The UN Report into Alleged War Crimes in Sri Lanka

The final days of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009 were particularly brutal. Later today the United Nations is releasing its report into alleged war crimes committed at the time by both the army and the rebel Tamil Tigers. Shreen Saroor, a human rights activist from northern Sri Lanka witnessed those final days. She speaks to Newsday about the rights of those affected by war.

President Vladimir Putin has made an impassioned defence of Russia's military support for the Syrian government. He says it's impossible to defeat the Islamic State group without cooperating with Damascus. In recent days, Russia has sent some of its most modern battle tanks to a new air base in Syria. How should the rest of the world interpret this move?

The number of migrants from Syria heading to Europe is being exacerbated by the fact that UN agencies are 'broke and failing' in the face of the ever-growing refugee crisis in Syria. That's the view of the UN high commissioner for refugees, António Guterres. Newsday speaks to Dr Michelle Gayer, the director for emergency risk management at the WHO.

(Photo: A newly resettled minority ethnic Tamil woman collects water; Credit: Getty Images)