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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: At least 290 people were killed in a series of nine bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Sri Lankan authorities say at least 30 foreigners died in the attacks. A look at some of the countries whose citizens were among the victims: SRI LANKA: The vast ma»»»

AHMEDABAD, India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be among tens of millions of people to cast ballots as India holds a ‘Super Tuesday’ of voting in its marathon election. The 117 seats to be decided will be the biggest number of any of the seven rounds of the election being held over six weeks. S»»»

Spanish general election candidates clash over Catalonia None of the four candidates emerged as a clear winner from the late-night debate April 23, 2019 April 23, 2019 SHARE facebook shares SHARE The main candidates in Spain's general election on Monday clashed over how to handle Catalonia's indepe»»»

MADRID (Reuters) - The main candidates in Spain’s general election on Monday clashed over how to handle Catalonia’s independence drive, accusing each other of lying in a tense television debate that left questions open on what coalition deals could be struck. Main candidates for Spanish general ele»»»

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists are in the lead ahead of Sunday’s national election but opinion polls show no party will have enough seats to rule on its own, which could make for complicated coalition talks. Following are snapshots of the top candidates - five »»»

The ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) has stretched its lead in Spain’s upcoming parliamentary elections, according to the latest polls published by newspapers El Pais and El Mundo on Saturday. The April 28 elections will test the national mood of the EU’s fourth largest economy, as rising right-wing m»»»

DUBLIN: For the third time in four years, the voters of Europe’s fourth largest economy will be heading to the polls to elect a new Spanish government. Following the defeat of his minority government’s budget in the Madrid parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap general »»»

The far-right Vox party took 12 seats in the Andalucían regional election on Sunday, becoming the first such group to triumph at the ballot box since Spain’s return to democracy after the death of Francisco Franco in 1975. The small but increasingly vocal party, which opposes Catalan independence a»»»

The first success of a far-right party in a regional election since Spain's return to democracy in 1975 has shaken national politics ahead a busy electoral season. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists were set to lose control of southern Andalusia, which it has governed for over three decades,»»»

A far-right party won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, results in Andalusia’s election showed. With more than 99 percent of the votes counted late Sunday, the small Vo»»»

A far-right party has won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. With 99% of the votes counted in Andalucía, the small Vox party took 12 seats in the 109-member regional par»»»

A far-right party on Sunday won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, results in Andalusia's election showed. With 93 percent of the votes counted, the small Vox party took»»»

Spain Vox took 12 seats in election that hands right-wing parties a majority in southern Spanish region A far-right party on Sunday won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of long-time dictator Francisco Franco in 197»»»

As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp, my childhood home in the Gaza Strip. Then, also on television, I watched as a small bulldozer hopelessly clawed through the rubble of my neighb»»»

Notre-Dame fire a reminder of destruction of Middle Eastern mosques Ramzy Baroud April 22, 2019 15:52 The remains of a mosque after an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters) As the 300-foot spire of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live t»»»

Colombo. Sri Lanka on Tuesday imposed a state of emergency hours after the government blamed a local Islamist group for a series of suicide bomb blasts that killed at least 290 people, including dozens of foreigners, reported AFP. Twenty-four people have been arrested over the coordinated Easter Su»»»

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday imposed a state of emergency hours after the government blamed a local Islamist group for a series of suicide bomb blasts that killed at least 290 people, including dozens of foreigners. Twenty-four people have been arrested over the Easter Sunday assault on three chur»»»

Manik Suriaaratchi and her daughter, Alexendria, tenAustralian citizens, they had moved to Sri Lanka from Melbourne in 2014. On Sunday morning they are believed to have gone to the church in Negombo where one of the bombs went off. Fahim Mawjood, who knew them, told the broadcaster SBS that Ms Suri»»»

Dutch attack suspect should be punished: father ISTANBUL: The father of the Turkish-born man suspected of killing three people in an attack Monday in the Dutch city of Utrecht said his son should be punished if found responsible, a Turkish news agency reported. "If he did it he must be punished," t»»»

