International
Several people are believed to have been killed in an airstrike in southern Somalia apparently targetting a house used by members of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militia, officials and witnesses said Sunday. Abdukadir Mohamed Nur, a Somali government official in the lower Shabele region, said several Shebab militants died. “Many Al-Shebab militants were killed in the […]
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched through Hong Kong’s streets Sunday in the first major rally since mass protests last year. Chanting “No fake universal suffrage. I want genuine universal suffrage,” the demonstrators held yellow umbrellas, which became a symbol of the earlier protests when the activists wielded them as a defense against police using pepper […]
At least five Afghan police officers, including a commander, have been killed after their vehicles were struck by two separate roadside bombs in the eastern and western parts of Afghanistan. Provincial police chief, Abdul Baqi Nuristani, said four policemen were killed in Kamdesh district of the eastern province of Nuristan on Saturday, when a remote-controlled […]
Egypt’s army and jihadists clashed in Sinai Friday, leaving two children dead, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi flew home early from an African summit after militant attacks killed at least 30 people. The top brass vowed to hunt down those behind the violence. Health officials said a six-month-old baby was hit in the head by […]
Thousands of Shiites across Pakistan mourned and protested Saturday after a bombing at a Shiite mosque in the country killed at least 59 people. In Shikarpur, the site of the blast, mourners held a mass funeral for the dead in Friday’s attack. Thousands of Shite mourners beating their chests and heads, wailing as other non-Shiites […]
Twelve people, including seven civilians, were killed in the past 24 hours in clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, officials said Friday. The city administration of the rebel stronghold Donetsk said 23 people were also wounded in shelling across the industrial province. The Kiev military said 23 soldiers were injured in […]
With their town liberated but largely destroyed by battles that drove Daesh State jihadists out, thousands of Syrian residents of Kobane are settling into Turkey’s newest refugee camp for an indefinite stay. Opened on Sunday just several kilometres from the Syrian border, the new compound near the town of Suruc is the largest refugee camp […]
Latest reports say at least 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack on a Shia mosque and religious center in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh. Local security officials said the attack occurred when people were performing Friday Prayers in the town of Shikarpur, around 470 kilometers (300 miles) north of […]
At least five people were injured Thursday when several gun shots were fired by unidentified men in a popular mall in South Africa’s Bedforview town, a media report said. It was not immediately clear what happened, but emergency services company Netcare 911 said that five people were wounded, with two in critical condition, Eyewitness News […]
The fierce battle for the Syrian border town of Kobane is over, but for refugees in Turkey desperate to return home the massive destruction and ongoing fighting means they still must wait. “We all want to go home. But go home to what?” asked one woman in tears, who like many others experienced short-lived euphoria […]
