- The airline announced on Monday that the two cabin crew had been killed in the attacks
- The death toll in Sri Lanka rose to 321 on Tuesday and includes many nationalities
- Turnout was 44.33% of eligible voters
- Pro-government media, business people and lawmakers had pushed for a "Yes" vote
- A survey last year showed that 92 percent of young Saudis interviewed expressed a positive view of the outcome of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030
- Regional affairs expert explains the reasons behind the carnage
- The Ottoman Empire was known during the 19th and early 20th centuries as the sick man of Europe
- The Gomez family gather for funeral of a husband and wife and their three sons
- They were brutally killed as they attended Easter Sunday Mass at Colombo’s St. Joseph’s Shrine
- The plan by SRC, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign Public Investment Fund, comes as it prepares to purchase more home loan portfolios
- SRC, formed in 2017, is also keen to tap foreign institutional investors for its debt sale this year
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The National Thowheed Jamath is a radical Muslim group that appeared after the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, and has been linked to the vandalism of Buddhist statues. It preaches extremism, strict interpretations of religious texts, and intolerance of non-Muslims. The group demands the compulsory veiling of Muslim women. NTJ built mosques and madrassas in various parts of the country. Extremism expert Anne Speckhard told the NYT that the group aims to spread hatred, fear and division among the local society.
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