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Government spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne accepted that the warnings about the blasts were received in the days before the attacks.

Although the government is yet to quote the official number of death, the governor of Pampanga told a radio station that several people had been killed in the earthquake which struck 60 km northwest of the capital city Manila.

Wary of stirring ethnic and religious tensions, officials have provided few details about 24 people arrested since the attacks.

The eighth blast, in a house in a northern suburb of the capital Colombo, was caused by a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives when police entered the residence to search it, a police source told AFP.

At 258 grams (9.1 ounces) he was even lighter than the previous record holder, another Japanese boy who weighed just 268 grams when he was born last year.

Intact stained-glass windows and statues could be seen along with shards of stained glass from the historic structure's medieval windows. Cathedral clerics who saw the damage to the interior said they were struggling to believe what they witnessed.

The UN Department of Global Communications wants to see Model United Nations become an actual agent of positive change in communities across the globe. As a first step, it held the Inaugural United Nations Model UN Summit on Friday.​

The East Brunswick High School girl, whose name and age were not released, got into an argument with another girl on Wednesday because both students wanted the same seat in a common area on campus, the school's Superintendent Victor Valeski said in a stat...

While the geographical centre of the EU has moved slightly at various times, it has remained in Germany since the European Union expanded from 15 to 25 countries in 2004.

Prosecutors filed the indictment against Yujing Zhang, 32, in federal court in South Florida on Friday.

The Chinese company issued a statement saying they had obtained the rights of the image for use in the media and not for commercial use such as advertisements.

The high-security Belmarsh prison, which has a capacity of around 900, houses inmates on remand and serving short sentences as well as those convicted of the most serious offences.

Kamal Harris says she supports 'smart gun-safety laws,' such as universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons.

Iraqi military spokesman General Yahya Rasool said Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi had ordered the Counter-Terrorism Service 'to conduct operations targeting Daesh (IS) remnants and their caves in the Hamreen Mountains.'

Word of al-Bashir's removal comes just over a week after Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power for 20 years, resigned in response to similar demonstrations.

Pakistan's High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood said the gesture by Pakistan to issue these visas was reflective of the reverence attached to Baisakhi, both in its religious and cultural dimensions.