MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – At least three people were killed and dozens went missing as terrorists opened fire on worshippers in two churches and some communities in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna State, an official said on Sunday. Samuel Atuwa, Kaduna State commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the terrorists on mot...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Pakistani army on Sunday claimed to have killed at least six suspected militants in a security operation in the southwestern Balochistan province. The suspected terrorists, who were killed in the mountainous Parom area of the Panjgur district, located 557 kilometers (346 miles) from the provincial capital Que...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The Turkish defense minister has said Sweden and Finland provided political, financial and military support to “terror groups,” threatening not only Türkiye but also NATO. The minister was referring to Kurdish nationalist groups PKK and its offshoot YPG. Speaking to reporters following a two-day NATO gathering...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali forces backed by Galmudug regional forces on Friday repulsed an attack by al-Shabaab on a major military base in central Somalia. A total of 47 terrorists were killed in the operation, Somali military radio said quoting officials. Al-Qaeda-backed al-Shabaab launched the attack in Bahdo, a small town locat...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – At least 10 people were killed in a terrorist attack in north-central Burkina Faso, the Burkina Information Agency (AIB) reported Thursday. The attack was carried out Wednesday by unidentified armed individuals in Namentenga province, the report said. The victims included six members of the Volunteers for the Defens...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – More than 20 people, including those who had been displaced from their homes, were killed on Sunday near Menaka in northeastern Mali, a pro-government armed group said Wednesday. “Armed men broke into a camp not far from the locality of Izingaz, commune of Ihinita, circle of Tidermene, Menaka region, on June...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Eleven of 61 passengers who were abducted by terrorists more than two months ago in a train attack in northwest Kaduna State in Nigeria have been released, officials said Saturday. Spokesman for the negotiator, Tukur Mamu, said, “six females and five males” were freed. They were abducted March 28 on a […]...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – The foreign ministers of Libya, Tunisia and Algeria held on Friday a joint consultation session in Tunis to discuss ties and regional developments, statements released after the meeting said. Tunisia’s Othman Jerandi, Libya’s Najla Mangoush and Algeria’s Ramtane Lamamra deliberated on ways to impro...
WASHINGTON (AA) – At least three people were killed after a gunman opened fire Thursday at a manufacturing facility in the US state of Maryland, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the shooting at Columbia Machine Inc. in the town of Smithsburg at approximately 2.30 p.m. Eastern Time (1830GMT)...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Four soldiers part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali were wounded Wednesday while repelling a terror attack in the Kidal region. The peacekeepers’ convoy faced direct fire from small arms and rocket-propelled grenades for about one hour, said the mission’s spokesman Olivier Salgado. The ...
