Iraq bombs kill 40; officials eye security
Bombs pounded six Iraqi cities and towns on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and raising suspicion that security forces might be assisting terrorists in launching attacks on Shiite Muslims.
The on
Man in Afghan police uniform kills three NATO personnel
A man in an Afghan police uniform has gunned down three NATO personnel in the war-torn country's troubled south, the coalition said on Sunday, the latest so-called "green on blue" attack.
The deaths
Gunmen open fire on Pakistan television station
Gunmen opened fire on a local television station in Pakistan's largest city, injuring a guard and an employee, police and TV officials said late Monday evening.
"Four men on two motorcycles attacked
Church attacked in Mangalore
A group of unidentified people pelted stones at a church here damaging some articles including the altar, police said on Tuesday.
The culprits entered the premises of the Holy Hill Church in the wee
Prison raid frees 40 inmates in restive Nigerian city
Attackers with guns and explosives raided a jail in a restive Nigerian city on Sunday, leaving four prison guards dead and freeing 40 inmates, authorities said.
The raid occurred in the northeastern
Swedish zoo worker killed in wolf attack
A woman zookeeper died after she was savaged in a wolf enclosure, Swedish public radio said on Sunday.
The 30-year-old woman was alone with eight wolves at Kolmarden Zoo, one of the largest in northe
Car carrying British ambassador to Libya attacked
A vehicle carrying Britain's ambassador to Libya was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades Monday in Benghazi, days after a bomb went off just outside the US consulate in the eastern city that was t
Naxalites blow up rail track in Chhattisgarh
Suspected Naxalites blew up portion of a railway track on Kirandul- Visakhapatnam section here, affecting transportation of iron ore from the mines in Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.
According
Suicide attack kills 7 Afghans at NATO base: Official
A suicide attacker rammed a truck packed with explosives into a checkpoint at a NATO base on Friday, killing up to seven Afghan civilians in the east of the country, a security official said.
"The a
US drone strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan's tribal region
A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal area of Pakistan on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants in the second such attack in as many days.
The CIA-operated spy pla