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Tunisian President Falls Ill As ISIS-Claimed Suicide Attacks In Capital

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday June 28, 2019

Double suicide attacks shook Tunisia's capital Thursday, even as the country was plunged into uncertainty with the hospitalisation of President Beji Caid Essebsi who was said to be "seriously ill".

Exclusive: 'We Didn't Miss' - Air Force Pilots Who Flew Balakot Mission

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Tuesday June 25, 2019

"We smoked a lot of cigarettes before the mission," says the young Squadron Leader who was one among the group of pilots who struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror training facility near Balakot in Pakistan in February. "We kept pacing up and down once we knew what our mission was."

In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday June 9, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.

PM Modi First Foreign Leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Bombings

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 7, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will briefly visit Sri Lanka on Sunday during which he will hold discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena, according to the president's office in Colombo.

Fresh Advisory Issued On Visiting Sri Lanka In Aftermath Of Bombings

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 28, 2019

The external affairs ministry on Tuesday issued a fresh advisory asking citizens travelling to Sri Lanka to be careful and vigilant in view of last month's bombings in which over 250 people were killed.

Sri Lanka Extends Emergency A Month After Suicide Bombings

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Sri Lanka's president extended on Wednesday by a further month the state of emergency imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people.

'Mother Of Satan' Bombs Show Foreign Hand In Lanka Attacks: Investigators

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 21, 2019

One month after the Sri Lanka suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people, investigators have told AFP the bombers used "Mother of Satan" explosives favoured by the ISIS group that are a new sign of foreign involvement.

In Tearful Ceremony, Sri Lanka Catholics Mark One Month Since Bombings

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 21, 2019

Hundreds of Catholics prayed outside the bombed St Anthony's Church in Colombo on Tuesday, marking one month since the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed 258 people in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Parliament Official Arrested Over Links To Easter Sunday Blasts

World News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2019

A Sri Lankan parliament official was among six people arrested for their alleged links to the banned terror group, National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), which carried out the deadly suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, a senior police official said on Monday.

US Official, Injured In Sri Lanka Suicide Attack, Dies In Hospital

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 8, 2019

A US official wounded in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday suicide bombings has died in hospital, raising to 258 the total number killed, including 45 foreigners, officials said Wednesday.

Pak Taliban Claims Suicide Blast At Sufi Shrine In Lahore That Killed 10

World News | Agencies | Wednesday May 8, 2019

Blast in Lahore, Pakistan: A suicide blast at one of Pakistan's oldest and most popular Sufi shrines killed at least 10 people and wounded 24 in the eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, police said, in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.

Anti-Terror Agency Gets Four-Day Custody Of Kerala ISIS Suspect

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Monday May 6, 2019

The National Investigation Agency has been granted four-day custody of a terror suspect who was arrested last week on charges of planning a suicide attack in Kerala.

Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka

World News | Reuters | Monday May 6, 2019

State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.

Bombers Visited Kashmir, Kerala Before Attacks, Says Sri Lanka Army Chief

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 4, 2019

Some of the suicide bombers who carried out the last month's devastating attacks in Sri Lanka visited Kashmir and Kerala for "some sort of training" or to "make some more links" with other foreign outfits, the country's army chief claimed on Saturday.

Sri Lanka Attack Mastermind Used Chatrooms To Sway Suicide Bombers

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 3, 2019

While Sri Lanka Easter suicide attacks mastermind Zahran Hashim used social media to publicly call for the death of non-Muslims, he worked for months in private chatrooms to persuade six young men to sacrifice themselves, Muslim community leaders say.