Day: April 21, 2019

Security forces foil Islamic State attack on state building in Saudi Arabia

Four alleged Islamic State militants were killed on Sunday when authorities thwarted an attack on a state security building in Saudi Arabia’s central Riyadh province, authorities told state media. The four had helped carry out the attack at the Mabaheth (domestic intelligence) station in Zulfi, a small city about 250 kms (155 miles) northwest of… Read More Security forces foil Islamic State attack on state building in Saudi Arabia

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Eleven soldiers killed, several injured as gunmen attack military base in Mali

Gunmen attacked a Malian army base in a dawn raid on Sunday, killing 11 soldiers and burning the camp in west-central Mali, the army and a local lawmaker said. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Central Mali has in the past few years been overrun by jihadists with links to al Qaeda.… Read More Eleven soldiers killed, several injured as gunmen attack military base in Mali

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Myanmar’s Supreme Court to rule on appeal of jailed Reuters journalists

Myanmar’s Supreme Court will rule on Tuesday on an appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in a case that has raised questions about the country’s transition to democracy. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than 16 months in detention since they were arrested in December… Read More Myanmar’s Supreme Court to rule on appeal of jailed Reuters journalists

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Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy wins presidential election

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the second round of a presidential election against incumbent Petro Poroshenko by a landslide, a final national exit poll showed on Sunday. The poll said Zelenskiy had won 73 percent of the vote and that Poroshenko had won just 25 percent of the vote. Incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko… Read More Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy wins presidential election

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Fourteen dead, five injured as heavy rains trigger landslide in Colombia

At least 14 people have been killed and five injured in a landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, the country’s disaster relief agency said on Sunday. The landslide, which was caused by heavy rains, took place in the early hours of the morning in a rural area of Rosas municipality, the agency said… Read More Fourteen dead, five injured as heavy rains trigger landslide in Colombia

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Hundreds killed, injured as bomb attacks hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday

More than 200 people were killed and at least 450 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago. The government declared a curfew in Colombo and blocked… Read More Hundreds killed, injured as bomb attacks hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday

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