COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Militants linked to Easter suicide bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid by Sri Lankan security forces on a house in the country’s east, leaving behind a grisly discovery Saturday: 15 bodies, including six children. The gunbattle that began Friday night and the carnage that followed come

A member of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces fires during a fight with Eastern forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Hani Amara The United Nations on Thursday evacuated more than 350 migrants from a detention center in southern Tripoli where a fierce battle raged as fighters from rival Libyan camps traded

British terror suspect Jermain Grant in court on April 24, 2019. He was found guilty of being in possession of bomb making materials that were to be used in a terror attack in Kenya British terror suspect Jermaine Grant has been convicted of being in possession of bomb making materials that were to be used

Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen would be unsustainable without US support, says Washington Post U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is complicit in the ongoing bombing campaign in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia, The Washington Post said Wednesday.Trump recently vetoed a resolution aiming to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war, claiming it would weaken his

Pakistan refugees rest inside a mosque in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha As mourners buried the remains of Christian worshippers killed by the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, hundreds of Muslim refugees fled Negombo on the country’s west coast where communal tensions have flared in recent days. At least

Photo Reuters The execution of 37 people convicted on “terrorism” charges marks an alarming escalation in Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty, said Amnesty International today. Among those put to death was a young man who was convicted of a crime that took place while he was under the age of 18. “Today’s mass

Migrants are seen at the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in Tajora shelter center in Tripoli, Libya April 24,2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah Libyan officials have opened the doors of a detention center for illegal migrants in Tripoli, but frightened Somalis and other sub-Saharan Africans told Reuters they had decided to stay there for fear of getting caught up

The town hall of Munich, Germany.. (photo credit: ALEXANDRA BEIER / REUTERS) By Benjamin Weinthal The attacker has been identified as a 36-year-old Somali Parishioners said a man, who has been identified as a 36-year-old Somali, screamed Arabic phrases, including “Allah Akbar,” as he charged into the St. Paul’s Parish church on Saturday. The man

Is the new Sudanese government for sale already? Following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir as president of Sudan after a military take-over which was spurred by unending protests by defiant citizens, the Northeast African country has been in the news for different reasons. This is expected considering that this is the first time the country

Photo Reuters Nearly 90 percent of referendum voters approve constitutional amendments that could see president in power until 2030. Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes allowing President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to remain in power until 2030, the election commission has said.”These [changes] are effective from now as your constitution,” the commission’s chairman Lasheen Ibrahim