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Sri Lanka's bomb carnage casts pall over tourism revival after island is named top destination
With its capital under curfew following devastating Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and upmarket hotels, Sri Lanka is filled with fear, horror and grief and tourists who have been flocking to the Indian Ocean island could cancel in droves. A tweet posted on the ...
Rift with president kept Sri Lanka PM in dark about intel of looming Easter attack, says minister
A rift between Sri Lanka's president and prime minister that sparked a crisis last year came under scrutiny on Monday a day after a series of deadly bomb blasts, with questions over how the government handled a recent warning of an attack. The prime minister ...
Iran and Pakistan to form joint rapid reaction force at border, says Rouhani
Iran and Pakistan will form a joint quick reaction force to combat militant activity on their shared border, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday during a televised press conference with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan arrived in Iran on Sunday to discuss security ...
U.S. warns terrorists continue to plot Sri Lanka attacks and revises travel advisory
The U.S. State Department has warned of possible terrorist attacks in a revised travel advisory for Sri Lanka, after a series of deadly blasts killed nearly 300 people — including Americans — in the island nation on Easter Sunday. Sunday's attacks saw suicide bombers target ...
After jailing jihadis, Kosovo police quiz several women who returned from Syria
Kosovo police and prosecutors have interrogated several of the women who returned from Syria by plane on Saturday, lawyers who took part in the questioning said on Monday. Kosovo brought back 110 of its citizens from Syria, including 32 women, 74 children and four jihadis ...
Sri Lanka searches for answers after Easter terrorist attacks kill hundreds
Sri Lanka sought to restore stability following one of Asia's deadliest terrorist attacks in years, detaining 24 suspects and asking the world for help in investigating possible involvement by international terrorist groups. Authorities said 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded by a string ...
Sri Lanka bombings put Christians on front line of religious divides
The Easter Sunday attacks on three churches in Sri Lanka mark a devastating escalation of violence against a Christian minority that has been targeted in the past, but never to such brutal and deadly effect. Ethnic and religious violence has plagued Sri Lanka for decades, ...
One Japanese national killed, four others injured as Sri Lanka attacks rock expat community
Sri Lanka seeks to restore stability following one of Asia’s deadliest terrorist attacks in years.
Overcrowded church was a blessing in disguise for Sri Lankan family who survived bombing
When Dilip Fernando arrived at St. Sebastian's Church in the Sri Lankan seaside town of Negombo on Easter Sunday, it was so crowded he went elsewhere for Mass. The decision probably saved his life. Shortly after he left, a massive bomb ripped through the church as ...
'Horrific,' 'cruel,' 'sad': World leaders react to Sri Lanka terror blasts
Religious and world leaders condemned a series of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed more than 200 people on Sunday, including dozens of foreigners — with British, Dutch and American citizens believed to be among them. Hospital sources also said Japanese citizens were among those ...
Iraq condemns to death four Islamic State members repatriated from Syria
Iraq's judiciary condemned to death four Islamic State group members on Sunday, the first known sentence for hundreds of Iraqi jihadis repatriated in recent months from neighboring Syria. In early April, Iraq's specialized terrorism courts began preparing cases against nearly 900 Iraqis accused of joining ...
Khamenei appoints avowed Israel foe as new chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has replaced the head of the influential Revolutionary Guard, state TV reported on Sunday, days after the United States designated the elite group a foreign terrorist organization. The TV station did not give a reason for the ...
