Gunmen kill 12 in market in India's northeast Assam stateAttackers wearing military uniforms shot dead 12 people and wounded 15 on Friday in a busy market area in a town in India's restive northeastern state of Assam, in an attack blamed by the authorities on a regional separatist group. More… |
Attack on a Saudi mosque kills 3 peopleAn attack on a mosque in Al-Ahsa in east Saudi Arabia killed three people on Friday, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television reported. An activist, citing witnesses, told Reuters earlier that an explosion wa More… |
Saudi security forces kill ‘terrorist’ in AbqaiqSaudi Arabian security forces killed what they called ‘a terrorist’ who attempted to attack a security facility in the country's oil-producing Eastern Province, state television reported on Friday. More… |
Five held for Sitra bombing in BahrainFive people have been arrested in connection with a deadly bombing in Sitra that killed two policemen and injured six others last month, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry announced yesterday (August 13). It said two other suspects had also bee More… |
Sharp welding sticks in robot kills worker in IndiaSharp welding sticks jutting out of the robotic arm of a machine pierced a worker killing him at a factory in India recently, according to a report. The victim, Ramji Lal, worked as a loader for SKH Metals, an More… |
Al Qaeda operational commander killed in US air strikeA US air strike in Afghanistan has killed a high-ranking Al Qaeda operational commander, the US military said on Friday. The US military named the target of the strike as Abu Khalil Al-Sudani, saying he was killed in a July 11 str More… |
Bombs kill around 50 at market in northeast NigeriaTwo bombings by suspected Boko Haram militants killed an estimated 50 people at a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Thursday, officials from two disaster agencies said. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the More… |
Egyptian army kills 35 militants in North SinaiEgypt's military killed 35 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Thursday, security sources said, a day after the deadliest clashes in the region in years. The sources said those killed had taken part in Wednesday's fightin More… |
4 killed in foiled attack on Saudi mosqueFour people were killed when a car exploded near a Shi'ite mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, but authorities said militants failed in their bid to hit the mosque itself. The attack targetted worshippers in Al-Anoud mo More… |
Bombs outside two 5-star Baghdad hotels kill at least 10Car bombs exploded in the parking lots of two heavily fortified five-star hotels in central Baghdad late on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, police and medical sources said. A further 30 people were wounded in the blasts, whi More… |