ar
en
fr
World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Sri Lanka explosions: 207 dead, 450 injured
Date: 2019-04-21 14:29:45 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:77 - ID:7909283
COLOMBO, April 21 (MENA) - At least 207 people have been killed in a series of Easter Sunday explosions targeting churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, Sky News reported. A police spokesperson said that more than 450 people have been injured. Six ....
-
Trump offers condolences over Sri Lanka deadly blasts
Date: 2019-04-21 13:08:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:7909154
WASHINGTON, April 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump expressed his condolences to those impacted by a string of deadly blasts in Sri Lanka. While offering his condolences he initially claimed incorrectly that millions had died in the South ....
-
Sri Lankan defense min.: 7 suspects arrested in connection with deadly blasts
Date: 2019-04-21 12:58:23 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:59 - ID:7909153
COLOMBO, April 21 (MENA) - Sri Lankan Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardene said seven people have been arrested in connection with a string of terrorist bombings which ripped through the country Sunday morning leaving hundreds of people dead and ....
-
Sri Lankan govt declares nationwide curfew after string of 8 explosions
Date: 2019-04-21 10:01:02 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:28 - ID:7908627
COLOMBO, April 21 (MENA) - Sri Lanka declared a nationwide curfew after a string of eight explosions, mostly in Colombo, left at least 185 people dead and over 400 injured on Easter Sunday, authorities said. The curfew will start at 6 p.m. local ....
-
129 killed, 400 injured in 3 blasts in Sri Lanka
Date: 2019-04-21 07:45:45 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:14 - ID:7908329
COLOMBO, April 21 (MENA) - More than 120 people, including nine tourists, have been killed on Sunday after explosions ripped through three five-star hotels and three churches in Sri Lanka, The Sun reported. About 450 others are said to be injured ....
-
Explosion, gunfire heard in Kabul
Date: 2019-04-20 08:25:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7906464
KABUL, April 20 (MENA) - Sounds of sporadic gunfire followed by an explosion were heard close to the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology in Kabul city, according to security officials. Spokesman for the Ministry of Interior ....
-
Mali PM resigns after Ogossagou massacre
Date: 2019-04-19 15:29:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:7905880
LONDON, April 19 (MENA) - Mali's prime minister resigned along with his entire government on Thursday following criticism over their handling of an upsurge of violence in the center of the country and a massacre last month that left 160 people dead, ....
-
DRC mourns Lake Kivu boat accident victims, flags at half-mast
Date: 2019-04-19 15:25:36 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - World - SN:56 - ID:7905875
KINSHASA, April 19 (MENA) - President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, declared Friday a day of mourning across the territory in honor of the scores of people dead and missing after a boat incident, Africa News reported on ....
-
Russia upgrades Black Sea forces in response to NATO buildup
Date: 2019-04-19 15:01:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:7905846
MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - Russia is upgrading its Black Sea forces in the context of NATO’s approaching infrastructures and proportionately to its real defense requirements, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told TASS in an interview on ....
-
64 militants neutralized in North Caucasus in 2018- Russian official
Date: 2019-04-19 14:23:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:7905724
MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) – Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said that international terrorist emissaries continue to recruit North Caucasus youth, adding that 64 militants had been neutralized in the area, TASS news agency ....
