In Sri Lanka, UNHCR has completed its post-tsunami role as the coordinator of a nationwide transitional shelter effort after the target of more than 58,000 shelters built by over 100 NGOs was reached.

The returning troops are from 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group based at CFB Petawawa and the Canadian Forces Joint Headquarters at CFB Kingston, officials said. The 200-member team was sent to the ...

SEENIGAMA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - When Kushil Gunasekera returned to Seenigama in Sri Lanka's Galle district days after it was wiped out by a massive tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004, he got to work. Houses ...

KURUKKAL MADAM, Sri Lanka — Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known ...

The train disaster became a symbol of the 2004 tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka - Copyright AFP Ishara S. KODIKARA The train disaster became a symbol of the 2004 tsunami ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Robin Mochi is back home after her trip to tsunami-stricken Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean. In ...

Early warning systems and fostering public awareness have improved. But gaps remain in policy implementation and infrastructure maintenance.

Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago. Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen ...