Police and politicians backed by the country's former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka's Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage reviewed by Reuters.Scores of Muslim mosques, homes and businesses were destroyed as mobs ran amok for three days in Kandy,...
Read moreARBIN, Mar 25 (Agencies): Turkey's military and its Syrian rebel allies have taken full control of northwest Syria's Afrin region, a Turkish army source said on Saturday, as aid workers distributed food to people in the area.Turkish forces and the Syrian fighters swept into the main Afrin town last Sunday...
Read moreBERLIN, Mar 25 (BBC): Catalonia's ex-leader Carles Puigdemont has been detained by German police acting on a European arrest warrant.Mr Puigdemont, who is wanted in Spain for sedition and rebellion, was held crossing from Denmark on the way to Belgium, his lawyer said.Mr Puigdemont had been on a visit to...
Read moreTOKYO, Mar 25 (Agencies): Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe, his ratings in a slump amid a suspected cronyism scandal and cover-up, apologised again on Sunday for causing anxiety and loss of confidence in his government.Abe vowed to press on with his controversial move to amend Japan's pacifist constitution, undeterred...
Read moreFLORIDA, Mar 25 (Reuters): Chanting "never again," hundreds of thousands of young Americans and their supporters answered a call to action from survivors of last month's Florida high school massacre and rallied across the country on Saturday to demand tighter gun laws.In some of the biggest US youth demonstrations for...
Read moreJERUSALEM, Mar 25 (Agencies): Israeli jets pounded Hamas positions in Gaza overnight after Palestinians staged a cross-border raid into southern Israel, the military said early Sunday."Israel Air Force fighter jets targeted a terror target in a military compound belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip," it...
Read moreLONDON, Mar 25 (AP): In Paris, the Eiffel Tower went dark. In London, a kaleidoscope of famous sites switched off their lights - Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, the London Eye. That scene was repeated over and over across the world on Saturday night: at Sydney's Opera...
Read moreSouth Korea coast guard try to rescue 192 SOUTH KOREA, Mar 25: South Korea's coast guard said a rescue operation was underway after a ferry carrying 192 people hit a rock in waters off the country's southwestern coast on Sunday. At least six people sustained minor injuries. A coast guard...
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