Unrest in Afghanistan is worsening with growing violent attacks against officials of interim Taliban Government. In a latest attack NRF militants attacked a Taliban checkpoint on Islam Qala Road near Herat, close to the Afghanistan-Iran border, killing two Taliban terrorists and seizing their weapons without facing any casualty of their foot soldiers. This attack was […]
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Bomb kills two peacekeepers in northern Mali
BAMAKO: Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured Tuesday when their vehicle struck a bomb in northern Mali, the UN mission said. “This morning, an armoured vehicle in a MINUSMA supply convoy hit a mine on the Tessalit-Gao highway,” MINUSMA said. An official with the UN mission said both fatalities were […]
‘No future for us,’ say Afghan Sikhs after temple attack
KABUL: A dozen Afghan Sikhs gathered Monday in a room behind the charred ruins of their temple in Kabul, hoping to be swiftly evacuated having finally given up on the country of their birth. “There is no future for us here. I have lost all hope,” said Ragbir Singh, who was wounded when gunmen stormed […]
Clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill more than 100: tribal leader
KHARTOUM: The latest clashes in Sudan’s Darfur region between Arab and non-Arab groups have left more than 100 people killed, a tribal leader said on Monday. Repeated clashes in the region since late last year have now left several hundred people dead as Sudan grapples with the fallout from a coup in October led by […]
Gun attack on church in southwest Nigeria leaves 21 dead
LAGOS: Gunmen killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation. The bloodshed at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town during a service was a rare assault in Nigeria’s usually safer southwest and shocked […]
Around 100 dead in clashes between Chad gold miners
N’Djamena: Around 100 people have died in clashes between gold miners in northern Chad, Defence Minister General Daoud Yaya Brahim said on Monday. Violence broke out on May 23 at Kouri Bougoudi near the Libyan border, sparked by a “mundane dispute between two people which degenerated,” he said, adding that the toll was “around 100 […]
Iran warns it will ‘avenge’ killing of Guards colonel
TEHRAN: Iran will avenge the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran, President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Monday. Assailants on motorcycles on Sunday hit Colonel Sayyad Khodai with five bullets as he sat in his car outside his home. Iran blamed “elements linked to the global arrogance” the Islamic republic’s […]
14 civilians killed in eastern DR Congo attack
Bunia, DR Congo: Fourteen civilians, including children, were killed in an attack on a displaced persons’ camp in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo, a monitoring organisation and local civil group said on Tuesday. The attack occurred on Monday in the Djugu area of Ituri, according to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor […]
Nigerian police raid bomb factory in restive southeast
LAGOS: Nigerian police have raided a bomb factory in the southeast where separatist violence is on the rise and arrested a suspect, a spokesman said Saturday. The raid happened on Wednesday at Uba Umuaka in southeastern Imo state following a tip-off, state police spokesman Michael Abattam said in a statement. He said police were informed […]
Fighting between farmers, herders kills 22 in Chad
Fighting between farmers and herders has left 22 dead in central Chad, authorities said on Sunday. “The conflict was sparked by a land dispute between the two communities, with one side wanting to move in and the other wanting to stop them,” Amina Kodjiana, governor of Hadjer-Lamis province, told AFP. She said that the fighting, […]