COLOMBO / AP Activists and relatives say hope is fading fast for the new Sri Lankan government to act against the perpetrators in the killings and disappearances of journalists during the long civil war or the country’s previous administration. President Maithripala Siriena campaigned on a promise of ending a culture of impunity before he defeated the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa in ...

  LONDON / AP Britain’s government must get parliamentary approval before starting the process of leaving the European Union, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to trigger negotiations by the end of March. The 8-3 ruling forces the government to put a bill before Parliament, giving pro-EU politicians a chance to soften the terms ...

  Bloomberg The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are heading to Brussels for talks called by the European Union aimed at soothing simmering tensions after Serbia tried to send a train adorned with nationalist symbols across the border. EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini called the meeting for Tuesday under the auspices of negotiations to normalize relations between Kosovo and ...