Russia is holding 400 passenger planes hostage in the fight against global sanctions. The country's airlines refuse to return aircraft leased from foreign companies. The planes are worth billions, according to the Washington Post. Early last month, a Sri Lankan judiciary officer entered the country's largest airport, waving…

A year and a half ago, dozens of media outlets wrote about residents of Rostov who were being tried in Sri Lanka on charges of illegally catching insects. But the information wave soon subsided, and the trial continued - and there is no end in sight, reports the BBC. The Russians claim that their criminal...

On April 22, a spokeswoman for the US Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, confirmed that at least four US citizens were killed in bombings at churches and hotels in the country on Easter Sunday. The spokeswoman said she could not provide any further details “due to issues...

On April 21, a series of explosions occurred in the cities of Sri Lanka. In the morning, three hotels in the center of Colombo (Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury Hotel) and three Catholic churches were attacked almost simultaneously: one in the capital, one in its suburb of Negombo, another ...