An extremist leader at the heart of Sri Lanka's Easter suicide bombings died in the attacks, the country's president said Friday as security forces guarded mosques for weekly prayers amid fears of reprisal strikes. While security forces stepped up a hunt f

Armed police and sniffer dogs guarded mosques in Sri Lanka as Muslims trickled to Friday prayers, with many staying away over fears of revenge attacks after the island's Easter suicide blasts.Some mosques cancelled prayers, and Sri Lanka's Muslim affairs min

A powerful cyclone smashed into northern Mozambique, leaving one person dead on Friday, barely a month after a super-storm hit the centre of the country, devastating the area and leaving hundreds dead.Category three Cyclone Kenneth, packing winds of 160 kilome

Mark Cavendish will join Chris Froome on the start line of the Tour de Yorkshire after being named in Team Dimension Data's six-man squad for the four-day race on Friday.While Froome will focus on the general classification in Team Sky's new guise of Team In

A quarter century ago a ragtag group of New York kids that would become the iconic Wu-Tang Clan banded together, betting that mainstream music might just embrace hardcore hip hop from the streets.Gifted with an ear for raw, menacing lyrics and fueled by a desi

The US government commission on religious freedom on Friday urged action against ally Saudi Arabia after its mass execution of 37 people, most of them Shiite Muslims.The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose members are appointed by the presi

Arsenal boss Unai Emery is seeking to rebuild the confidence of his players after consecutive defeats dealt a severe blow to their hopes of finishing in the Premier League's top four.The Gunners suffered a surprise 3-2 home loss to Crystal Palace last weekend

President Donald Trump opened a fresh line of attack Friday against his leading White House rival Joe Biden, saying the 76-year-old Democrat is "making me look very young" and vibrant by comparison."I'm the youngest person. I am a young, vibrant man," a s

Maurizio Sarri admitted on Friday Chelsea face a "very difficult" task to reach the levels of Premier League pacesetters Liverpool and Manchester City as he prepares his team to face Manchester United.The Italian believes the Blues must close the gap in a ma

China poses the most serious intelligence threat to the United States and is seeking to "steal its way up the economic ladder" at US expense, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday.Wray, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, sa

Japan's two-time Barcelona Open champion Kei Nishikori won a clay slugfest with Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4, 7-5 on Friday to move into the semi-finals for a fourth time.Nishikori will take on Russian Daniil Medvedev on Saturday after the seventh seed stopped