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IS claims Afghan bus attack; civilians killed in new clashes
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group took responsibility Sunday for a deadly roadside bombing against a bus belonging to a local TV station in the Afghan capital, while renewed fighting in nearby provinces killed at least seven civilians, including a woman and several children. In a statement...
Roadside bomb near Somalia's capital kills 8 civilians
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Somali police officer says at least eight civilians were killed when a minibus hit a roadside bomb outside the capital on Sunday morning. Abdullahi Ahmed says the minibus hit the bomb in the Hawa Abdi area near Mogadishu. The death toll may rise because many of the surviving...
Officials: Roadside bombs, shootout kill 8 Pakistani troops
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Separate attacks in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province killed seven troops, officials said Tuesday. An eight soldier was killed in a roadside bombing in the country's northwest. In one of the Baluchistan attacks, gunmen used a remotely-detonated bomb to ambush a...
High court allows bigger award in 1998 embassy bombings case
The Supreme Court is allowing a bigger award of money to victims of the 1998 bombings by al-Qaida of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Despite the court’s ruling, however, the victims may only ever collect a fraction of the billions of dollars a lower court awarded. The...
Afghan officials: Taliban attack on army checkpoint kills 6
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban attacked an Afghan army checkpoint in eastern Laghman province, killing six soldiers and wounding five, the government said Monday. The insurgents claimed responsibility for the assault, which took place on Sunday night, just days after U.S. special envoy in new talks...
UN says 3 peacekeepers killed, 4 wounded in Mali attacks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said three peacekeepers from Chad were killed and four others seriously injured Sunday in attacks against a U.N. convoy in northern Mali using improvised explosive devices. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the...
Separatists claim bomb attack that killed 6 Pakistani troops
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A small Pakistani separatist group claimed responsibility Saturday for targeting a security convoy with a roadside bomb that killed six soldiers, including an army major, in the country's southwest. Friday's attack in Baluchistan province took place as the troops, who were assigned...
Pakistan army: Roadside bomb in remote area kills 6 troops
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bombing in a remote area in southwestern Pakistan, close to the border with Iran, struck a patrol vehicle on Friday, killing six soldiers, including an army major, the military said. A statement from the military said the attack happened as the troops, assigned to look...
Afghan official says 2 explosions rock Kabul; no injuries
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two explosions, about an hour apart, struck different areas of the Afghan capital late on Thursday, an official said. There were no casualties but some damage to a power station was reported. The first explosion hit the power station in the north of Kabul while the second, from a...
Egypt: Sinai bomb causes at least 10 casualties among troops
CAIRO (AP) — An explosion hit a military armored convoy in the Sinai peninsula Thursday, causing at least 10 casualties among soldiers who are participating in a campaign against an Islamic insurgency in the volatile region, Egyptian authorities reported. The military spokesman, Tamer Refai, did not...
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