KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – At least three people were killed and seven others injured in an explosion on Saturday in the Afghan capital Kabul, local police said. The explosion took place in Kabul’s Pol-e-Suhta neighborhood, mostly populated by the Shia community, the Kabul Police Department said in a statement. Eyewitnesses said tha...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least four people were killed in an attack on a convoy of a ruling party lawmaker in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday evening, police and local media reported. Liaquat Ali, a member of the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, was attacked in the remote district of Dir, which borders [&hell...
Muhammad Afzaal Hussain came to Albuquerque in 2017 to study in the University of New Mexico. He made a mark early on and was elected President of the Graduate Professional Students Association. He had a deep interest in politics and joined the campaign of Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury to get recognition in the political circles. As [&hell...
PARIS (AA) – French student Sebastien Raoult has been sent to jail in Morocco on suspicion of committing cyber crimes against US companies. Raoult, 21, who also goes by the name of Sezyo, is a computer science student from Alsace and faces 116 years behind bars if he is found guilty. He was detained by […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A young Bangladeshi woman, Jaeda Akhter, was trapped by an international human trafficking gang and taken to India in late 2020. She was able to return home after a year with a harrowing experience she will never forget. Akhter, 30, is a wife and the mother of a young boy. She […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 66 people were killed in terrorist attacks Wednesday in several towns in Mali, according to security sources. “The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) repelled terrorist attacks targeting positions in Savare, Sokolo and Kalumba early this Wednesday, July 27. The response, carried out with energy and professi...
ano, Nigeria – (AFP): Thirteen scrap-metal collectors in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state were killed when a bomb they excavated blew up, security sources told AFP on Tuesday. Sixteen metal scavengers from a displaced persons’ camp in Bama found the bomb while digging for scrap on Monday in the bush on the outskirts of town. &...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Dozens of residents were abducted by gunmen during night raids on a sprawling community in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna State, witnesses said Tuesday. Abubakar Usman, 61, of Kaduna told Anadolu Agency that shooting gunmen stormed the Keke community of Millennium City, Chikun local government, late Monday. “...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The former head of Nigeria’s Treasury was remanded Friday for his alleged involvement in diverting more than 109 billion Nigerian nairas ($262 million). Justice Adeyemi Ajayi gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) indicted Ahmad Idris on a 14-count charge including conspiracy, crimin...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A soldier was among eight people killed in a violent attack on a military base near Mali’s capital Bamako, according to military sources. Seven militants were shot dead as Malian forces “vigorously repelled” the attack by Katiba Macina, a group affiliated with the al-Qaeda and ISIS, according to a military statement. [&he...
