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Sri Lanka has put all police stations in Colombo on high alert, following reports of a truck and van carrying explosives.

China showcased its new generation of guided missile destroyers on Tuesday as President Xi Jinping reviewed a naval parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the navy.

A railway station in the Sri Lankan capital has been evacuated after an abandoned parcel was found near the tracks.

More than 50 people have been feared dead after a jade mine in Myanmar collapsed.

A protective sheet is being rolled over the burnt roof of Notre Dame Cathedral to prevent rain damaging the building further.

Myanmar's top court on Tuesday rejected an appeal of two Reuters reporters jailed on charges linked to their reports on Rohingyas fleeing a military crackdown.

A gas leak at the Sydney Opera House has forced the evacuation of nearly 500 people from the area.

An Australian freighter sunk by a Japanese submarine during World War II has been found after 77 years.

An earthquake of 6.5-magnitude has struck the island of Samar in the Philippines on Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will "soon" visit Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

The death toll from the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka has risen to 310, with over 500 still being treated for their injuries.

Voting is underway for the third phase of India’s general election.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will ask for foreign assistance to nab the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday bombings.

An explosion went off on Monday in a van near a church in Colombo where scores were killed the previous day.

The Eiffel Tower plunged into darkness when the clock struck 12 on Sunday in honour of the people killed and injured in the multiple blasts in Sri Lanka.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck the Philippines.

Sri Lankan authorities have ordered a curfew in the capital, Colombo, for a second day on Monday.

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is set to become the country's next president.

The death toll from Sunday's bomb blasts in Sri Lanka has risen to 290, as authorities lifted an island-wide curfew on Monday.

Sudanese protest leaders have suspended talks with the ruling military that replaced ousted leader Omar al-Bashir.

A landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca has left at least 17 people killed and five more injured.

US President Donald Trump committed faux pas as he erroneously wrote that "138 million people" were killed in the Sri Lanka bombings.

The death toll from a series of explosions, targeting churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, has risen to 207.

The Sri Lankan government has declared a curfew with immediate effect, and shut down all major social media and messaging services.

Sri Lankans are coming to terms with the bomb blasts that shattered peace across the country, killing more than 200 and injuring more than 400.

Saudi Arabia has foiled a terrorist attack north Riyadh, killing all four attackers.

World leaders have condemned the series of blasts in Sri Lanka that left at least 138 people dead and more than 400 wounded.

Sri Lankan police on Sunday reported there had been a seventh explosion, a few kilometres south of capital Colombo.

A Sri Lankan hotelier has reacted with shock to Sunday's bomb blasts in the country that left more than 100 people dead.

Authorities in Sudan have arrested several top members of ousted President Omar al-Bashir's National Congress Party.

Fresh clashes have broken out in the Libyan capital's southern districts on Saturday.

Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday in the second round of an election to pick the country's next president.

Two teenagers have been arrested in Ireland for being involved in the murder of a journalist.

Gunmen have killed 13 people at a bar in Mexico.

Thousands of bees living on the roof of the Notre-Dame cathedral have survived last week's devastating fire.

Ukraine's rival presidential candidates have locked horns in a heated televised debate at Kiev's Olympic stadium.

Two teenaged girls have been arrested in Florida for plotting the murder of nine people.

The children of a California couple say they've forgiven their parents for years of torture, starvation and imprisonment.

A subpoena has been issued demanding Robert Mueller's full report into Russia's alleged meddling during the 2016 US Presidential election.

Two Australian doctors have been given royal honors in Thailand for helping rescue a boys’ football team from a flooded cave last year.

At least 13 people have been killed after part of a church collapsed in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.

Russian officials will review the report by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller before deciding whether it is worth showing to President Vladimir Putin.

A voter in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh apparently chopped off his finger after he mistakenly voted for the wrong party in the country's general election.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has made a sweeping cabinet reshuffle after only seven months in power.

Some US lawmakers have been told they will be able to access a less-censored version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.

North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon.

At least 29 people have been killed and 27 others injured in a bus accident on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Wednesday.

At least 14 people have been shot dead after gunmen hijacked a passenger bus in southwestern Pakistan.

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale has struck Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien, shaking buildings in the capital Taipei.

Voting is underway for the second phase of India’s general election.

Deposed Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been moved from his residence to Kobar prison in the capital Khartoum.

