Yemen: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car on Thursday at Yemen’s Defense Ministry, killing 15 soldiers and wounding at least 40 in an attack underlining the persistent threat to the stability and security of the impoverished Arab nation, military and hospital officials said. Officials said as many as 12 gunmen also were killed in […]

Kabul: Taliban militants staged a suicide car bombing then engaged in a gunfight with security forces near the American consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat early Friday, officials said. An Afghan translator was killed, while several other people, including police, were wounded. Eyewitnesses however put the death toll at six. The Taliban claimed […]

Baghdad: At least 37 people were killed and 64 injured in a wave of attacks across Iraq, the police said.Nine people were killed and 27 wounded when a roadside bomb exploded during a wedding ceremony of a Shiite family in Dujail Thursday, 60 km north of Baghdad, reported Xinhua citing a police officer. Dujail is […]

Alexandria : Egyptian police have arrested 17 people suspected of involvement in the bombing of a Coptic Christian church that killed at least 21 people, security sources say. Sunday’s announcement came as congregants were back praying in al-Qiddissine [The Saints] church, targeted the day before by a car bomb that also wounded 97 people. Dozens […]