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Trump calls for end to killing in Syria rebel bastion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 10:49 PM

US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the governments in Moscow, Damascus and Tehran to stop the violence in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib. Read more »

Duterte to visit Cotabato City despite bombings, Palace says

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 02:57 AM

MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte pushed through with his scheduled visit to Cotabato City, despite the series of bombings that rocked the area hours before his arrival, Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said told reporters.  Read more »

Indonesia police identify couple behind Jolo church blast

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 09:56 PM

The couple had earlier tried to go to Syria to join the Islamic State group and subsequently underwent an Indonesian government deradicalization program. Read more »

Iisang uri ng bomba ginamit sa pagpapasabog sa Jolo at Indanan, Sulu

Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 11:08 AM

Magkapareho ang uri ng improvised explosive device (IED) na ginamit sa pagapapasabog malapit sa kampo ng militar sa Indanan, Sulu noong Biyernes at Jolo Cathedral noong Enero.  Read more »

Analyst: ‘There’s reason to believe’ Sulu blasts were suicide attacks by IS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 08:33 PM

Rommel Banlaoi, of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research, said he believes the Islamic State group was behind the blasts. Read more »

Churches in Sri Lankan capital cancel Sunday mass due to threat

Omar Rajarathnam, Reuters
Posted at May 03 02:49 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Catholic churches have cancelled Sunday mass in the capital Colombo for a second straight week, citing foreign intelligence warnings of threats to worshippers in the wake of the deadly Easter bombings on churches and hotels. Read more »

US envoy to Sri Lanka says threat is real as security forces maintain high alert

A. Ananthalakshmi and Alexandra Ulmer, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 04:19 PM

COLOMBO - The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist militants involved in the Easter Sunday bombings on the island were likely still at large and could be planning fresh attacks. Read more »

Sri Lanka lifts ban on social media, security remains tight

Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 02:15 PM

The Sri Lankan government has lifted a ban on social media platforms intended to stop the spread of rumors after the Easter Sunday bombings, a source from the president's office said on Tuesday. Read more »

15 dead in Sri Lanka after overnight gun battle with suspected Islamist militants

Ranga Sirilal, Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 03:31 PM

COLOMBO - The bodies of 15 people, including 6 children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesperson said on Saturday, 6 days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people. Read more »

Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches amid fears of more attacks

Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 03:00 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels. Read more »

Foreign groups likely behind Sri Lanka attacks, U.S. ambassador says

Sanjeev Miglani and Joe Brock, Reuters
Posted at Apr 24 04:31 PM

COLOMBO - The scale and sophistication of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka suggested the involvement of an external group such as Islamic State, the U.S. ambassador to said on Wednesday as the death toll jumped to 359. Read more »

Death toll from Sri Lanka bombing attacks rises to 359 - police

Reuters
Posted at Apr 24 01:14 PM

COLOMBO - The death toll from the Easter Sunday suicide bombing attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka rose to 359, police said on Wednesday without providing any further details. Read more »

Sri Lanka bomb attacks were revenge for N.Zealand mosque killings - minister

Reuters
Posted at Apr 23 06:06 PM

NEW DELHI - Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bomb attacks were retaliation for a recent attack on mosques in New Zealand, a Sri Lankan official said on Tuesday, adding that two domestic Islamist groups were believed to be responsible. Read more »

No Filipino casualty in Sri Lanka bombings – DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 04:48 PM

MANILA – No Filipino was hurt in the series of bombings that gripped Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Read more »

Sri Lanka's bomb carnage casts pall over tourism revival

Alasdair Pal, Reuters
Posted at Apr 23 01:25 PM

COLOMBO - With its capital under curfew following devastating Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and upmarket hotels, Sri Lanka is filled with fear, horror and grief and tourists who have been flocking to the Indian Ocean island could cancel in droves. Read more »

Sri Lanka attacks carried out by suicide bombers - investigator

Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters
Posted at Apr 22 04:41 PM

COLOMBO - Seven suicide bombers took part in the devastating attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people and wounded more than 500, a senior investigator said on Monday. Read more »

US State Dept warns 'terrorists' continue plotting Sri Lanka attacks

Reuters
Posted at Apr 22 01:22 PM

The U.S. State Department said in a revised travel advisory 'terrorist groups' were continuing to plot possible attacks in Sri Lanka after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded in blasts in churches and luxury hotels on Sunday. Read more »

Sri Lanka attacks death toll rises to 290, about 500 wounded

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 22 11:41 AM

COLOMBO - Authorities lifted a curfew in the Sri Lanka on Monday, a day after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded by a string of bombings that tore through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday. Read more »

Previous deadly attacks at Easter

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 22 12:41 PM

After a series of explosions ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing more than 150 people, here are some previous cases of deadly violence at Easter: Read more »

Sri Lanka police chief had warned of suicide attack threat before blasts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 03:07 PM

Sri Lanka's police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday's bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to hit "prominent churches", according to the warning seen by AFP. Read more »