COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police used tear gas to disperse government supporters and thousands of opposition protesters demonstrating against the arrest of the losing presidential candidate on Wednesday. At least eight people were injured when opposition and ruling party supporters clashed at the protest outside the island nation's Supreme Court, officials said. Former army commander General Sarath Fonseka was ...

A soldier suspected of involvement in the shooting death of a teenager in Indian-controlled Kashmir was detained after the killing triggered massive anti-India protests across the region. Police officer Farooq Ahmed said Wednesday the Border Security Force handed over one of its soldiers, Lakhvinder Kumar ...

Government supporters hurled stones at thousands of opposition activists demonstrating against the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday. Clashes began outside the country's Supreme Court, where opposition supporters gathered to protest the arrest of former army chief ...

Protesters torched a police station in western Ivory Coast while claiming their names had been removed from voter rolls in advance of this year's presidential election. Opposition leaders say Tuesday's protest in the western city of Vavoua is part a nationwide series of demonstrations provoked ...