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Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots
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Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots

Sri Lanka blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms on Monday after anti-Muslim riots hit several towns in the…
Sri Lanka Catholics hold first Sunday mass after Easter attacks
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Sri Lanka Catholics hold first Sunday mass after Easter attacks

Thousands of Catholics attended mass in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo Sunday amid tight security to prevent a repeat of Easter…
Easter bombers all killed or arrested: Sri Lanka police chief
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Easter bombers all killed or arrested: Sri Lanka police chief

Sri Lankan security authorities have either killed or arrested all the jihadists responsible for the Easter suicide bombings that left…
Pope Tawadros to lead prayers in Abbasseya cathedral Sunday
Egypt

Pope Tawadros to lead prayers in Abbasseya cathedral Sunday

Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church will preside this evening over the Mass of the Resurrection at the…
Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people believed linked to Islamic State after Easter bombings
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Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people believed linked to Islamic State after Easter bombings

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to Islamic State, which has…
Sri Lanka detains Syrian in investigation of blasts; toll rises to 321
Middle East

Sri Lanka detains Syrian in investigation of blasts; toll rises to 321

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police detained a Syrian among 40 people being questioned about the Easter Sunday attacks on…
Hundreds hurt as blasts hit Sri Lanka churches, hotels
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Hundreds hurt as blasts hit Sri Lanka churches, hotels

A string of blasts hit high-end hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Sunday, injuring hundreds of people as worshippers…
Egypt Sentences 30 Men Over Church Attack Plot
Egypt

Egypt Sentences 30 Men Over Church Attack Plot

Thirty men were sentenced on Saturday to between 10 years and life in prison for planning a suicide bombing on…
In Syria’s Aleppo, restored Armenian church hosts first mass
Middle East

In Syria’s Aleppo, restored Armenian church hosts first mass

Armenians in Syria’s war-torn Aleppo packed their Forty Martyrs Cathedral Saturday for the first mass in the centuries-old church since…
Pope visits Morocco to boost dialogue, meet migrants
Middle East

Pope visits Morocco to boost dialogue, meet migrants

Pope Francis arrives in Morocco on Saturday for a visit which will see him meet Muslim leaders and migrants ahead…
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