– Civilians cannot return to their homes due to PKK terrorist threat in region DUHOK, Iraq (AA) – Syrians who fled the civil war and are now staying in refugee camps in Iraq are desperate for help as they cannot return to their homes because terrorists from the PKK, and its offshoots including YPG, have […]
Niamey, Niger – AFP Seventeen Niger soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by suspected militants near the country’s western border with Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said. An army detachment was “the victim of a terrorist ambush near the town of Koutougou”, said a ministry statement late Tuesday. It added th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has strongly condemned a militant attack that targeted Chinese engineers in Pakistan on Sunday. “China has requested Pakistan to severely punish the culprits and to take practical and effective measures to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry. At least two suspe...
-Gunmen entered Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz on Sunday and began firing at security personnel and worshippers TEHRAN, Iran – A holy shrine in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz has been targeted in a deadly attack for the second time in a year. Two gunmen entered the Shah Cheragh shrine at 7 p.m. local time […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Members of the Boko Haram group killed 13 people in two separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, local media reported Sunday. The organization carried out a predawn attack on Saturday on a military base in the village of Wulari in Borno state, killing three soldiers in a fierce gun battle. Late on […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): In a stark contradiction to Pakistan’s official view, the country’s human rights minister does not believe Afghanistan’s interim government is responsible for recent terrorist strikes. His remarks are contradictory to a series of latest statements by the government and the powerful army chief accusing ...
NEW YORK – In a scathing ruling, a federal judge criticized the FBI for using a manipulative informant, Shahed Hussain, to deceive a group of Muslims. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the FBI had lured these men into participating in a fictitious plot whose goal was to destroy military aircraft and synagogues in […]
NEW DELHI, India – A security guard in India shot and killed his senior colleague and three passengers on a train. The deceased passengers were Muslims. The constable, Chetan Singh, then jumped onto the tracks with his gun and began running. Eyewitnesses reported that the officer shouted slogans praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): The US Treasury Department has designated Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the leader of the ISIS group based in Somalia, as a “global terrorist”. According to the US, Yusuf has played a key role in the delivery of foreign fighters, supplies, and ammunition on behalf of the group, which serves as a hub for […...
HUDUR, Somalia (AA): Somali authorities arrested security officials, including a senior commander, after a suicide bomber on Monday targeted a military training facility in the country’s capital Mogadishu, an official said on Wednesday. The bomber blew himself up inside the Jaalle Siyad military training facility and killed over 30 people, inc...
