As reported by France24.com, the body of French hostage Philippe Verdon (pictured) appears to have been found in northern Mali, a source close to the investigation told Radio France Internationale on Sunday. French authorities have yet to confirm the information. By FRANCE 24 (text). The body of a French hostage who was announced killed by his al Qaeda captors in March appears to have been found in northern Mali, a member of the investigating team told Radio France Internationale on Sunday. Read Article
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Edmontonjournal.com reported that, Iraqi officials say a bomb has exploded inside a crowded coffee shop in the ethnically disputed northern city of Kirkuk, killing 19 and wounding 26. A police official who provided the casualty toll says the blast happened around 10 p.m. Friday in the Classico Cafe in the south of the city as […]
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As reported by Aljazeera.com, a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into an African peacekeeping convoy, killing at least two people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials have said. The attack on Friday was claimed by al-Shabab fighters who carried out the deadly assault on a nearby UN base last month and another […]
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As reported by Foxnews.com, Saudi court has sentenced 11 people including foreigners to jail on charges including weapons training, bomb-making and ties to Al-Qaeda, the SPA state news agency reported Friday. The prison terms handed down by the special court ranged from 18 months to 15 years, it said, without specifying the number or nationalities […]
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Guardian.co.uk reported that, West Midlands force say they are treating attack as terrorist incident and suggest possible link with Lee Rigby’s funeral. Police say they are treating an attempted nail bomb attack on a mosque as a terrorist incident. West Midlands police said its counter terrorism unit was leading the investigation into the second bomb […]
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Dailymirror.lk reports that five people including two Tibetan pilgrims were injured in a serial blast inside the Mahabodhi temple complex at Bodhgaya on Sunday morning. According to Gaya police, the blasts took place in quick succession between 5.30 am and 6 am in the temple complex and near Mahabodhi tree. Senior police officers, including DIG […]
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As reported by Mole.my, Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe state on Sunday ordered the closure of all secondary schools after a massacre that saw suspected Islamist extremists kill 42 people in a gun and bomb attack on a boarding school. Yobe state governor Ibrahim Gaidam has directed that all secondary schools in the state be closed down […]
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Thenews.com.pk reports that at least eight people were killed and fifteen others injured on Friday in a suicide blast that took place at the Pak-Afghan border, Geo News reported. According to security sources, a suicide bomber was on foot and blew himself up at Friendship Gate at Pak-Afghan border, killing eight people including five Afghan […]
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According to The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer travel to Egypt and U.S. citizens living in Egypt to depart at this time because of the continuing political and social unrest. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning issued on June 28, 2013. On July 3, 2013, the Department of State ordered […]
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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 […]
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