Early results from Indonesia’s election on Wednesday showed President Joko Widodo securing a comfortable lead over ex-general Prabowo Subianto.

Around 150 people have been reported missing after reports emerged of a ferry capsizing on Lake Kivu in Congo's South Kivu Province.

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to rebuild Paris' Notre Dame cathedral within five years after the massive fire.

More than 9,000 prisoners are being released in Myanmar after the president announced an amnesty on the first day of the traditional New Year.

Five people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured by a South Korean man who set his apartment on fire.

US President Donald Trump has vetoed a resolution passed by the US Congress to end American involvement in the conflict in Yemen.

Tens of millions of Indonesians head to the polls Wednesday to vote for a new president.

The US Attorney General has issued new measures that could see thousands of asylum-seekers detained indefinitely.

A Filipino domestic helper has been awarded damages by a Hong Kong court after being sacked for having cancer.

The President of the European Council says he dreams of Brexit being scrapped and doesn't want give in to fatalism.

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to rebuild the iconic Notre-Dame cathedral after it was partially gutted in a fire.

Russia's lower house of parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported a bill allowing the country to create its own autonomous internet.

A Canadian tourist has fallen to his death while ziplining at a popular tourist attraction in northern Thailand.

As many as 113 people have been arrested in London for blocking the city's roads in an attempt to force the government to do more about climate change.

More than 10,000 people have stepped forward to crowd-source elections results across Indonesia on Wednesday in real-time, in a bid to thwart election irregularities.

The US has advised its citizens to reconsider their travel to Pakistan due to increased terror threats.

A 60-year-old man has been taken into custody in Canada after he shot dead four people in the city of Penticton.

A massive fire that struck the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is now under control.

Sudan's transitional military council arrested more senior officials from the regime of ousted President Omar al-Bashir.

French President Emmanuel Macron will deliver a nationwide TV address on Monday.

The remnants of a deadly weekend storm in the US is threatening the eastern parts before it pushes offshore.

The President of Ecuador has claimed that Julian Assange violated the terms of his asylum in his country's embassy by using it as a "centre for spying".

Russia's President Putin and North Korea's Chairman Kim Jong-un could meet as early as next week.

Cross-party talks continue in the UK to try and find a Brexit compromise.

Facebook has apologised for the massive outages that affected thousands of users around the world on Sunday.

Some 600 people were evacuated from their homes in Frankfurt as bomb disposal experts could remove a World War II-era bomb.

Social media users have reported issues with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp today.

The leader of the so-called IS group in the Philippines has died.

Floods that have swept through much of Iran over the last few weeks have claimed 76 lives, with warnings still in place for large parts of the country.

A small aircraft veered off the runway and hit two helicopters while attempting to take off in Nepal's Lukla airport on Sunday, killing three people.

One person has been killed and three others injured after a shooting outside a Melbourne nightclub.

The world's largest plane by wingspan has taken flight.

A Vietnamese woman who had been accused of killing the half-brother of North Korea’s leader will be freed from a Malaysian prison on May 3.

A man in the USA has been charged with attempted murder after a child fell from the balcony of a shopping centre.

It's very likely that parliament will consider a new Brexit referendum.

The USA has defended the sanctions it has imposed on Venezuela.

In a plea for peace, Pope Francis has kissed the shoes of Sudanese leaders.

North Korea says it's more than happy to take part in further talks with the USA but only if the latter displays the "right attitude".

The leader of Sudan's historic coup has stepped down.

There could soon be an outbreak of dangerous diseases in Libya.

There's been a huge shake-up in North Korea's leadership.

Two Cuban doctors have been abducted in Kenya.

The Dalai Lama has been discharged from hospital.

Jeremy Corbyn says the United Kingdom should not extradite Julian Assange to the USA.

Thousands of people in Sudan have ignored a curfew declared by the country's new military council.

A bomb blast in a market place in Pakistan has killed at least 16 people.

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London after Ecuador withdrew asylum status.

Australians will go to the polls on May 18, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced, adding that voters "now is not the time to turn back" to Labor.

A news website has approached the top court in the Philippines to overturn President Rodrigo Duterte's ban on their journalists.

Fighting between eastern Libyan forces and troops loyal to the Tripoli government has left 56 people dead in the capital.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck east of Japan's island of Honshu on Thursday.

