Sri Lanka bans face veils after attacks by militants
Reuters :Authorities in Sri Lanka on Monday banned women from wearing face veils under an emergency law put in place after deadly Easter Sunday attacks...
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Spain faces weeks of coalition horse-trading after Socialist victory
AFP :Spain faces weeks of coalition talks after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists won snap elections without a majority, splitting the right-wing bloc but letting...
Churches fall silent in Sri Lanka a week after attacks
Reuters, Colombo :Churches across Sri Lanka suspended Sunday mass and the Archbishop of Colombo delivered a televised special sermon from a chapel at his home,...
Sudan protesters, army rulers in breakthrough talks over civil rule
AFP, Hartoum :Sudanese protesters Sunday welcomed a breakthrough in talks with army rulers who agreed to form a joint civilian-military council, paving the way for...
Spain votes in early election marked by far-right resurgence
AFP, Madrid :Spain voted Sunday in an uncertain snap general election marked by a resurgence of the far-right after more than four decades on the...
Musharraf unlikely to return to Pak to stand trial for treason
PTI, Islamabad :Pakistan’s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who is facing a high-profile treason case for suspending the Constitution, is unlikely to return to the...
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Putin raises possibility of meeting Ukraine leaderAP, Beijing Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the possibility of meeting Ukraine’s president-elect in a sign Moscow might...
New York Archdiocese names 120 priests accused of sex abuse
AP, New York :At least 120 priests accused of sexually abusing a child or having child pornography have worked in the Archdiocese of New York,...
Brazil is governed by ‘gang of madmen’: Lula
AFP, Rio de Janeiro :Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said the country is governed by a “gang of madmen” in...
Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Gilber Caro arrested
AFP, Caracas : Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Gilber Caro has been arrested by intelligence agents “violating his parliamentary immunity,” the opposition-controlled legislature said on Friday.Caro was previously...
Two Koreas mark Moon-Kim summit anniversary with different tones
AFP, Seoul :North and South Korea Saturday struck different notes as they marked the first anniversary of a summit between their leaders that fuelled a...
Western-educated bomber who botched Sri Lanka hotel attack
Reuters, Colombo :His target was the breakfast buffet at the Taj Samudra, a luxury hotel on Colombo’s seafront. Instead, he ended up detonating his explosive...