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Sri Lanka police wrongly ID American Muslim over attacks 26 Apr 2019 - 08:34 pm

Colombo: Sri Lankan police have been left red-faced after wrongly identifying a female American Muslim activist as a suspect in the deadly Easter...

Suicide bomb leader cast shadow of fear over Sri Lanka town 26 Apr 2019 - 08:34 pm

Kattankudy, Sri Lanka: Zahran Hashim's sword-wielding zealotry fuelled fears in the sleepy east coast town of Kattankudy long before the cleric became Sri...

‘We are Sri Lankans. We have a duty to be calm’: Sri Lanka Muslims brave militant threats for Friday prayers 26 Apr 2019 - 07:04 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: At 12:10 p.m. Friday, men and boys in a Muslim neighborhood in Sri Lanka's capital did something everyone had warned...

SAS pilot strike strands 72,000 passengers 26 Apr 2019 - 12:58 pm

Stockholm, Pilots at Scandinavian carrier SAS walked off the job in Sweden, Denmark and Norway on Friday, stranding more than 72,000 travellers as...

London, Dublin bid to restore N. Ireland government: reports 26 Apr 2019 - 12:53 pm

Belfast, London and Dublin were set to announce a fresh attempt to revive Northern Ireland's power-sharing devolved administration, reports said Friday, following the...

Guarded by soldiers, defiant Sri Lankan Muslims pray for peace 26 Apr 2019 - 12:43 pm

COLOMBO, As the Islamic call to prayer echoed through the subdued streets of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, crowds of Muslims were greeted with...

Thousands protest against Algeria's ruling elite 26 Apr 2019 - 12:39 pm

ALGIERS, Thousands of protesters demanding the departure of Algeria's ruling elite rallied in Algiers for a tenth Friday. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down...

Outcry mounts over deaths in custody in Myanmar's Rakhine 26 Apr 2019 - 12:28 pm

Yangon, The deaths of three ethnic Rakhine men in Myanmar military custody and the secret cremation of their bodies has provoked outrage, as...

3 dead, 14 missing after blast in east Ukraine mine 26 Apr 2019 - 11:52 am

Kiev, Three people have died and 14 are missing following a coal mine blast in a separatist eastern region of Ukraine, news agencies...

China's Xi aims to soothe Belt and Road fears 26 Apr 2019 - 09:39 am

Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping sought Friday to bat away concerns about his ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, saying his global infrastructure project...

North Korea's Kim leaves Vladivostok after Putin summit 26 Apr 2019 - 09:22 am

Vladivostok, Russia, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left the Russian city of Vladivostok on Friday after a summit with Russian President Vladimir...

Ecuador's Waorani tribe vows to protect life in Amazon 26 Apr 2019 - 09:16 am

Nemompare, Ecuador, Spears and poisoned blowguns at hand, the Waorani people say they are ready to strike down invaders of their Amazon homelands,...

Sri Lanka's PM says potential bombers at large 25 Apr 2019 - 08:27 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's prime minister said Thursday that suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb attacks remain at large and could have...

Sri Lanka Muslims, refugees fear backlash from Easter attack 25 Apr 2019 - 08:27 pm

PASYALA, Sri Lanka: After fleeing their homes in Pakistan over militant attacks and government persecution, hundreds of Ahmadi Muslims felt they finally found...

Sri Lanka authorities were trying to head off bombers when they struck: official 25 Apr 2019 - 08:27 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's top defence official said on Thursday that security agencies had been working to stop militant attacks in the days before...

Sri Lanka's crisis of leadership opens space for nationalist Rajapaksas 25 Apr 2019 - 08:27 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, then the defence secretary, crushed Tamil Tiger separatists with such ferocity ten years...

Sri Lanka Catholic churches halt public services over security fears 25 Apr 2019 - 08:27 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka's Catholic church suspended all public services over security fears on Thursday, as thousands of troops joined the hunt for suspects...