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At least seven killed, 21 injured as three blasts rock Kabul; no group has claimed responsibility for attacks, says official
•At least seven people were killed and 21 wounded by three blasts that rocked Kabul on Thursday ahead of the election season.
Bomb hurled outside Bengal's Kankinara railway station, no injuries reported; train services halted for second day as BJP-TMC clashes continue
•Barrackpore in West Bengal, considered to be a stronghold of former TMC MLA Arjun Singh, turned into a battle zone on Sunday during the bypoll, with the BJP and the TMC activists allegedly clashing with each other at Kankinara in the constituency.
Three dead, 20 injured as serial blasts rock Afghanistan's Jalalabad; explosives could be IEDs, says official
•At least three people were killed and another 20 wounded in a series of blasts in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Monday
Probe into Sri Lanka blasts reveals dark secrets of millionaire businessman Mohammed Yusuf Ibrahim's family
•The early Sunday bombings shattered the relative calm that has existed in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka since a civil war against mostly Hindu, ethnic Tamil separatists ended 10 years ago, and raised fears of a return to sectarian violence
Sri Lanka blasts: Grave digger speaks of 'struggle to steady hands' while preparing to bury infant
•Among the victims whose grave Piyasri Gunasena dug on Tuesday was an 11-month baby boy who died in the Sri Lanka blasts, and he said he had struggled to steady his hands as he worked
Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Islamic State fighters carried out explosions that killed 321 and injured over 500, claim security sources
Fp Staff •Security sources claimed that those who carried out the attack that targeted members of the US-led coalition and Christians in Sri Lanka on 21 April are Islamic State group fighters
Sri Lanka blasts: UN confirms at least 45 children killed in explosions; Colombo Police issues alert for van carrying explosives
Fp Staff •Sri Lanka has named the local Islamist group, National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ), as the chief suspect for the violence that has sparked local and international outrage.
Sri Lanka blasts: Narendra Modi terms explosions barbaric; Sushma Swaraj says 'closely monitoring' situation in Colombo
Fp Staff •The first explosions in Sri Lanka were reported at St Anthony's Shrine, a church in Colombo and St Sebastian's Church in the town of Negombo just outside the capital.
Sri Lanka bomb blasts updates: UN chief condemns terror attack; three Indian nationals killed, says Sushma Swaraj
Fp Staff •Sri Lanka blasts live updates: The Kerala Chief Minister's office said that an Indian national was killed in the serial blasts that took place in Sri Lanka. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has extended assistance to the deceased's family, according to media reports.
Sri Lanka blasts leave 207 dead: Theresa May calls attack 'appalling', Australian PM Scott Morrison terms it 'terrorist attack'
•The blasts in Sri Lanka killed more than 160 people on Sunday, including dozens of foreigners - with British, Dutch and American citizens believed to be among them.