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Sri Lanka lifts COVID-19 victim burial ban
Sri Lanka will begin giving permission for Muslims who die of COVID-19 to be buried, the prime minister said Wednesday, following an outcry over a ... Coronavirus -
Sri Lanka suspends parliament ahead of snap polls
Sri Lanka’s new president suspended parliament for a month from Tuesday ahead of snap elections he wants to call in March to consolidate his ... World News -
Muslims rejoin Sri Lanka cabinet after Easter bombings
Sri Lanka’s Muslim ministers who resigned en masse in the wake of the deadly Easter Sunday bombings have rejoined the government, officials said ... World News -
India’s Modi visits bombed Sri Lanka church, vows support after attacks
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday honored those killed by extremist militants in Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings, vowing support for the ... World News -
Sri Lanka troops launch major hunt for extremists linked to suicide attacks
Sri Lanka’s military launched a major hunt Saturday for remnants of an extremist group which carried out the Easter suicide bombings that killed ... World News -
Muslims in Sri Lanka pray at vandalized mosques amid tight security
Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims attended Friday prayers as heavily armed troops and police guarded all mosques, including those badly vandalized in ... World News -
Sri Lanka Catholics hold first Sunday mass after April’s deadly attacks
Thousands of Catholics attended mass in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Sunday amid tight security to prevent a repeat of Easter bomb attacks ... World News -
Sri Lanka’s bombed church partially opens for prayers
Sri Lanka’s St. Anthony’s church partially opened for worship Tuesday even as security forces were rebuilding a shrine inside following ... World News -
Sri Lanka town under curfew after religious violence
A city near Sri Lanka’s capital was placed under curfew by police Sunday, following clashes between Muslim and Christian mobs two weeks after ... World News -
Sri Lanka lifts ban on social media, security remains tight
The Sri Lankan government has lifted a ban on social media platforms intended to stop the spread of rumors after the Easter Sunday bombings, a source ... World News -
Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed
The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their ... World News -
ISIS claims attack on east coast city of Sri Lanka
The ISIS extremist group claimed on Saturday that three of its members clashed with Sri Lankan police for several hours before detonating their ... World News -
Sri Lanka bans groups suspected to be behind attacks
Sri Lanka’s president on Saturday outlawed two groups suspected to be behind the suicide bombings on churches and hotels while the wife and ... World News -
Sunday Mass canceled across Sri Lanka a week after bombings
Catholic leaders canceled Sunday Masses indefinitely across Sri Lanka and officials urged Muslims to stay home for Friday prayers in an extraordinary ... World News -
Security heavy as Sri Lanka warns of further attacks
Australia’s prime minister said on Friday that the Sri Lankan militant group blamed for the Easter bombings that killed at least 250 people had ... World News -
Sri Lankan police looking for 140 with ISIS links, says President Sirisena
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the ISIS extremist group over ... World News -
Sri Lanka revises death toll from attacks down by 100
Sri Lankan officials revised the death toll from Easter Sunday bombings down by about 100 on Thursday, blaming the difficulty in identifying body ... World News -
Sri Lanka bans drones, looks for bombs four days after attack
Sri Lanka banned drones and unmanned aircraft and set off more controlled detonations of suspicious items Thursday four days after suicide bombing ... World News -
Lockdown at Sri Lanka central bank amid bomb scare, airport road also shut
Sri Lankan security officials ordered a lockdown at the central bank on Thursday due to a bomb scare, two bank officials told Reuters, as the street ... World News -
Death toll rises to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings, more arrested
Police say the death toll in the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka has risen to 359 and more suspects have been arrested. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara ... World News -
US believes there is ongoing terrorist plotting in Sri Lanka, says envoy
The United States had no prior knowledge of the Easter Sunday suicide bombing attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, but now believes there is ... World News -
Toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 207, including 35 foreigners
The toll in a string of blasts on Sunday at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka has risen to at least 207, including 35 foreigners, a police official ... World News -
Sri Lanka imposes curfew ‘until further notice’
Sri Lanka’s government imposed a nationwide curfew Sunday that police said would go into effect immediately and would last “until further ... World News -
Drunk passenger forces Malaysia Airlines flight to turn back
An intoxicated passenger behaving disruptively meant that a Malaysia Airlines flight had to return to the journey's starting point. Asia -
Muslims raise fresh fears of hate attacks in Sri Lanka
Muslim legislators asked to be protected from “Buddhist extremist elements” Asia
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