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Soldiers evacuate an injured child after the raid on suspected Easter bombers in Kalmunai [AFP] The bodies of 15 people, including six children, have been discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka. A police spokesman on Saturday said three suspected suicide bombers were among the 15 dead […]

This picture shows an aid convoy of the Red Crescent arriving at the Rukban desert camp for displaced Syrians along Syria’s border with Jordan on February 06, 2019. (AFP) More than 7,000 people have left a desperate desert camp for displaced Syrians near the Jordanian border since March, a United Nations spokesperson said on Friday. […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Mohamed Noor fled Somalia’s civil war as a child, following a well-worn path with his family to a refugee camp in Kenya, the U.S. and eventually Minnesota. After a difficult start, he “fell in love” with his new city, Minneapolis, and carved out a life in business. Then he spotted an online […]

“We have nothing to do with Russia except that we have been tougher on Russia than any administration in 50 years,” President Donald Trump said. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo   “We have nothing to do with Russia except that we have been tougher on Russia than any administration in 50 years,” President Donald Trump said. […]

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 […]