KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Heavily armed unidentified militants launched an attack on a prison in northwest Burkina Faso overnight Saturday, and about 60 inmates managed to escape, local media reported Sunday. The attack at the civilian prison in the town of Nouna, in the province of Kossi in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, left one […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Casualties are feared as two roadside blasts targeted an Ethiopian military convoy in Somalia’s southwestern Gedo region on Thursday, a security official said. The attack took place between the towns of Luq and Shatalow, the official said, adding that investigation has been initiated. Witnesses told Anadol...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia said Saturday it had arrested 10 terror suspects for planning attacks against security forces. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said seven suspects were arrested for “suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization”. It did not name the organization The statement said the suspects were wanted for involveme...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A federal judge in the US state of Virginia sentenced on Friday a former British national to life in prison after he confessed to being part of a Daesh/ISIS terror cell collectively referred to as the “Beatles.” Alexanda Kotey pleaded guilty in September to being part of the hostage taking group that [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 10 people were killed and 30 others wounded when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers, authorities said. The bomb went off in a Khanqah adjacent to a mosque in the Alauddin area of Kabul’s Police District 6, Kabul Security Department spokesperson Khalid […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Fearing suicide attacks on soft targets, Iraqi authorities on Friday announced a state of high alert for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. “The Iraqi forces will enter a state of alert level C (maximum) starting from May 1 to May 5, to secure the Eid prayers, entertainment areas, markets, restaurants and […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish armed forces killed a dozen PKK fighters in northern Syria as they were preparing to attack areas cleared by Turkiye’s military operations, the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday. “Our heroic Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) continue to destroy terror nests in northern Syria,” the ministry said in a statement, [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has demanded a “thorough investigation” into the attack in Pakistan’s financial hub Karachi that killed at least four people, including three Chinese citizens. An explosion ripped through a van near the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute, a Chinese language learning center, on Tuesday. Amo...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed as an explosion ripped through a van at a university in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Tuesday, police said. The explosion targeted the vehicle near the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute, a Chinese language learning cen...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq on Saturday launched a large-scale military operation against the ISIS in five provinces, according to the defense ministry. A ministry statement said the offensive targets ISIS remnants in the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh, Salah al-Din, Diyala and Kirkuk. Forces from the army, border guards and the pro-government Hashd al-S...
