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Israel Issues Travel Warning to Parts of Sri Lanka over Terror Threat

A view shows graffiti, partially painted over, on a bridge overlooking the city's main highway, near a building with a light display commemorating the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
A view shows graffiti, partially painted over, on a bridge overlooking the city's main highway, near a building with a light display commemorating the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
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Israel Issues Travel Warning to Parts of Sri Lanka over Terror Threat

A view shows graffiti, partially painted over, on a bridge overlooking the city's main highway, near a building with a light display commemorating the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
A view shows graffiti, partially painted over, on a bridge overlooking the city's main highway, near a building with a light display commemorating the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

Israel's national security council on Wednesday called on Israelis to immediately leave some tourist areas in southern Sri Lanka over the threat of a possible terrorist attack.

The agency said the warning pertained to the area of Arugam Bay and beaches in the south and west of Sri Lanka, and stemmed from "current information about a terrorist threat focused on tourist areas and beaches.”

The security council did not specify the exact nature of the threat and called on Israelis in the rest of Sri Lanka to be cautious and refrain from holding large gatherings in public areas.

"The Israeli security establishment ... is in close contact with the security authorities in Sri Lanka and is following the developments," it said. 
 

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North Korea Blames South's Military for Drone Intrusion

FILE - North Korean balloons are seen from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
FILE - North Korean balloons are seen from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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North Korea Blames South's Military for Drone Intrusion

FILE - North Korean balloons are seen from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
FILE - North Korean balloons are seen from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea's defense ministry blamed South Korea's military for sending drones into its territory for political purposes, calling it an infringement upon the country's sovereignty, state media KCNA said on Monday.
The ministry announced final results of its investigation after claiming that South Korean drones flew over Pyongyang at least three times this month to distribute anti-North leaflets. KCNA has also published photos of what it described as a crashed South Korean military drone, Reuters said.
During an analysis of the drone's flight control program, North Korean authorities said they uncovered more than 230 flight plans and flight logs since June 2023, including a plan to scatter "political motivational rubbish."
An Oct. 8 record showed that the drone had departed the South's border island of Baengnyeongdo late at night and released leaflets over the foreign and defense ministry buildings in Pyongyang a few hours later.
Seoul's defense ministry did not immediately have comment but has said Pyongyang's unilateral claims were "not worth verifying or a response."
A North Korean spokesperson warned that the country would respond with "merciless offensive" if such a case recurs, KCNA said.
Tensions between the Koreas have rekindled since the North began flying balloons carrying trash into the South in late May, prompting the South to restart loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts.
Seoul and Washington have said North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, which could mean a significant escalation in their conflict. Pyongyang said on Friday that any move to send its troops to support Russia would be in line with international law.