Updated: Blasts near Pakistan candidates’ offices kill 26 on eve of election
Last updated: 10:50am, 8th February, 2024 (AEST) Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Two explosions near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s south-western province of Balochistan killed 26 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday, officials said, raising concerns over security on the eve of a general election. Pakistan goes to the polls on Thursday amid rising militant attacks and […]
Blast in Kabul mosque, IS bombs in north Afghanistan kill 14
Islamabad, Afghanistan AP A series of explosions shook Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Taliban said, including a blast inside a mosque in the capital of Kabul that killed at least five worshippers and three bombings of minivans in the country’s north that killed nine passengers. The Islamic State group’s local affiliate claimed responsibility for the minivan […]
Sri Lanka begins trials connected to 2019 Easter bombings case
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters A Sri Lankan court on Monday began the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people on the island in 2019, amidst appeals for greater accountability from victim support groups. In this trial, former national police chief Pujith Jayasundara is charged with failing to act on repeated intelligence […]
Ugandan clergy condemn Kampala bombings, ask attackers to repent
Last updated 5.30am, 19th November (AEDT)Kampala, Uganda Religious leaders in Uganda have condemned Tuesday’s bombings in Kampala that left six people dead, including the attackers, and 33 others injured. The clergy termed the bombing “ungodly” and asked the perpetrators to repent of their sin. Scene of one of the bombings in Kampala, Uganda. PICTURE: John […]
Norway marks 10 years since Breivik’s deadly attacks
Oslo, NorwayReuters Norway on Thursday marks 10 years since anti-immigrant extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in the worst act of violence in the country since World War II. Breivik detonated a car bomb outside the prime minister’s office in Oslo, killing eight, before driving to Utoeya island and shooting 69 people at a […]
Bombers aim for buses in new tactic to spread death and fear in Afghanistan
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Militants in Afghanistan are adopting a new tactic to spread fear in the capital, Kabul, especially among the the ethnic Hazara minority, planting bombs on crowded buses that have until now largely been spared such bloodshed. Two blasts on buses in an area dominated by Shi’ite Muslim Hazaras killed at least 12 people […]
Catholic bishops in Asia express concern over targeting of Muslims in Sri Lanka in wake of Easter Sunday attacks
Catholic bishops in Asia have expressed concern over reports Muslims have been targeted in Sri Lanka in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks. Agenzia Fides reports that Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Bishop of Yangon in Myanmar and president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, said the church was “seriously concerned about news of […]
Churches in Sri Lankan capital cancel Sunday mass due to threat
Colombo, Sir LankaReuters Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches have cancelled Sunday mass in the capital Colombo for a second straight week, citing foreign intelligence warnings of threats to worshippers in the wake of the deadly Easter bombings on churches and hotels. Sri Lankan security forces have said they were maintaining a high level of alert as […]
Sri Lanka bans groups suspected to be behind attacks; ringleader’s relatives wounded
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lanka’s President on Saturday outlawed two Islamist groups suspected to be behind the suicide bombings on churches and hotels while the wife and child of the suspected ringleader were wounded during a military raid in the safe house, his family and police said. The National Thawheedh Jamaath and Jamathei Millathu Ibrahim […]
Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches amid fears of more attacks
Updated: 4pmColombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels. Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday and not […]