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Entire families attending Easter Mass, a mother and daughter enjoying breakfast on the Christian holy day, a newlywed man on honeymoon – these are the victims of the devastating bomb blasts that rocked churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Scores of children, many of them from the same family, are among the 359 people killed when […]

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok © RIA Novosti / Valery Melnikov Leaders of Russia and North Korea sat down for a historic summit in Vladivostok, expressing hope it will revive the peace process in the Korean Peninsula and talks on normalizing relations with the US. The summit […]

As news broke out last Sunday that multiple blasts in Sri Lanka had killed and injured hundreds, the country’s officials announced that social media would be blocked to avoid the spread of rumours and disinformation. Facebook and Instagram were among the platforms temporarily shut down, according to the Sri Lankan government news portal. Websites that […]

Security team from ESPS Navarra boards the suspected mothership dhow, April 23 (EUNAVFOR)  On Sunday, two fishing vessels were attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The attempted boardings were both thwarted, but security officials said that they represent a reminder that antipiracy measures are still required when transiting the high-risk area off Somalia. […]

The bombs are thought to have been made in a copper factory in Wellampitiya, a suburb of Colombo It was owned by businessman and father-of-four Inshaf Ahamad, who blew himself up at a hotel on Sunday  Police raided the copper factory last night and took nine suspects – including the manager – into custody  At […]

© Reuters / KCNA; © Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERSVladimir Putin and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un will meet in the city of Vladivostok, Russia’s Far East, on April 25. It will be the first meeting of the two heads of state. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier confirmed that the meeting would take place before […]

  Explosive device disposed at Kochchikade An improvised explosive device was detected inside a vehicle near the St. Anthony’s Church, Jampettah Road, Kochchikade, and was disposed in controlled explosion at site by the Bomb Disposal Unit today. 23 April 2019 08:25 am Death toll rises to 310 The death toll from the Easter Sunday terror […]

Gas flares from an oil production platform at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, south of the capital Tehran, July 25, 2005. (Reuters Photo) Ankara on Monday criticized a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump not to reissue waivers in May allowing importers, including Turkey, to buy Iranian oil without facing U.S. sanctions. […]

M A relative of a victim of the explosion at St Anthony’s Shrine reacts at the police mortuary in Colombo [Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters] A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through several high-end hotels and three churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing nearly 300 people and wounding 500 others. It was the first […]

Fighting between rival Libyan forces for control of Tripoli escalated in the past couple of days, a spokesman for the self-styled Libyan National Army said Saturday, as the death toll rose to at least 220, including combatants and civilians, since the LNA declared a major military offensive to take the capital earlier this month. Fighting […]