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Alex Hepburn, 23, was convicted following an attack that took place during the first night of a sexual conquest 'game' he helped set up on a WhatsApp group.

Domingo, who had purchased several hundred long nails to serve as shrapnel in the homemade pressure-cooker bombs, had also suggested attacks on Jews, police officers, churches, a military facility, Southern California freeways and the Santa Monica Pier.

The report, led by Perseus Strategies, a Washington-based law firm focused on human rights, listed 236 people it identified as political prisoners, although it said the number was likely "much higher" when including cases that could not be rigorously rese...

The police source said the four suspects had been arrested on suspicion of acquiring weapons 'with a view to committing a terrorist act'.

The April 17 elections were the first time the country of 260 million people combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ones, with an aim to cut costs.

President Maithripala Sirisena said his government has already cracked down on many criminals, suspects and those responsible for the attacks and arrested many of them.

Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have been at loggerheads after a political crisis last year in which the latter was sacked and appointed by Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Defence Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said the navy dispatched ships to identify, warn and escort the French ship and would remain 'highly alert to firmly safeguard China's sovereignty and security'.

Authorities have accused the National Thowheed Jamath of carrying out the devastating blasts that tore through three churches and three luxury hotels on the Easter Sunday

Almeida last year was charged with treason and slapped with a travel ban when he interviewed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence on corruption charges.

Canada had shipped 103 containers holding 2,450 tonnes of trash to the Philippines in 2013 and 2014. Some of the containers are still at the port of Manila.

The police have reportedly detained 60 suspects in connection with the deadly attacks that ripped through Sri Lanka on Easter day.

Sri Lankan Health Minister Rajith Senaratne said it was not clear if the President or the Prime Minister were aware of the report, suggesting that it was unclear what actions, if any, was taken in response to the tip-off.

The 33-year old Imsath Ahmed Ibrahim and 31-year-old Ilham Ahmed Ibrahim are believed to have carried out the bombings at Cinnamon Grand and Shangri-La hotels in the capital city of Colombo

After the LTTE was defeated exactly 10 years ago, peace had returned to Sri Lanka and the last decade had been the most peaceful and prosperous for the islanders.

Mitsuhiro Iwamoto arrived at port in Fukushima in his 12-metre (40-foot) sailboat on Saturday morning, around two months after he left California.