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At least 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan, police say. The blast happened near a mosque in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday as people gathered to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Officials in Balochistan have declared a state of emergency. No […]
- More than 50 killed and dozens injured in Pakistan blast (Category: Breaking News)
- More than 30 injured after blast in Paris (Category: Breaking News)
- Two officers injured in blast outside interior ministry in Turkey (Category: Breaking News)
- Huge blast at oil terminal in Guinea’s capital (Category: Breaking News)
House Republicans have branded the first day of their impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden a success, saying they justified their case. But expert witnesses called by Republicans cautioned there was not yet enough proof for impeachment. Thursday’s hearing was dominated by the business dealings of the president’s son, Hunter, who Republicans allege was selling access […]
- Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president (Category: Breaking News)
- US House votes to authorise Biden impeachment inquiry (Category: Breaking News)
- South African president faces threat of impeachment over ‘Farmgate’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has been warned against jogging in public, as police describe his weekly workouts as “political activism”. His Saturday runs with ordinary members of the public and supporters of his Patriotic Front (PF) party have been attracting a lot of attention. Lungu has been told to seek police approval for future […]
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 16 feared dead in mass shootings in US city of Lewiston, Maine (Category: Breaking News)
- Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m over false election claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Republicans make their case at Biden impeachment inquiry (Category: Breaking News)
A veteran US senator has temporarily stepped down as head of the chamber’s powerful foreign relations committee as he battles bribery charges. Justice department prosecutors allege Robert Menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for aid to Egypt’s government. The couple have denied the charges. The embattled senator has rejected […]
- Bob Menendez steps down as US Senate foreign relations chairman after indictment (Category: Breaking News)
- Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m over false election claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prison (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
The lower house of the Indian parliament has passed a bill guaranteeing a third of seats for women in the parliament and state assemblies. First proposed in 1996, the bill had been pending for decades amid opposition from some political parties. On Wednesday, the Lok Sabha passed it with near unanimity after hours of fierce […]
- French parliament passes controversial immigration law (Category: Breaking News)
- Iceland’s PM to strike over gender pay gap (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak sees off Tory rebellion in Rwanda bill vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Bela bill: South Africans face jail if children not in school (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Was There A Conspiracy Behind The Easter Sunday Bomb Attacks? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Was There A Conspiracy Behind The Easter Sunday Attacks?: A Follow-Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Retired Justice Imam to head Channel 4 probe, ex-SLAF chief member of committee (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota denies Channel 4 allegations (Category: Breaking News)
- C4 documentary makers admit absence of evidence to support Maulana’s claims (Category: Breaking News)
Rescue teams in Libya are struggling to retrieve the bodies of victims that have been swept out to sea in tsunami-like flood waters. At least 2,300 have been killed, according to the ambulance authority in Derna, the worst affected city. Two dams and four bridges collapsed in Derna, submerging much of the city when Storm […]
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
- Migrant boat sinks in Channel killing six people (Category: Breaking News)
- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards (Category: Breaking News)
- US congressman carjacked at gunpoint in Washington DC (Category: Breaking News)
The death toll from floods in Libya in one city alone stands at more than 1,000, a senior official who visited the eastern port of Derna has said. “Bodies are lying everywhere,” the minister from the eastern-based government told Reuters news agency. Much of Derna, which has about 100,000 residents, is under water after two […]
- Libyan floods: Derna city alone recovers 1,000 bodies – minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Libya floods: Entire neighbourhoods dragged into the sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Libya declares emergency as Storm Daniel kills 150 (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
The death toll from floods in Libya in one city alone stands at more than 1,000, a senior official who visited the eastern port of Derna has said. “Bodies are lying everywhere,” the minister from the eastern-based government told Reuters news agency. Much of Derna, which has about 100,000 residents, is under water after two […]
- Libya floods: Entire neighbourhoods dragged into the sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Libya declares emergency as Storm Daniel kills 150 (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll from floods in one Libyan city more than 1,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
The G20 joint declaration in Delhi is being described as a significant diplomatic win for India. The agreement of a joint statement looked almost impossible a few days ago, given how sharply divided the group was over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the end, we had a declaration that garnered unanimous support from all G20 […]
- World leaders in India for G20 summit (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia hails unexpected G20 ‘milestone’ as Ukraine fumes (Category: Breaking News)
- China refuses to condemn Russia’s Ukraine invasion during G20 deadlock (Category: Breaking News)
- Kim Jong Un ‘to visit Putin for weapons talks’ (Category: Breaking News)
‘Ram and Nagulan responsible for over 600 killings roaming free’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka Republican Front leader Patali Champika Ranawaka, MP, has questioned the circumstances under which the Rajapaksas granted amnesty to 12,600 LTTE cadres following the successful conclusion of the war in May 2009. However, some of them were released during the Yahapalana administration (2015-2019) [...
- Ranawaka asks MR to retire (Category: Breaking News)
- 2024 Prez poll: Champika denies alliance with MR-Ranil grouping, won’t contest (Category: Breaking News)
- CR declares creation of his new party (Category: Breaking News)
- Patali calls for LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a towering figure in South African politics and outspoken Zulu chief, has died at the age of 95. During the racist apartheid regime, he founded the Zulu Inkatha party after becoming disillusioned with the African National Congress (ANC). Thousands were killed in clashes between supporters of the two parties in the early 1990s. […]
- Zambia ex-President Edgar Lungu banned from ‘political’ jogging (Category: Breaking News)
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
World leaders have been gathering in India ahead of a G20 summit between nations that are divided on many issues, the biggest being the war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. On Friday evening US President Joe Biden met his host, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the leaders pledging cooperation in a raft of areas. […]
- How India overcame bitter G20 divisions over Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia hails unexpected G20 ‘milestone’ as Ukraine fumes (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi US visit: Why Washington is rolling out the red carpet for Indian PM (Category: Breaking News)
- India stands with Manipur -PM Modi (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Singapore Elected A ‘Tharman’; For Sri Lanka, A ‘Kadirgamar’ Still A Wish! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sinhala-Buddhism & The Nation State Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Would Voting For A Tamil Presidential Candidate Polarize The Tamils? (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka An Ethnocracy? (Category: Breaking News)
- Janatha Aragalaya: The People’s Struggle In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Singaporeans have chosen Tharman Shanmugaratnam as their next president – but many would have let out a small sigh of disappointment as they did so. On Friday, the former top minister won a record 70.4% of the votes, comfortably beating two other candidates in the country’s first contested presidential election in more than a decade. […]
- Singaporeans vote for ceremonial president after rare political scandals (Category: Breaking News)
- Iceland’s PM to strike over gender pay gap (Category: Breaking News)
- 1,000 buses evacuate scouts from disaster-hit World Jamboree (Category: Breaking News)
- Two officers injured in blast outside interior ministry in Turkey (Category: Breaking News)
Singaporeans have headed to the polls to vote in their first contested presidential election in over a decade. The president has a mainly ceremonial role in the city-state with few powers and little say in public affairs. But the result on Friday could be a marker of public sentiment on the long-term ruling People’s Action […]
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- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- French parliament passes controversial immigration law (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
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