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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 […]

12:30 At least 138 people were killed while many others were injured in the six explosions today, National Hospital Director Anil Jasinghe said. He said 49 people were killed in Colombo, 62 in Negombo and 27 in Batticaloa. In Colombo, over 200 were injured, while 110 injured in Negombo. Dr. Jasinghe said 67 were injured […]

Al-Bashir’s family said the former president had been moved to Kobar prison in Khartoum [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters] Sudan‘s public prosecutor has begun investigating deposed President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal grounds, a judicial source told Reuters news agency on Saturday. The source said that […]