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Indians vote in 3rd phase of staggered national election

Indians were voting Tuesday in the third phase of the country's general election, amid campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra ...

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

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

Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters

Myanmar's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters journalists and upheld seven-year prison ...

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 ...

Appeals court rejects Chelsea Manning's effort to leave jail

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to be released from jail ...

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 ...

Stop & Shop, workers reach tentative contract agreement

Stop & Shop supermarket workers and company officials reached a tentative contract agreement Sunday that includes wage ...

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 ...

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President attends Easter service following slew of tweets

President Donald Trump on Easter morning offered condolences to the people of Sri Lanka, continued his attacks on special ...

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 ...

Israeli election may have dimmed hopes for 2-state solution

Is the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dead? After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coasted to ...

United Methodists edge toward breakup over LGBT policies

There's at least one area of agreement among conservative, centrist and liberal leaders in the United Methodist Church: ...

2020 campaign trail runs through churches in South Carolina

By now, most Democratic presidential candidates have polished their stump speeches. But when they're in South Carolina, they ...

Nicaraguans use Good Friday processions to protest

Good Friday religious processions in Nicaragua's capital took on a political tone as people seized a rare opportunity to ...

Iconic Salt Lake Temple closing for major 4-year renovation

An iconic temple central to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints faith will close for four years for a major ...