Colombo, Apr 22 :  The Sri Lankan government on Monday announced that it will compensate the victims of the ghastly bomb blasts that hit churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing over 290 people and injuring over 500 others during Easter celebrations, according to a media report...... read more

Manila, Apr 22 :  Five people were killed when at least two buildings collapsed as a strong earthquake rocked the northern Philippines, a local official said...... read more

Washington, Apr 22 : In a move that could have implications on India's energy security, US President Donald Trump on Monday decided not to grant sanctions exemptions to any oil customers of Iran, further squeezing Tehran's top export commodity...... read more

Manila, Apr 22 : A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines island of Luzon on Monday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake struck at 5.11pm local time (0911 GMT) at a shallow depth of 40 kilometres (25 miles)...... read more

Colombo, Apr 22 : Sri Lanka on Monday ordered a new night-time curfew following the multiple suicide attacks on Sunday that killed 290 people and wounded 500 others.
The decision to reimpose curfew comes hours after authorities lifted a previous curfew Monday morning...... read more

New Delhi, April 22: The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
he Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its strong condemnation and outrage at the serial blasts in Sri Lanka which have killed 290 people and injured 500 others...... read more

Bogota, Apr 22 :  At least 17 people were killed and 13 others were missing after a mudslide that buried eight houses early Sunday in southwestern Colombia, authorities said.
The national risk management agency gave the updated toll after rescue efforts in Rosas, in the department of Cauca, were halted at nightfall...... read more

Washington, Apr 22 :  The Trump administration is poised to tell five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no longer be exempt from US sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran, officials said Sunday...... read more