News brief: Big stories of the day

News brief: Big stories of the day

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CCTV footage shows suspected suicide bombers behind Shangri-La hotel blasts

A day after Sri Lankan authoritiesreleased CCTV footage of suspected suicidebomber behind the St Sebastian's church blast, a local channel aired surveillance footage purportedly showing two suspected suicide bombers walking through the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo as they denoted the bombs.

Middle class and foreign educated: Face of terror in Sri Lanka

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The Sri Lankan government for the first time given details of the terrorist involved inSunday's carnage that killed morethan 350 people. In all, there were nine suicide bombers, out of which eight died during the bombings while one, blew himself up when was about to be caught.

US oil sanctions won't go 'without response': Iran

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called the end ofoil sanctionwaivers by the United States a "hostile measure" that "won't be left without a response".

Almost all Saudis in mass execution were Shia minority: Human Rights Watch

At least 33 of the 37 Saudis executed by the kingdom in a single day belonged to the Sunni-dominated country's Shia minority, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

'I'm from Pakistan and associated with Lashkar; took training in Muzaffarabad,' says terrorist arrested in J&K's Baramulla

Speaking to the media in Srinagar, the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police said that the arrested Pak terrorist is a living proof to Pakistan for their involvement in terrorism in Kashmir valley.