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‘Everything shaking; there were cries and dust everywhere’

Lahore / AFP At least 56 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an apparent suicide bomb ripped through the parking lot of a crowded park in the Pakistani city of Lahore where Christians were celebrating Easter on Sunday, officials said. Dozens of ambulances were seen racing to the park, situated near the centre of the city of ...

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Defiant Belgians gather as 2nd France plot suspect charged

Brussels / AFP Belgians gathered on Sunday in solidarity and defiance in central Brussels to remember victims of the country’s worst-ever terror attacks as prosecutors charged a second man over a foiled attack in France. As mourners gathered at a square which has been transformed into a shrine to the victims of Tuesday’s attacks on the airport and the metro ...

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Opponents step up drive to oust Malaysia PM

Kuala Lumpur / AFP Leaders from across Malaysia’s political spectrum said on Sunday they plan to present a petition to the country’s Islamic royalty seeking the removal of scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak over a corruption crisis. The highly unusual grouping of heavyweights from the ruling party, the opposition and civil society groups was formed in early March, when it ...

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