Sources: BBC
A total lunar eclipse occurs in eastern Asia, Oceania, Pacific, and the Americas. 2026-03-3
The death toll from the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka increases to 618. 2025-12-7
The tomb of Pope Francis at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome, Italy, is opened for public viewing and photos are released by Vatican City. More than 13,000 people enter the basilica to view the tomb and pay their respects, while several thousand others remain outside. 2025-04-27
The Vatican announces that Pope Francis remains in critical condition, with a new diagnosis of mild kidney failure, along with pre-existing conditions pneumonia and other unidentified respiratory diseases. 2025-02-23
Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Colombo, Sri Lanka, after seven weeks of exile. 2022-09-2
Pope Francis blesses two large bells headed to Ukraine and Ecuador. The bells are part of an initiative by the Polish Yes to Life foundation. They each weigh more than 2,000 pounds, are nearly four feet in diameter, and were cast by the Felczyński bell foundry in Przemyśl, Poland. 2021-10-27
"The Guardian" reports that over 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka died between 2011 and 2020, following Qatar winning the rights to host the tournament. 2021-02-23
Holy See Press Director Matteo Bruni announces that Pope Francis will make his first international apostolic visit in 15 months after accepting the invitation of the Republic of Iraq and the local Catholic Church to visit the Middle Eastern country of Iraq from 5–8 March 2021. 2020-12-7
A mudslide in south-central Sri Lanka kills more than 100 people. 2014-10-29
Protesters try to enter the United Nations compound in Colombo, Sri Lanka, calling for the United Nations to abandon an inquiry into alleged human rights abuses in the final stages of the civil war between the government and Tamil rebels that ended last year. Staff are unable to leave until being assisted by Sri Lankan police. 2010-07-6