Sri Lankan security sources have told Sky News the bomber who studied in the UK is Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed and that he studied in the south-east of England at some point between 2006 and 2007
KCNA: "The Iranian president in the message extended warm congratulations to Kim Jong Un upon his re-election as chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the supreme representative of all the Koreans."
KCNA: "Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, received a congratulatory message from Hassan Rouhani, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on Tuesday."
1 year ago[email protected] publishes an advisory by Sri Lanka police to securiry services ten days before the bombings that a little-known radical Islamist group was planning suicide attacks against churches
Sri Lanka President sacks Defence Secretary and top police official.
1 year agoA Hong Kong court hands down prison sentences of up to 16 months to eight leaders of 2014's pro-democracy Umbrella movement
North Korea has removed Kim Yong Chol, Kim Jong Un's right-hand man and Pompeo's counterpart, from a top post: Yonhap
Duterte threatens "war" against Canada for garbage sent to the Philippines
2 'drug traders' killed in Dhaka, Cox's Bazar 'gunfights' Two suspected drug traders are killed in separate "gunfights" with law enforcers in Dhaka and Cox's Bazar.
1 year agoArakan Army seizes amount of guns and captures several soldiers from Myanmar Army last night when it attacked AA from various columns. The operation was totally fail and token down the army formation in disaster on April 24th.
1 year agoPM Imran Khan contacts Srilankan Prime Minister telephone and strongly condemns terrorist attacks on Easter occasion.
In a rally at Rajasthan's Barmer, Modi brought up the Balakot air strike to say that "we killed militants in their home." He also said India is no more afraid of nuclear threats of Pakistan.
Taliban reported raid by joint ANDSF USA forces in Muqur district Ghazni
1 year agoKim Jong UN's cars and security are preparing for his arrival
Singapore carrying out amphibious special assault training in Taiwan for the first time.
1 year agoNorth Korean TV just broadcast footage of Kim Jong Un leaving earlier this morning from an unidentified station to Russia train. He's already arrived in Russia.
Russian Defense Minister: Recent attacks in Sri Lanka confirm the need to unite efforts to fight terrorism.
Six Pakistani refugees including 2 women and 2 kids are among those arrested last night in Sri Lanka.
1 year agoWorkers fix the red carpet on a platform of the railway station in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to arrive
1 year agoOutside the train station in Vladivostok, Russian soldiers are preparing to welcome North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Death toll from Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka rises to 359 - police
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 194km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1 year agoKim Jong Un arriving at Khasan Station, meeting Primorye Governor Kozhemaiko, among others (from his Instagram)
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 30km E of Santa Maria, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 72km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 73km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 27km WNW of Kirtipur, Nepal
KCNA: "The leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs wholeheartedly wished Kim Jong Un a safe foreign trip. The private train departed amid the warm send-off by the leading officials of the Party, government and armed organs and the people."
KCNA: "Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, left here by a private train at dawnto visit the Russian Federation."
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 - 38km NNW of Along, India
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 104km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 2km E of Santa Cruz, Philippines
Govt employee on poll duty dies, 14 others injured in Anantnag accidents.
1 year agoAmaq News Agency, Islamic State's auxiliary media wing, has published a video showing Zahran Hashim and 7 others pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Sometimes referred to as "Moulvi" for his prolific sermons, Zahran reportedly blown himself up at the Shangri-La Hotel.
1 year agoCurfew back in the city of Colombo; today will be 3rd night of curfew in Colombo as a fallout of Sri Lanka Terror Attack
1 year agoISIS' Amaq agency issues video showing Sri Lanka attackers pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
1 year agoFSB exposed Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad cell in Primorye region
1 year agoISIS has issued an official statement with additional details, claiming responsibility for the Sr iLanka attacks. It names 7 individuals (using kunyas), it says were responsible: Abu Obaida, Abu Mokhtar, Abu Khalil, Abu Hamza, Abu al-Bara, Abu Mohammed, Abu Abdullah
Putin to meet North Korean leader on Thursday
Kim Jong Un's sister flies to Vladivostok ahead of summit with Putin. (Brother will take special low-speed train from Pyongyang.)
Myanmar: Highest court upholds conviction of @Reuters journalists
KCNA: "A delegation of the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea led by Kim Yong Jae, minister of External Economic Relations, left here on Tuesday to take part in the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation to be held in China."
36 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Ghazni Joint Operation
Myanmar police: Nearly 50 people killed in landmine collapse
1 year agoThe Islamic State claimed Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka
Investigations point to a thwarted plot to target a fourth hotel in Sri Lanka last Sunday
Indian officials have warned of intelligence that a second team of the National Thowheeth Jamaath (NTJ) militants ready for bombing in Sri Lanka
Police in Colombo on high alert searching for a lorry and a van suspected to be carrying explosives that have entered Colombo
Sri Lanka's defense minister: Two local extremist groups, including the Tawhid group, were behind Sunday's bombings
US sanctions on Iran oil buyers will 'intensify turmoil' in Mideast: China
Sri Lankan defense minister: Investigation shows that the bombings were in response to the Christchurch attack
1 year agoThis is reportedly Kim Jong-un's "limousine-chik" and motorcade entering the far eastern state university campus in Vladivostok, where he'll meet Putin Thursday. No flags yet—Kim, who hates flying, is supposed to arrive tomorrow on the same armored train his father used in 2002
1 year agoCCTV footage has emerged of a suspected suicide bomber entering St Sebastian's Church in Sri Lanka moments before an explosion
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes the Eastern Visayas in the Philippines - geologists
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 16km SE of Tutubigan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 - 16km ENE of Tutubigan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 - 11km ENE of Tutubigan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 - 13km E of Tutubigan, Philippines