Live updates: Sri Lanka mourns as investigation into deadly blasts continues

It's a national day of mourning in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday hotel and church bombings that killed at least 290 people. Follow here for the latest.

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Could the Sri Lanka bombings have been stopped?

When a series of suicide bombs tore apart churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, most of the country -- and the rest of the world -- was taken completely by surprise. But in the capital, Colombo, it was not a shock to everyone.

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Easter bombings leave Sri Lankan Christians in shock

During Sri Lanka's decadeslong civil war, St. Sebastian's Church in Katuwapitiya had armed guards. But in recent years, there have been only security cameras, the threat of violence replaced by one of burglary.

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Philippines rocked by deadly 6.1-magnitude earthquake

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Bodega on the Philippine island of Luzon on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

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Sri Lanka only too familiar with deadly violence

When the luxury Shangri-La hotel opened in Colombo in late 2017, it pointed to the relative calm that had emerged in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's decadeslong civil war.

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What we know so far about the Sri Lanka attack victims

While the overwhelming majority of those killed in Sunday's bomb attacks were Sri Lankans, there were also victims from across the world, from the United States to China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Turkey.

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Sri Lanka bombings death toll rises to 290

Eight coordinated explosions that tore through churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday have killed at least 290 people and injured another 500, in what officials have called a "brand new type of terrorism."

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