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Sri Lanka approves visa-on-arrival scheme for India from August 1
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka has granted approval to issue on-arrival visa to tourists from countries, including India and China, aiming to revive its flagging tourism sector after the deadly Easter bombings.
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Attackers of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings were inspire by ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people were carried out by local groups who drew inspiration from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group, a top investigator said on Wednesday.
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Cardinal Ranjith calls on govt to step down over Easter Sunday bombings
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church, has called for the government to step down due to its alleged failure to prevent Easter Sunday bombings that claimed the lives of more than 250 people.
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US imposes sanctions on Hezbollah top leader
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): The United States on Friday slapped sanctions on a top leader of the terror group Hezbollah Salman Raouf Salman, accused to the bombings in the Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires in 1994.
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Tunisian President Essebsi makes first public appearance after being disch
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tunis [Tunisia], July 7 (ANI): Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday made his first public appearance after being discharged from a hospital last week due to an unspecified serious illness.
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Tunisia bans face veils in public institutions
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tunis [Tunisia], July 6 (ANI): Citing security concerns, the Tunisian government on Friday banned the wearing of the niqab (full face veil) in public institutions with immediate effect, days after country's capital was rocked by twin suicide bombings.
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India condemns terrorist attack in Tunisia
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): India on Friday strongly condemned twin suicide bombings that targetted security sites and claimed the life of a police officer in the Tunisian capital of Tunis.
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8 killed in Somalia's car bombings
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 16 (ANI): At least eight people were killed and 16 others suffered injuries after twin car bombings rattled Somalia's capital, Mogadishu on Saturday.
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25 killed after Russian planes bomb rebel-held Idlib
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jun 11 (ANI): At least 25 people, including women and children, lost their lives after Russian jets carried out aerial bombings in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Monday.
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Sri Lankan intelligence chief resigns over Easter Sunday bombings
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka's national intelligence chief Sisira Mendis has stepped down from his post in the wake of Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people in April.
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Muslim ministers decide to resign as wave of communal violence grips Sri L
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): All Muslim ministers -- Cabinet, State, and Deputy -- on Monday decided to resign from their respective positions after accusing the government of failing to guarantee the security of the nation's minority Muslim community amid fears of attacks following th
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Hinduism not blamed for LTTE bombings, then why link Islam to terrorism: I
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mekkah [Saudi Arabia], June 1 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday asserted that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism.
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