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A suspect in the killing of 49 people at two New Zealand mosques once made an extended stay in Turkey, and his movements and contacts there are being investigated, a senior Turkish official said on Friday. Turkey believes the suspect may have traveled to other countries as well»»»

The Commission for Gender-based and Domestic Violence has stressed that the police need not wait for a complaint by a victim of domestic violence before launching an investigation. The commission was reacting a video of a man who could be seen kicking open the door of a shop in Bisazza Street in Sl»»»

PanARMENIAN.Net - A Turkish citizen, wanted by the U.S. for his involvement in a terror attack that killed two U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan, has been set free by Turkish authorities following his deportation from Germany where the suspect completed an 11-year prison sentence last year, VO»»»

Turkish security forces on Saturday arrested a suspect in an armed attack on the US consulate in Istanbul nearly four years ago, the local governor’s office said according to a report by Anadolu Agency. It said Hatice Kilic, a member of a far-left militant group, was detained in the Avcilar distric»»»

Turkish security forces on Saturday arrested a suspect in an armed attack on the US consulate in Istanbul nearly four years ago, the local governor's office said. It said Hatice Kilic, a member of a far-left militant group, was detained in the Avcilar district of Istanbul after a joint operation by»»»

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish security forces on Saturday arrested a suspect in an armed attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul nearly four years ago, the local governor’s office said. It said Hatice Kilic, a member of a far-left militant group, was detained in the Avcilar district of Istanbul aft»»»

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An air strike by a Turkish warplane “neutralized” 14 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the military said on Sunday, destroying hideouts and armories. The Turkish army uses the phrase neutralize when it has killed, captured or wounded comb»»»

ISTANBUL — Air strikes by Turkish warplanes have "neutralised" 15 fighters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the military said on Twitter on Saturday, destroying hideouts and armouries belonging to the group. The Turkish army uses the phrase neutralise when it has kill»»»

ISTANBUL: Airstrikes by Turkish warplanes have “neutralized” 15 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the military said on Twitter on Saturday, destroying hideouts and armories belonging to the group. The Turkish army uses the phrase neutralize when it has killed»»»

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Airstrikes by Turkish warplanes have “neutralised” 15 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the military said on Twitter on Saturday, destroying hideouts and armories belonging to the group. The Turkish army uses the phrase neutralize when it»»»

Animal lovers in Russia have appealed to President Putin to ban the production of smoked sausages made from seal meat after they went on sale in the far east of the country. The sausages are made by a company based in the Magadan region, on the Sea of Okhotsk, 3,600 miles from Moscow. About 140 sea»»»

President Michel Aoun arrived Monday morning to Moscow on official visit. President Aoun is accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Gibran Bassil and Special Advisor to the President Mireille Aoun Hachem. They will be later joined by Lebanon's ambassador to Russia Shawki Bou Nassar. advertisemen»»»

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's “futile” visits to Moscow will not affect the presence of Iranian troops in Syria. “Regarding the range, destructive power, accuracy, and quick preparation, whi»»»

Lebanese President Michel Aoun received an invitation to visit Russia, his sources confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat. A date has not yet been set for the visit, they added. Russia’s Sputnik news agency quoted a political source close to Aoun as saying, however, that the date for the trip has been set fo»»»

MOSCOW – Israel's prime minister is visiting Russia for talks expected to focus on regional security and Syria. Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Russia marks his first since September's downing of a Russian warplane by Syrian forces that were responding to an Israeli air strike. The incident threatene»»»

MOSCOW — A train carrying war “trophies” captured in Syria left Moscow on Saturday on a two-month tour to parade Russia’s military gains in the eight-year conflict. The train went on show at Moscow’s Kazansky station, before heading to Russian-annexed Crimea. It will then make its way to the Russia»»»

Moscow. A train carrying war "trophies" captured in Syria left Moscow on Saturday on a two-month tour to parade Russia's military gains in the eight-year conflict, reported AFP. The train went on show at Moscow's Kazansky station, before heading to Russian-annexed Crimea. It will then make its way »»»

