A car bomb killed 19 people, 13 of them civilians, in the Turkish-controlled town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Saturday, a war monitor said. The bomb, which struck a bus and taxi station in the town, also wounded 33 people, some of them seriously, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CNRQEC
One person was killed and others injured in protests that spread across Iran after a surprise decision to impose petrol price hikes and rationing in the sanctions-hit country. The death occurred in the city of Sirjan, where protesters attempted to set a fuel depot ablaze. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QqSHU6
A convoy of buses carrying Muslim voters in northern Sri Lanka has been attacked by gunfire and stones and blocked by burning tires hours before polls opened in presidential elections. There were no reported injuries in the convoy attack and police were investigating. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/345c2he
A "Blossom Everywhere" campaign of roadblocks and vandalism across the semi-autonomous financial hub shut down large chunks of the train network and forced schools and shopping malls to close. Students and protesters occupied several major universities around the city -- the first time a movement characterised by its fluidity and unpredictability has coagulated in fixed locations -- although as dusk fell on Friday, numbers had thinned out. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2r1zwFn
The Hague-based court on Thursday approved a full probe into Myanmar's 2017 military crackdown against the majority-Muslim community, Al Jazeera reported. "The investigation over Myanmar by the ICC is not in accordance with international law," government spokesman Zaw Htay was quoted as saying at a news conference on Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OcOS1W
Sri Lankans trickled into polling centres early on Saturday to choose a new president for the island-nation still struggling to recover from Easter Sunday attacks on hotels and churches that have heavily weighed on its tourism-dependent economy. About 16 million people are eligible to vote, with the ballot allowing voters to choose up to three candidates in order of preference. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/33TC72K