Monday, April 22, 2019

Hundreds killed in Sri Lanka blasts, and Ukraine elects a comedian as its president.

This is TRT World’s Daily News Brief for Monday, April 22nd.

Hundreds killed in Sri Lanka blasts

Sri Lanka is in mourning after hundreds of people were killed in attacks on Easter Sunday.

The apparently coordinated assault was the worst violence in the country since the civil war ended ten years ago.

Police have made more than a dozen arrests, but so far no group has claimed responsibility.

Ukranian comedian wins presidential poll

Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election.

Zelenskiy has no political experience. He won more than 70% of the vote according to preliminary results.

The incumbent, Petro Poroshenko, has conceded defeat.

Sudanese protesters suspend talks with military

Tensions are simmering in Sudan after talks broke down between protesters and the country's military rulers.They say they're suspending talks with the military council after it failed to transfer power to a civilian government.

The military ousted Omar al Bashir in a coup on April 11.

The Sudanese Professionals Association is organising the protests.

It says the new administration is just an extension of the old one.

US to end sanction waivers for Iran oil imports - reports

The US is reported to be set to announce that all importers of Iranian oil will now be subject to sanctions, unless they stop.

Washington had earlier granted waivers to eight countries to continue their purchase from Iran for a period of six months.

This latest move comes after the Trump administration put Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on its terror list earlier this month.

'Curse of La Llorona' wins box office in slow easter weekend

And finally,

"The Curse of La Llorona" brought good news and bad.

The horror film topped all comers in North American theatres, but it did so on the worst easter weekend overall in years.

However, it did end the two-week reign of "Shazam!" in the top spot at the US box office.

And that’s your daily news brief from TRT World... For more, head to TRTWorld.com.