ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) — At least 20 miners have been killed and six others injured in a suspected militant attack in southwestern Pakistan, an official confirmed. Attackers targeted miners in the Duki area of Balochistan, Kaleemullah Kakar, deputy commissioner of Duki, told reporters. According to local police, the militants also fired rock...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The FBI has arrested an Afghan man living in Oklahoma City who was allegedly planning a “terrorist attack” in the US on Election Day, the Justice Department said. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, allegedly plotted to target large crowds during the presidential election on November 5 with firearms and ammunition, according...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A suicide attack near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi late Sunday killed two Chinese nationals and a Pakistani, while 17 others were injured, officials and the Chinese Embassy confirmed on Monday. In a statement, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad condemned the “terrorist attack,” confirming the...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Six Pakistani military personnel, including a high ranking officer, and eight militants were killed in two separate clashes in northwestern Pakistan, the army has announced. A clash between security forces and militants took place in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan district near the Afghan border, killing six military per...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Several people are feared dead or injured after a powerful explosion shook Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to local reports. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the media that the blast is believed to be a suicide bombing targeting a busy restaurant near the National Theat...
Non-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is calling recent attacks in Lebanon acts of terrorism that threaten to plunge the region into all-out war. In a statement, the organization condemned the assaults as the actions of an Israeli rogue state which is fueled by a climate of total impunity. JVP criticized mainstream media for […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A former US border patrol chief agent has claimed that the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to hide a rise in individuals linked to terrorism at California’s border with Mexico. Aaron Heitke, the former chief patrol agent for the US Border Patrol’s sector San Diego, [&...
BAMAKO, Mali (AA) – The military administration in Mali announced that it foiled a “terror” attack on a training school for security personnel in the capital Bamako. Gunshots were heard near Faladie Gendarmerie School, which continued for at least three hours. A statement by the General Staff of Mali Armed Forces said “a group of [&helli...
A federal indictment has revealed a white supremacist group planned high-profile assassinations of a U.S. senator, a judge, and others. Leaders of the group known as the Terrorgram Collective allegedly incited followers to commit hate crimes against Black and Jewish people, immigrants, as well as the LGBTQ+ community. Two of the extremist grou...
Pakistan experienced its deadliest month of August in six years, with 254 fatalities from militant violence, according to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies. The attacks killed 92 civilians and 54 security personnel. Militants launched 83 assaults nationwide, resulting in 175 deaths and 123 injuries. The southwestern ...