The US is asking the United Nations to remove the Venezuelan government's credentials and formally recognise self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido as the country's leader.

Fossil bones and teeth found in the Philippines have revealed a previously unknown member of the human family tree.

One of Russia's biggest foreign investors, who was arrested in February, may be released from jail under house arrest later.

The first of seven phases in India's general election has begun.

The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a "flexible extension" of Brexit until October 31.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly gathered top officials in Pyongyang to address what he described as the "prevailing tense situation".

Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after 50 people were killed in Christchurch mosque attacks.

The European Union is likely to offer only a long extension to the UK during an emergency Brexit summit Wednesday night in Brussels. 

Canada is planning to make it harder for asylum seekers to cross the border from the United States. 

The Dalai Lama has been admitted to a hospital in the Indian capital, Delhi, following complaints of chest pain.

Russia has agreed to release nearly 100 whales which have been held for months in cramped pens by firms hoping to sell them in China.

Sudanese security forces fired teargas at thousands of protesters who've been holding a sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on Tuesday.

The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned the military escalation in Libya, amid fears of a renewed civil war. 

US Secret Service Director Randolph Alles has reportedly been asked to step down from his post.

Authorities in Indonesia will set up a special system near Mount Krakatau to trigger early tsunami warning signals if tidal waves occur.

In Hong Kong, the original founders of the 2014 Umbrella protests, which brought parts of the city to a stand-still for 79 days, have been found guilty over their involvement in the rallies.

Just days before the UK is due to leave the EU, British lawmakers have backed a new legislation to extend the Brexit process.

A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plan to keep migrants in Mexico while they apply for asylum in the US.

The death toll in the clashes between forces of the UN-backed government and Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) near the Libyan capital Tripoli has risen to 21.

The head of South Korea's flag carrier and largest airline, Korean Air, has died. 

The European Union (EU) has threatened to ban horticultural products imported from Uganda over concern about pests.

After much speculation, US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen has announced her decision to step down.

The White House says President Donald Trump will "never" hand over his tax returns despite a new Democrat push for their release. 

India has called Pakistan's claim that New Delhi is planning a fresh military attack this month as "irresponsible and preposterous".

Rwandans gathered on Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide that killed more than 800,000 people.

British Prime Minister Theresa May defended her decision to open talks with the opposition in a bid to deliver Brexit or risk letting it "slip through our fingers".

A Dutchman drove his electric car on an epic 95,000 km-long journey, in a bid to prove the viability of such vehicles in tackling climate change.

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote revealed that he once withdrew $10 million just to look at it and prove to himself that he was indeed rich.

A poacher has suffered a grisly fate after he was trampled to death by an elephant and then eaten by a pride of lions.

Part of a bridge over Brazil's Moju River collapsed early Saturday, after a ferryboat collided with a bridge pillar.

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj has vowed to defend the capital Tripoli as forces loyal to rival Libyan army commander Khalifa Haftar advance from the east.

Pakistan has announced the release of 360 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture.

At least three people have been killed and 19 others injured after two explosions went off in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad on Saturday. 

South Korea has declared a national emergency as a giant forest fire swept across swathes of the country.

The leader of a new political party that challenged Thailand's military government has been slammed with sedition charges.

Flood-hit Iran moved to evacuate more towns and villages on Saturday as a new round of torrential rains threatens the region.

European Council President Donald Tusk is proposing to offer the UK a flexible Brexit extension of up to one year - with the option of leaving the EU sooner if a divorce deal is passed.

Russia's Foreign Ministry has called for dialogue to help solve the ongoing crisis in Venezuela.

More than 4,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as devastating wildfires engulfs parts of South Korea's northeastern region.

US President Donald Tump is backing down from a threat to close the border with Mexico. 

Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 repeatedly nose-dived before it crashed, according to a statement from the airline released on Thursday, citing a preliminary report into the March 10 crash.

The Australian man accused of killing 50 people in gun attacks on two mosques in Christchurch will face 50 murder charges and 39 attempted murder charges.

One departure terminal has been closed at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi after a fire forced authorities to evacuate passengers and staff.

A total of 18 people have been injured after a bomb attack in the Philippines.

The life expectancy for a child born today will be shortened by an average of 20 months by breathing polluted air, according to The State of Global Air report.

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has stepped down after weeks of protests against his 20-year rule.