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Nearly 300 Arrested in Connection with Easter Attacks in Sri Lanka
Nine suicide bombers carried out a series of blasts that tore through three churches and as many high-end hotels, killing 258 people in the country's deadliest violence since the brutal civil war ended in 2009.
Amid New Tariff Fears, US and China to Resume Trade Talks in Washington in October
The talks were supposed to have resumed this month but China's commerce ministry said Vice Premier Liu He, Beijing's pointman on trade, agreed to October in a phone call with US Trade Representative.
Iran Gives European Countries Two More Months to Save 2015 Nuclear Deal
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said talks with European powers were moving forward, raising hopes of at least a pause in a diplomatic confrontation between Iran and the West that has stoked already heightened tensions across the region.
Amid Brexit Turmoil, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Proposes Early Election on October 15
Birtsh Prime Minister Boris Johnson Lost Parliamentary Majority as MP Joins Liberal Democrats Ahead of Brexit Polls
Bangladesh Bans Cellphone Services in Rohingya Camps Citing Security Threat
'We have been stunned to see that Rohingya refugees are using mobile phones illegally and we don't have a clear understanding of the situation,' a Bangladesh government official said.
Saudi Foreign Minister to Visit Pakistan Amid Indo-Pak Tensions Over Jammu and Kashmir
The Saudi minister's visit to Islamabad comes in the midst of spiralling tensions between India and Pakistan after New Delhi withdrew Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcated it into two union territories.
Pak to Issue Multiple, On-arrival Visas to Sikh Pilgrims From Across Countries, Says PM Imran Khan
New Delhi and Islamabad have agreed that Pakistan would allow 5,000 Sikh visitors per day into the country through the proposed Kartarpur Corridor. Kartarpur will also be the first visa-free corridor between the two neighbours since their independence in...
Large Blast in Kabul Targets International Compound Hours After US Announces 'Plan' of Withdrawing Troops
The blast came just hours after a US envoy briefed the Afghan government on plans for the first 5,000 U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan within five months' time.
I Don't Want an Election, Says Boris Johnson in Latest Brexit Warning
Boris Johnson said in a brief televised address Monday that there are 'no circumstances' under which he would accept a delay to Brexit, which is scheduled for Oct 31.
'World Could be in Danger': On Nuclear War With India, Imran Gives 'Pakistan-Never-First' Assurance
Hours after Khan's statement, Pakistan's foreign ministry said that his comment was being taken "out of context", and the country had there was "no change in their nuclear policy".
US to Conditionally Pull Troops from Five Afghan Bases Under Deal, Says Envoy
Zalmay Khalilzad said that the US has agreed that if the conditions proceed according to the agreement, we will leave within 135 days five bases in which we are present now.
UK PM Johnson Threatens Brexit Purge in Pivotal Week
The warning came as heavyweights from the governing Conservatives such as former finance minister Philip Hammond plotted a way to keep the premier from taking Britain out of the European Union without an agreement on October 31.
'Catastrophic' Dorian Pounds Bahamas with Ferocious Rain, Wind, Thousands Evacuated
Packing sustained winds of 185 miles per hour (295 kph), Dorian crashed onshore in the Abacos Islands, in the northwest of the Bahamas, as the strongest storm ever to hit the Caribbean chain.
China's 'Belt and Road' Initiative Risks Paris Climate Goal: Report
While the Chinese state is putting up a significant part of the cash, the project will also see other national and private-sector investment, and opponents warn of its devastating environmental impact.
Hong Kong Protesters Plan to Disrupt Airport After Night of Violent Clashes With Police
The airport closed one of its car parks and advised passengers to use public transport, without giving a reason.
Under-trial Loud French Rooster Maurice Pitches City Dwellers Against Rural Folk
Maurice's case underscores a decades-long conflict in France between city dwellers buying summer homes in the countryside without being ready to cope with rural characteristics such as animal noise, odours or insects.