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The series of bloody attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday sent shockwaves throughout the world. Religious leaders from around the globe have reacted to the bombings, in which over 300 people were killed. Go to article
After the Easter Sunday bombings, Islam expert Susanne Schröter spoke with DW about how extremist ideology persists.
The first funerals have been held as the island nation mourns the weekend attacks which left 320 people dead.
Their statements came after a spate of bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
The UN Security Council bowed to pressure from the United States after it threatened to veto a German-drafted resolution on rape in conflict. Germany said the resolution still strengthens justice for victims.
New Zealand and France will host a meeting with tech companies and world leaders to block terrorists from social media. It comes in the wake of the March shootings at two mosques in Christchurch.
Benjamin Netanyahu intends to name a new settlement in the Golan Heights after Donald Trump. The US president has recognized Israeli sovereignty in the region, which is occupied Syrian territory under international law.
Mars, much like the moon, appears to be seismically active, scientists now believe. A probe carried to the red planet on a NASA lander has measured what appears to be a marsquake.
As expected, Egyptian voters have backed the constitutional changes which could see President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi stay in power until 2030. Turnout was only 44 percent.
Four asylum-seekers are set to plead guilty to assaulting passers-by on a Bavarian street in December. The incident led far-right groups to call for vigilante activity and lawmakers to call for tighter deportation laws.
Saudi Arabia said 37 nationals charged with terrorism have had their death penalties carried out. The executions came two days after an attack on a police station in central Riyadh province.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to visit Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Pyongyang is seeking Russian investment, while Moscow wants more access to North Korea's mineral resources.
RB Leipzig booked their ticket to the German Cup final in Berlin with a 3-1 win against spirited second division challengers Hamburg. The favorites rattled the woodwork several times before finding the winning goals.
The first global biodiversity assessment in 14 years is to be discussed next week. "The loss of species, ecosystems and genetic diversity is already a global and generational threat to human well-being," scientists say.
A deadly landslide has engulfed more than 50 jade miners in northern Myanmar. The loosely regulated jade industry earns major mining companies billions of dollars a year but leaves individual miners impoverished.
Best known for her leading role in the German detective series, 'Die Kommissarin' (The police commissioner), Hannelore Elsner died on Easter Sunday.
A top German court recommended a woman adopt her own child after she and her husband used a surrogate mother in Kyiv. With surrogacy banned in Germany, the court said the biological mother had no maternity rights.
A member of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) wrote a poem for a party newspaper that compared migrants to rats to warn against "mixing" cultures. The text drew an angry response from Austria's chancellor.
Investigating judges have recommended the former presidential candidate be tried on a series of charges including misusing public money and corporate assets and conspiracy.
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