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The Latest: London counter-terrorism team seeks images

The Latest on the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka (all times local): 11 p.m. London police are asking for images taken during the ...

INDIA QUAKE

Shallow quake shakes northeast India, no damage yet reported

A moderate earthquake shook remote northeastern India near the border with China early Wednesday, but no damage or casualties ...

As Sri Lanka mourns, Islamic State claims Easter bombings

As the death toll from the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 321 on Tuesday, the Islamic State group claimed ...

Oil prices climb in wake of Iranian oil sanctions decision

Global oil prices are rising in the wake of President Donald Trump's decision to impose sanctions on nations that import ...

Unspeakable grief: 5 members of 1 family killed in Sri Lanka

The dark wooden coffins, sitting side by side, attested to one family's unspeakable grief. The Gomez family gathered Tuesday ...

Militants blamed in Sri Lanka attacks had incendiary leader

The purported leader of an Islamic extremist group blamed for an Easter attack in Sri Lanka that killed over 320 people began ...

Sri Lanka, like world, again sees scourge of suicide attacks

The Easter attacks in Sri Lanka are a bloody echo of decades past in the South Asian island nation, when militants inspired ...

I killed as Indians vote in 3rd phase of national elections

One person was killed as Indians voted Tuesday in the third phase of the country's general election, amid campaigning by ...

Seaside Sri Lanka town known for its churches is in mourning

The seaside Sri Lankan fishing town of Negombo has long been called "Little Rome," a reference to its abundance of churches ...

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Sri Lanka expats wait to reconnect amid social media block

Viji Devadas hasn't heard from her nephew in Sri Lanka on her family WhatsApp chat group since he reached out just after the ...

The Latest: Man recalls death of daughter, wife in blast

The Latest on explosions in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (all times local): 4:53 a.m. A man whose Australian wife and only ...

Sri Lanka military gets special powers after deadly bombings

Sri Lanka's president gave the military sweeping police powers starting Tuesday in the wake of the Easter bombings that ...

Sri Lanka blocks social media after Easter Sunday bombings

Sri Lankan authorities flicked the off switch on most social media after Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels killed ...

AP Top Stories April 22 A

Here's the latest for Monday, April 22nd: A mini-van explodes in the streets of Sri Lanka; Pope Francis laments what he calls ...

Survivor of Sri Lanka bombing fears returning to church

St. Sebastian's Church in Sri Lanka's Negombo city was packed when Nilantha Lakmal arrived with his wife and three daughters ...

AP sources: US to sanction nations for importing Iranian oil

The Trump administration is poised to tell five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no ...

Panicked at first, Sri Lankans anxious over what's to come

Bhanuka Harischandra was running a little late for his meeting Sunday. As a car carrying him pulled into the back entrance ...

Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

Nine bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites on Easter Sunday killed more than 200 people and wounded hundreds ...

A look at Sri Lanka's troubled recent history marked by war

A series of blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, blamed on religious extremists, recalled the worst days of the country's ...

Woman's brutal killing in Bangladesh triggers protests

Dozens of protesters took to the streets in Bangladesh's capital to demand justice for an 18-year-old woman who died after ...