Buddhist groups backed by the Sri Lankan military are provocatively attempting to expand a Buddhist temple at Thayitti village, situated near Kankesanthurai in the northern Jaffna Peninsula.

A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Bronx.

The blaze broke out in a pair of buildings on Anthony Avenue, near the corner of East 180th Street in the Tremont section of the Bronx, that house a Thai Buddhist temple. “More than 40 fire and EMS ...