Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:17:43 +0000
KABUL: As the Trump administration weighs significant United States troop reductions in Afghanistan, the number of attacks carried out by the Taliban and other anti-government forces reached a record high in the last three months of last year, according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Despite the continued violence, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 13:49:34 +0000
The rising number of direct attacks on civilians in the Philippines despite the absence of “large-scale conventional war” caught the attention of researchers in a United States-based group because it exceeded the figures in countries where armed conflict was widespread, according to the group’s research director.
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Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:17:20 +0000
LEGAZPI CITY—Two human rights defenders were killed on Saturday (June 14) in what appeared to be the latest in a spate of attacks targeting leaders and members of human rights groups in the Philippines.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:57:41 +0000
The man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks in March smiled Friday as his lawyers entered
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 12:32:03 +0000
WASHINGTON – Ten people have been charged in connection with malicious software attacks that infected tens of thousands of computers and caused more than $100 million in financial losses, U.S. and European authorities announced Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 07:38:27 +0000
Thousands of Catholics attended mass in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo Sunday amid tight security to prevent a repeat of Easter bomb attacks that killed 258 people.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 02:59:06 +0000
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police, the militant group said in a statement.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:46:17 +0000
Hundreds of Ahmadi Muslims, who finally found peace in Sri Lanka, fear backlash after the Easter bombings that killed over 350 people.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:08:51 +0000
The father of two of the suspected Easter suicide bombers was arrested on suspicion of aiding his sons, Sri Lanka’s former navy chief said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:57:34 +0000
Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches on Thursday suspended all public services over security fears, as thousands of troops joined the hunt for suspects in deadly Easter bombings that killed nearly 360 people.
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