News brief: Big stories of the day

Sri Lanka Army's chief has said that some of thesuicide bomberswho carried out the country's worst terror attack on Easter Sunday visited Kashmir and Kerala for "some sorts of training" or to "make some more links" with other foreign outfits.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said Iran must counterUS sanctionsby continuing to export its oil as well as boosting non-oil exports.

Britain's governing Conservatives need to be open to compromise with the opposition Labour Party in order to deliver Brexit following heavy losses in Thursday's local elections, senior ministers said on Saturday.

An earthquake measuring5.4 on the Richter Scale hit parts of Northeast India and Myanmar today,India Meteorological Department said.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand, was crowned Saturday in a dazzling show of pageantry, laced with Hindu and Buddhist ritual, vowing to reign "with righteousness" on behalf of the Thai people.