deliberately inflicting conditions of life intended to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians.

A man from Sri Lanka who was arrested by authorities in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 269 people, is seeking asylum in the United Kingdom claiming he “fears persecution” if returned back to the island.

A second Scottish independence referendum will not be permitted even if the Scottish National Party (SNP) wins a majority at next year’s Holyrood election, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has insisted, provoking sharp criticism from senior Scottish ministers.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri into custody, after authorities in Germany surrendered the Libyan suspect to The Hague earlier this week. El Hishri is wanted for crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed in Libya between 2015 and 2020.

UNICEF has raised the alarm over a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis for children across Sri Lanka, as Cyclone Ditwah leaves more than 275,000 children facing an escalating humanitarian crisis.

India has completed the evacuation of all its nationals stranded in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah, with a reported 400 evacuated from the island in total.

Commemorative events were held in California and North Carolina in the USA last week to mark Maaveerar Naal. 

Maaveerar Naal - or Great Heroes' Day - is observed on November 27 annually by the Tamil nation to remember the sacrifices of the Tamils who laid down their lives int he armed struggle. 

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