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Leader Kim Jong Uns ruling Workers Party has an iron grip on the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. (File Photo)

North Korea's Kim Jong Un heads to meet Vladimir Putin to revive old...

Kim is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok this week, reportedly on Wednesday and Thursday.

22 April 2019 12:34 PM IST

Nissan and Renault chairman Carlos Ghosn. (Photo: AP)

Problems surmount for Carlos Ghosn as Japan Court hit fresh charges

Japanese authorities on Monday hit former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn with a fresh charge of aggravated breach of trust.

22 April 2019 12:24 PM IST

A view of St. Sebastians Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

215 killed, 500 injured as 8 blasts rock Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said all Easter masses in the Colombo district had been cancelled.

22 April 2019 1:14 AM IST

About 20 people were seriously wounded and we sent them to the National Hospital. (AP photo)

Sri Lanka bomber queued at hotel buffet then unleashed devastation

The Taprobane restaurant at the hotel was having one of its busiest days of the year for the Easter holiday weekend.

21 April 2019 8:44 PM IST

The alleged plot briefly threatened to cause tension between Sri Lanka and India, after a report that Sirisena had accused Indias intelligence services of involvement - a claim New Delhi and Colombo have both denied. (Photo: File)

After multiple blasts, Lanka blocks Facebook, Instagram to curb false...

The Presidential Secretariat said in a statement that decision to block social media sites was taken due to spreading of...

21 April 2019 7:21 PM IST

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastians Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka church witnesses pieces of flesh thrown all over walls post...

Sri Lankan media reported that Negombo Hospital has at least 74 deaths and received 113 injured worshippers from the...

21 April 2019 6:33 PM IST

Police chief Pujuth Jayasundara sent an intelligence warning to top officers on April 11 setting out the threat. (Photo: ANI)

Sri Lanka police had warned of suicide attack on Indian Embassy too:...

At least 156 people were killed in six bomb attacks today that included three churches.

21 April 2019 3:21 PM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

2 killed in seventh blast in Sri Lankan capital

The seventh blast occurred at a hotel opposite the Zoo, Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.

21 April 2019 3:15 PM IST

Sri Lankas sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe attends a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo | AP)

Lanka PM, prez condemn coordinated bomb attacks, urge countrymen to...

Three explosions were reported from the five-star hotels - the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon Grand and the Kingsbury.

21 April 2019 2:26 PM IST

Sri Lankan firefighters stand in the area around St. Anthonys Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka police chief had warned of suicide attack 10 days before...

At least 156 people were killed in six bomb attacks on Sunday that included three churches, three hotels.

21 April 2019 1:49 PM IST

One of the blasts hit St Anthonys Church in Kochchikade of the capital, Colombo. (Photo: Twitter | @aashikchin)

7 arrested after eight blasts in Sri Lanka; death toll rises to 215

Following the deadly attack that claimed several lives, Sri Lankan government ordered curfew from 6 pm Sunday to 6 am...

21 April 2019 10:28 AM IST

Japans top court rejected an appeal by former Nissan Chairman Ghosns lawyers against his extended detention after his fourth arrest. (Photo:AP)

Carlos Ghosn to be indicted on additional charge: Report

Tokyo prosecutors are likely to indict former Nissan Motor Co Ltd boss Carlos Ghosn on an additional charge.

19 April 2019 2:38 PM IST