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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during a press conference in Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)World
US assures continued support for Iraq's war against ISIS

The statement also criticized "the hasty interventions" that followed the chemical attack, in an apparent reference to...

8 April 2017 5:20 PM IST

Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne had earlier issued a warrant through Interpol for the arrest of Weeratunga. (Photo: AP)World
Int'l warrant issued to arrest Lanka's ex-diplomat to Russia over...

Weeratunga is alleged to have committed financial misappropriation of USD 14 million while purchasing 4 Ukraine-built...

8 April 2017 5:03 PM IST

The far right was angered over what it sees is an abandonment of Trumps nationalist and isolationist campaign positions. (Photo: AP)World
Far-right backers angry over Trump's missile strike in Syria

Most mainstream conservatives endorsed Trump's order to fire 59 missiles at a Syrian military air base to punish and...

8 April 2017 3:52 PM IST

A police commando stands alert at the site of a deadly bombing, in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)World
Pakistani police kill 10 militants involved in Lahore suicide attack

Police have so far taken 15 suspects into custody in connection with Badian Road attack on soldiers.

8 April 2017 3:02 PM IST

A police officer stands at the cordoned off area following a suspected terror attack on the Drottninggatan Street in central Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo: AP)World
Stockholm attack: Suspected driver arrested after 4 killed in shopping...

No one has claimed responsibility for the Stockholm attack, the third in Europe in two weeks after those in London and...

8 April 2017 2:19 PM IST

The boat, called \Silver Star\ in Burmese, sank Friday evening in a river near Pathein, a port city west of commercial capital Yangon. (Representational Image/AFP)World
At least 20 killed in Myanmar wedding boat crash

Fatal boat accidents are common in Myanmar, a poor country with rudimentary transport and weakly-enforced safety...

8 April 2017 2:04 PM IST

Small children foaming at the mouth and in agony after Chemical attack in Syria. (Photo: AP)World
Ghastly images of Syrian chemical attack prompted Trump to strike

The president peppered his advisers with questions, according to national security adviser H.R. McMaster.

8 April 2017 11:12 AM IST

The cable was sent after President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries. (Photo: AP)World
Trump administration says travel ban is religiously neutral

US District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii last month blocked the revised travel ban in response to a lawsuit by the...

8 April 2017 10:40 AM IST

Police have arrested one suspect in the truck attack but would not say if they are hunting for any others. (Photo: AFP)World
Sweden PM asks authorities to strengthens border controls after truck...

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8 April 2017 9:29 AM IST

Iraqi Federal police forces advance towards the western side of Mosul. (Photo: AP)World
ISIS kills dozens of civilians trying to flee Mosul: witnesses

Another resident of the Old City's Shahwan district said a family of six, including an elderly woman, had also been...

8 April 2017 8:26 AM IST

The warships USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at the Shayrat air base (Photo: US NavyWorld
Russia warns of 'serious' consequences from US missile strike in Syria

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev charged that the US strikes were one step away from clashing with Russia's...

8 April 2017 8:18 AM IST

Emergency personnel load a person into an ambulance, centre, at the scene after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden, (Photo: AP)World
2 held after 4 killed by truck driven into crowd in Sweden

Part of central Stockholm was cordoned off and the area was evacuated, including the main train station.

8 April 2017 8:02 AM IST

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