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Iran incurs losses of $10 bln due to US sanctions
Date: 2019-04-22 16:36:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:7911577
WASHINGTON, April 22 (MENA) - The US sanctions cost the Iranian regime an estimated loss of $10 billion, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press conference on Monday. He said that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates "have ....
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Comedian wins landslide victory in Ukrainian presidential election
Date: 2019-04-22 11:08:43 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:31 - ID:7910800
KIEV, April 22 (MENA) - According to preliminary data, Volodymyr Zelensky is the next president of Ukraine, Ukrinform reported Monday. The Ukrainians elected him consciously, freely and democratically. According to exit polls, showman ....
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OIC condemns cowardly terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka
Date: 2019-04-22 08:39:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:21 - ID:7910549
RIYADH, April 22 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen strongly condemned the multiple cowardly attacks carried out in churches and hotels in Colombo and neighboring towns targeting ....
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6 of Sri Lanka blasts confirmed suicide bombings
Date: 2019-04-22 07:07:01 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:17 - ID:7910374
COLOMBO, April 22 (MENA) - Six out of eight explosions which hit a number of Sri Lankan churches and hotels Sunday have been confirmed as suicide bombings, the Government Analysts Department confirmed a short while ago. Accordingly, the attacks ....
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24 arrested for Sri Lanka blasts: Police
Date: 2019-04-22 06:42:58 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:16 - ID:7910335
COLOMBO, April 22 (MENA) - Sri Lankan police have arrested 24 men in connection with bomb blasts on churches and hotels that killed nearly 300 people, Channel News Asia reported Monday. Authorities have not made public details on those held after ....
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Malaysia condemns Sri Lanka Easter attacks
Date: 2019-04-22 06:19:26 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:15 - ID:7910312
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (MENA) - Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has strongly condemned the devastating multiple explosions in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, Malay Mail reported Monday. Sunday's attacks claimed ....
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Improvised bomb near Colombo airport defused
Date: 2019-04-22 06:11:32 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:14 - ID:7910298
COLOMBO, April 22 (MENA) - An improvised pipe bomb discovered close to Colombo's main airport was successfully defused by Sri Lanka's airforce, NDTV reported Monday. A police source said a "homemade" pipe bomb had been found late Sunday on a road ....
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1 Japanese national dead, 4 injured in Sri Lanka terror attacks
Date: 2019-04-22 06:05:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:7910290
TOKYO, April 22 (MENA) - One Japanese national has been confirmed dead and four have been wounded in Sri Lankan bomb attacks over the weekend, Kyodo reported Monday. Sunday blasts that targeted a number of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka ....
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UN chief outraged by Sri Lanka blasts
Date: 2019-04-22 05:55:16 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:11 - ID:7910276
NEW YORK, April 22 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterresis has said he is outraged by the terrorist attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, a sacred day for Christians around the world. He recalled the sanctity of ....
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More than 700 persons killed, wounded in Sri Lanka blasts -- toll
Date: 2019-04-22 05:13:30 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:2 - ID:7910238
COLOMBO, April 22 (MENA) - At least 290 people have been killed and 500 injured by a series of eight explosions targeting churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday night, The Guardian reported Monday. Most of the dead are believed to have been ....