NEW YORK – Viji Devadas hasn't heard from her nephew in Sri Lanka on her family WhatsApp chat group since he reached out just after the Easter Sunday bomb blasts that tore apart churches and hotels and killed hundreds in the South Asian nation. It's unsettling, but she knows he's ok, and the Sri La»»»

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Monday it was invoking emergency powers in the aftermath of devastating bomb attacks on hotels and churches، blamed on militants with foreign links، in which 290 people were killed and nearly 500 wounded.The emergency law، which gives police and the military extensive »»»

This is the face of the mastermind behind the Sri Lanka terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday, unconfirmed reports in local media have claimed. Zahran Hashim, a radical Islamic cleric known for posting incendiary videos on YouTube, was allegedly one of the suicide bombers who targeted the Shangri La h»»»

The government has pinned the blame for the attacks on National Thowheed Jamath and experts say they bear the hallmark of ISIS or al-Qaeda atrocities THE Sri Lankan government has named National Thowheed Jamath as being behind bomb attacks which killed 290 people. Seven suicide bombers destroyed ch»»»

The government has pinned the blame for the attacks on National Thowheed Jamath and experts say they bear the hallmark of ISIS or al-Qaeda atrocities THE Sri Lankan government has named National Thowheed Jamath as being behind bomb attacks which killed 290 people. Seven suicide bombers destroyed ch»»»

A combination of file photos shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam March 2, 2019 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin looking on during a joint news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma after their meeting »»»

A combination of file photos shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam March 2, 2019 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin looking on during a joint news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma after their meeting »»»

BAGHDAD — More than $60 million dollars in public funds were embezzled by Mosul officials close to the province’s sacked governor in the wake of last month’s ferry sinking, Iraqi officials said on Monday. Iraq’s anti-corruption Integrity Commission said officials from the Nineveh province, of which»»»

BEIT JALA, West Bank: A hospitalized Palestinian teen said Monday he was shot in his thighs by Israeli soldiers while he was handcuffed and blindfolded — the latest in what a leading rights group portrayed as a series of unjustified shootings of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers. The military said i»»»

More than $60 million in public funds were stolen by Mosul officials close to the province's sacked governor in the wake of last month's ferry sinking, Iraqi officials alleged on Monday. The money was embezzled in the wake of a tragic ferry sinking last month, which left more than 100 people dead, »»»

BAGHDAD: More than $60 million dollars in public funds were embezzled by Mosul officials close to the province’s sacked governor in the wake of last month’s ferry sinking, Iraqi officials said Monday. Iraq’s anti-corruption Integrity Commission said officials from the Nineveh province, of which Mos»»»

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday visited the Hashemite Commission for Disabled Soldiers (HCDS) and met with its president, HRH Prince Mired, and members. King Abdullah commended the services provided by the HCDS for injured servicemen who have sacrificed to defend the homeland, stressing»»»

DEAD SEA — Although Jordan’s population accounts for 3 per cent of the overall Middle East and North Africa population, around 23 per cent of entrepreneurs in the region are Jordanians, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said on Saturday. Young talents are the Kingdom’s key asset for creating a better futu»»»

DEAD SEA — Although Jordan’s population accounts for 3 per cent of the overall Middle East and North Africa population, around 23 per cent of entrepreneurs in the region are Jordanians, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said on Saturday. Young talents are the Kingdom’s key asset for creating a better futu»»»

Turkey’s foreign minister on Monday warned that Washington ending sanctions waivers on Iranian oil sales would do harm to regional peace. "The U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers on Iran oil imports will not serve regional peace and stability, yet will harm Iranian people," Mevlut Cavusoglu said»»»

Turkey said on Monday it would not respect sanctions on oil imports from Iran after US President Donald Trump announced Washington would start ending waivers to Tehran’s oil customers. “We do not accept unilateral sanctions and impositions on the issue of how we will establish relations with our ne»»»