Sri Lanka’s High Court has convicted more than a dozen men over the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that targeted churches and luxury hotels. Reports differed on the number convicted and killed, while nine defendants were acquitted and sentencing is still to come.
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A 15-year-old suspect was detained after a shooting near a vocational high school in Turkey’s Manisa province injured multiple people. Authorities said the motive remains under investigation, while the attack follows two school shootings in April.
Trump will address the U.N. General Assembly as the Iran war approaches its eighth month and as he prepares for meetings with leaders from Ukraine, Venezuela, the Gulf and Europe. His speech is expected to emphasize peace deals, Gaza, Greenland and preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Typhoon Dujuan killed at least two people in Japan, with the BBC reporting four deaths, as landslides, flooding and high winds hit Tokyo and nearby prefectures. The storm prompted mass evacuation advisories, power outages, flight cancellations and major event closures before moving away from the coast.
G7 foreign ministers condemned Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and civilian shipping while calling on Iran to stop arming and supporting the Yemeni group. The warning comes amid intensified fighting along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and the displacement of more than 120,000 people.
Twenty countries and the European Union called for stronger global oversight of advanced AI, including possible creation of an international body to set standards and verify compliance. The United States, China and the United Kingdom did not sign the declaration.
Britain will provide time-limited air-to-air refuelling for Saudi jets defending against Houthi missile and drone attacks. The mission is expected to use one RAF Voyager aircraft based in Cyprus and begin in the coming days.
Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Vincent Bajinya, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences linked to the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Prosecutors allege he directed and incited acts of murder and genocide carried out by others.