According to theepochtimes.com, a suicide truck bomber followed by heavily armed men stormed a NATO supplier’s compound Tuesday in Kabul, prompting a gun battle that left a dozen people dead in the latest Taliban attack on a high-profile target in the Afghan capital. The bold strikes have signaled the Islamic militant movement has no plans to suspend its campaign of violence even though they have agreed to embark on a U.S.-led peace process. Read article
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As reported by Now.mmedia.me, The United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced on Tuesday that Israeli forces arrested two Lebanese shepherds in the outskirts of Shebaa, the National News Agency reported. UNIFIL informed the Lebanese army of the incident, and is cooperating with the concerned parties in order to release the shepherds, the report […]
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According to the Washington Post, three German aid workers have been missing in Syria for 45 days were likely kidnapped, their employer said Saturday. Gruenhelme e.V. said Bernd Blechschmidt, Ziad Nouri and Simon S., whose last name wasn’t provided, were taken by unknown persons from the town of Harem in Idlib district on May 14. […]
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Yahoo News reports that unidentified attackers stabbed at least five Syrian passengers on a bus in the Lebanese capital on Monday, security sources said, in what appeared to be another incident of violence linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria. It was unclear who the attackers or the victims were, but Lebanon is becoming […]
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Al Jazeera reports that a bomb attack at a packed new Catholic church in northern Tanzania has killed one person and injured at least 30 people, police say. The blast happened on Sunday in the town of Arusha, where the Vatican’s ambassador to Tanzania, Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, was attending the official opening of the […]
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Azernews.az reports that the movement of all trains en route Baku-Moscow was suspended because of a bomb threat in the southern part of Mahachkala. A suspicious object resembling a homemade explosive device was found on the tracks during an inspection on Friday morning, the Interior Ministry of the Dagestan Republic told Itar-Tass. Now special services […]
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Nbcnews.com reports that a 33-year-old Michigan woman who converted to Islam was among Westerners killed in Syria while fighting alongside rebels, according to reports on Friday. The family of Nicole Mansfield of Flint were informed of her death by the FBI on Thursday afternoon, her aunt told Reuters. She was killed alongside a British man, […]
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International experts including former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern on Wednesday called on the Basque separatist group ETA to disarm and dismantle its military apparatus, thelocal.es reports. ETA, blamed for more than 800 deaths in a four-decade campaign of bombings and shootings for the independence of the Basque homeland which straddles northern Spain and southwestern […]
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Yahoo News reports that a spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia’s capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu. African Union and Somali troops pushed al-Shabab insurgents out of the capital in August 2011, fostering a relatively secure peace that Mogadishu hasn’t seen in […]
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As reported by ynetnews.com, “A 30-year-old German tourist attacked a security guard at the Rabin Crossing, connecting Israel and Jordan, and attempted to steal his weapon. The crossing’s security team overtook the man and transferred him to security forces. No harm befell the guard.” Read Article
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