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St Anthony Shrine in Sri Lanka was subject to attacks on Easter weekend. (Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte)

Easter blasts at Sri Lanka hotels and churches kill at least 207

The attacks were the worst act of violence to hit the country in the decade since the end of a bloody civil war that killed up to 100 000 people

Paris, Brussels jihadist network: what we know

Following attacks in Paris and now Brussels, investigators continue to track down those responsible.

Fifteen killed in Brussels explosions (and counting)

Four days after the arrest of a suspect of the Paris attack that killed 130 people, blasts have gone off at Brussels airport and a metro station.

Two weeks after the massacres

Survivors describe Boko Haram slaughter

Survivors of the Boko Haram massacre that took place around the town of Baga, Nigeria, describe the militants slaughtering some people "like insects".

Groenewald tried to rescue children before shootings

Werner Groenewald, the South African aid worker killed in Afghanistan, tried to protect his children from the gunmen after he was shot in the leg.

Police block the way to a Volgograd train station after a female suicide bomber blew up the entrance hall

Fresh attack in Russia leaves many dead following suicide bombing

A day after a deadly suicide bombing at a train station in Volgograd, Russia, a blast in the same city has left 10 people dead.

Sunday’s blast was the deadliest in Russia since a suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport killed 37 people in January 2011.

Russia: Death toll rises after suicide-bomb attack

The death toll in Volgograd, Russia, has risen to 16 after a suicide bomber targeted a train station in the city ahead of the Olympic Games.

Iraqi security forces free hostages

Security forces in Iraq have freed hostages at a city council office and killed one suicide bomber, says an official.

Police cars block off the roads leading into Tiananmen Square as smoke rises into the air after a vehicle crashed in front of Tiananmen Gate.

China: Tiananmen crash might be suicide attack

Chinese authorities investigating what could be Beijing’s first major suicide attack have been searching for two men from Muslim-dominated Xinjiang.

Local Muslims say the suicide bomb that killed eight South Africans was a senseless act of violence.

South Africa’s infantile foreign policy

The "global war on terror" and its awful sequelae seem very far away to most South Africans.

Scores killed in Mogadishu suicide attack

Scores killed in Mogadishu suicide attack

At least 50 people have died after a vehicle laden with explosives was detonated by a suicide bomber near government buildings in central Mogadishu.

Somali AU bases hit by simultaneous suicide attacks

Five simultaneous suicide attacks targeted African Union bases in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, officials have said.

North Afghan police chief killed in suicide blast

The police chief of northern Afghanistan had been among seven people killed in a suicide bombing at the Takhar governor’s office.

Uganda hosts talks on AU Somalia force

Defence ministers from Uganda, Burundi and Somalia met on Friday in Kampala over the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

Sri Lanka suicide attack kills 15, injures minister

At least 15 people were killed and another 60, including a government minister, wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bombing in southern Sri Lanka.

Fifteen killed in Sri Lanka suicide attack

At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday and another 60, including a government minister, were wounded in a suicide bombing in southern Sri Lanka.

Pakistan honours Bhutto one year after her death

Pakistan will issue a new 10-rupee coin in honour of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto to coincide with the first anniversary of her death.

Police detain suspects after India blasts

Indian police interrogated about a dozen people on Friday over suspected links to bombings this week in the state of Assam that claimed 76 lives.

Somalia death toll rises, sheikh arrested

North Somali authorities said on Thursday they had arrested a prominent local sheikh suspected of involvement in a wave of suicide attacks.

Sri Lankan Cabinet minister escapes suicide blast

A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber attacked a convoy ferrying a Sri Lankan Cabinet minister outside the capital, Colombo, on Thursday.