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Top Sri Lanka defence official resigns over blasts 25 Apr 2019 - 07:39 pm
Hemasiri Fernando (Photo courtesy: Colombo Telegraph)
Father of suspected Easter bombers arrested; Colombo on edge 25 Apr 2019 - 12:41 pm
A foreign investigator (R) walks into St. Anthony's Shrine as soldiers stand guard in Colombo on April 25, 2019, following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on the Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. AFP / Jewel Samad
Sri Lanka bans drones, looks for bombs 4 days after attack 25 Apr 2019 - 08:43 am
People pass from a checkpoint to attend funeral ceremony at Madampitiya cemetery for the victims of multiple terror attacks in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 24, 2019. Chamila Karunarathne - Anadolu
Sri Lanka troops join hunt for bombing suspects 25 Apr 2019 - 07:57 am
A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard during a burial ceremony for bomb blast victims at a cemetery in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 24, 2019. ( Chamila Karunarathne - Anadolu Agency )
Prince William attends emotional Anzac Day ceremony in New Zealand 25 Apr 2019 - 07:26 am
Britain's Prince William proceeds to lay a wreath during the Anzac Day service at Auckland War Memorial Museum on April 25, 2019. / AFP / Fiona Goodall
India gang-rape victim's record compensation could help others, say activists 24 Apr 2019 - 09:40 pm
ARCHIVE PHOTO: Bilkis Bano reacts as her husband Yakub Rasool and her two-year-old daughter Aksha, look on during a press conference in New Delhi, India May 8, 2017. Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
For Sri Lanka grave digger, a grim parade 24 Apr 2019 - 06:25 pm
A cemetery worker digs a grave at Madampitiya cemetery in Colombo on April 23, 2019. AFP / Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Sri Lanka should ‘rise above’ politics after blasts, US envoy says 24 Apr 2019 - 06:25 pm
A Buddhist monk prays for the bomb blast victims at Kelaiya temple in Colombo on April 24, 2019, three days after a series of suicide attacks targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. AFP / Ishara S Kodikara
Sri Lanka asks for resignations of top security officials 24 Apr 2019 - 05:16 pm
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (2nd R) visits the St. Sebastian Church after the multiple terror attacks in Negombo, Sri Lanka on April 23 , 2019. The Presidential Office of Sri Lanka
UN: Pro-government forces kill more Afghans than insurgents 24 Apr 2019 - 11:39 am
Afghan security forces take guard after an explosion followed by gunfire in the ministry of information and technology of Afghanistan's main building, 20 April 2019, Kabul, Afghanistan. Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat - Anadolu
North Korea's Kim arrives in Russia before summit with Putin 24 Apr 2019 - 10:39 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) attends a meeting with Russia's Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Kozlov upon his arrival at a railway station in Khasan, Russia April 24, 2019.
Hong Kong democracy leaders jailed over Umbrella Movement protests 24 Apr 2019 - 10:33 am
Occupy Central pro-democracy movement founder Chu Yiu-ming hugs a supporter after he had his suspended sentence on his involvement in the Occupy Central, also known as
US denies possessing advance intel on Sri Lanka attacks 24 Apr 2019 - 09:43 am
Security personnel stand guard near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 24, 2019, three days after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. AFP / Jewel SAMAD
India's polarised politics: how two teenagers will vote after surviving riots 23 Apr 2019 - 07:22 pm
Mohammad Rafiq, 18, poses with his parents inside their house in Ahmedabad, India, April 17, 2019. Picture taken April 17, 2019. Reuters/Amit Dave
IS claims Sri Lanka bombings, releases photo of attackers 23 Apr 2019 - 06:51 pm
An image grab taken from a press release issued on April 23, 2019 by the Islamist State (IS) group's propaganda agency Amaq, allegedly shows eight men it said carried out a string of deadly suicide bomb blasts on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka, lined up at an
At least 45 children killed in Sri Lanka attacks: UN 23 Apr 2019 - 01:05 pm
Relatives mourn beside a coffin of a bomb blast victim during a funeral service at St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 23, 2019, two days after a series of bomb attacks targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. AFP / Jewel SAMAD
More than 50 believed killed in collapse at Myanmar jade mine 23 Apr 2019 - 12:57 pm
Local people look on in a jade mine where the mud dam collapsed in Hpakant, Kachin state, Myanmar April 23, 2019. Reuters
Probe shows Sri Lanka attacks 'retaliation for Christchurch': dep. defence minister 23 Apr 2019 - 11:33 am
People attend burial ritual of the victims of multiple terror attacks during a funeral ceremony in Negomboo, Sri Lanka ,Tuesday, April 23 , 2019. Chamila Karunarathne - Anadolu Agency

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Africa

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Americas

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