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Series of bombings in Baghdad area kill dozens
Car bombs tore through shopping areas within minutes of each other in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 37 ...
Shiites lash out after Pakistan bombing kills 81
Members of the Pakistani Shiite Hazara community Sunday threatened to hold widespread protests if the government did not arrest within 48 hours the ...
Death toll in Pakistani bombing climbs to 81
The death toll from a horrific bombing that tore through a crowded vegetable market in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood of southwestern Pakistan ...
Hezbollah says no comment on Bulgaria report
The leader of Hezbollah said Saturday that he would not comment on a recent report from Bulgaria that said members of the Lebanese militant group ...
Somalia: Blast on beachfront restaurant kills 1
A Somali police officer says a car bomb detonated by remote control has killed one person and wounded two others in Somalia's capital. Mohamed Hassan ...
Suicide attack kills 4 in northern Iraq
A suicide bomber, pretending to ask for help, assassinated a senior Iraqi military official and three bodyguards at his home Saturday in the north, ...
Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured
With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, ...
Pakistani tribesmen pushing Taliban to talk peace
Five years after setting up an umbrella organization to unite violent militant groups in the nation's tribal regions, the Pakistani Taliban is ...
Protest marches, clashes expand in tense Bahrain
Thousands of anti-government marchers jammed a major highway Friday as clashes broke out for a second day between security forces and protesters ...
12 police, rebels killed in Russia's Dagestan
Russian security forces tracked down and killed six rebels suspected of involvement in Thursday's suicide bombing that left four policemen dead in the ...
Jordan terror plot suspects plead not guilty
Eleven men suspected of links to al-Qaida pleaded not guilty on Thursday to terrorism charges related to an alleged plot to attack the U.S.
Politicians talk peace as Pakistan Taliban kill 18
Politicians called for peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban on Thursday, as the group killed 18 people in a pair of bombings in the country's ...
Small bomb targets Greek far-right party office
A small bomb has exploded outside the local offices of a Greek extreme right-wing party in Piraeus, the port of Athens, causing no injury and minor ...
French, Mali troops recover explosives in Gao
French soldiers on Wednesday recovered an enormous stash of explosives that authorities believe radical Islamic fighters were using to make bombs for ...
Rights group: Israel violated laws of war in Gaza
A U.S.-based rights group said Israel violated laws of war in a series of airstrikes it conducted during an eight-day military operation last November ...
Bulgaria tells Europol names of 2 bombing suspects
Bulgaria has given Europol the names of two of the people suspected in a bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists last year, with hopes that the ...
Mali soldiers step up presence in Gao after attack
Soldiers from Niger and Mali patrolled downtown Gao on foot Tuesday, combing the sand footpaths through empty market stalls to prevent radical Islamic ...
Death toll from Iraq suicide blast rises to 7
The death toll from a late night suicide attack that struck a northern Iraqi city rose on Tuesday to seven, according to officials. A 7-year-old boy ...
Syrian rebels capture country's largest dam
Syrian rebels have scored one of their biggest strategic victories since the country's crisis began two years ago, capturing the nation's largest dam ...
Bomb attack in Somalia targets police commander
Police in Somalia say a suicide car bomb attack that targeted a senior police commander in a central Somali town killed only the bomber. Ali Abdinor, ...
Islamic extremists attack Malian troops in Gao
Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles invaded Gao in wooden boats Sunday to launch a surprise attack on the most populous ...
Gunmen kill 4 in northern Iraqi city of Mosul
Gunmen killed four people in three attacks on Sunday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, officials said. Violence has dropped in Iraq since the ...
Bulgaria to brief EU ministers on bus bombing
Bulgaria will brief other EU nations on the results of the probe that linked the Shiite group Hezbollah to last year's bus bombing that killed five ...