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Indian intelligence warned Sri Lanka about threat to churches two hours before first blast, reports Reuters

Sri Lankan intelligence officials were tipped off about an imminent attack by Islamist militants hours before a series of suicide bombings killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Two German tourists killed in knife attack in Egypt, confirms Berlin

The German government on Saturday confirmed that two German tourists were killed in a knife attack at a hotel in the popular Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

Two more militants arrested in connection with Bangladeshi blogger Niloy Neel's murder

Two more members of the banned Ansarullah Bangla Team militant group have been arrested in connection with the hacking to death of a fourth secular blogger Niloy Neel earlier in August that sparked global outrage.

Islamist group Boko Haram kill 27 villagers in north-east Nigeria

Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram killed 27 villagers in two attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast this week, a government official said, as violence continued to flare in the face of an army crackdown on the militants