http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/22200-war-casualties.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/22200-war-casualties.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2109276-suicide-bomber-dies-blast-afghan-capital.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers. Another blast in the country's ea... Sat, 25 May 2013 13:47:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2109276-suicide-bomber-dies-blast-afghan-capital.html 2013-05-25T13:47:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2104592-qa-what-london-attack.html A look at the key known facts about attack in south London in which two men killed a British soldier near military barracks Wednesday. Q: What happened? A: Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat cleaver attacked and killed a soldier near military barracks in the south London neighborhood of Woolwich. Two U.K. government officials told the AP th... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:25:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2104592-qa-what-london-attack.html 2013-05-23T19:25:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2103658-colombia-10-soldiers-killed-rebel-attack.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 10 Colombian soldiers were killed and six wounded Wednesday in a pre-dawn attack on an army patrol with homemade explosives by the country's second-largest leftist rebel band, the military said. The 2 a.m. attack by the National Liberation Army, or ELN, occurred in a rural area of Chitaga in the northeastern state of Norte... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:41:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2103658-colombia-10-soldiers-killed-rebel-attack.html 2013-05-22T21:41:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. The shootings and bombings follow three days of attacks that killed 130 people in both Shiite and Sunni areas in sce... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html 2013-05-18T17:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086528-twin-bombs-strike-afghan-checkpoint-killing-1.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, an official said. The explosions struck in the early morning in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The first bomb wounded a policeman, and the second was remotely detonat... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:25:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086528-twin-bombs-strike-afghan-checkpoint-killing-1.html 2013-05-15T20:25:01Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. Already, Sunni Muslim extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number of men in a wave of attacks against Lebanese Alawites, stoking fears of eve... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:04:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html 2013-05-14T20:04:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083540-nato-3-us-troops-killed-afghanistan.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing three American troops, while a motorcycle bomb in a crowded village market killed at least three Afghan civilians, officials said. NATO spokesman Col. Thomas Collins said the blast hit the American convoy in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, t... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083540-nato-3-us-troops-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-05-14T16:00:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081070-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the attack targeted a base operated by troops from Georgia. Omer Zawak, spokesman for the governor of the southern Helmand province, said the truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Georgian ou... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:07:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081070-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html 2013-05-13T19:07:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2078664-syrian-rebels-government-fight-key-highways.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels on Saturday cut a newly built bypass road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while state media reported that government troops have secured a strategic highway between the capital and the southern city of Daraa. The reported fighting came as an activist group said U.S. ambassa... Sat, 11 May 2013 19:32:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2078664-syrian-rebels-government-fight-key-highways.html 2013-05-11T19:32:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that has so far committed troops to Afghanistan after the coalitio... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:07:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html 2013-05-10T11:07:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2071234-weapons-war-spill-blood-nigerias-insurgency.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — At first, the Islamic extremists in Nigeria's dusty northeast rode on the backs of motorcycles, firing on government officials and other perceived enemies with worn Kalashnikov assault rifles hidden beneath their flowing robes. Now, they come prepared for war. When Islamic fighters drove into a town in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, t... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:37:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2071234-weapons-war-spill-blood-nigerias-insurgency.html 2013-05-08T13:37:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2065824-iraqi-death-hints-irans-role-syrian-crisis.html BASRA, Iraq (AP) — The fighter's body was collected at an Iraqi border crossing with Iran, then carried on Monday through the streets of this southern city as mourners hailed his sacrifice in protecting a revered shrine in Syria. Diaa Mutashar al-Issawi was one of several Shiite fighters from Iraq who have trickled into Syria for months, providing a measu... Mon, 06 May 2013 20:53:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2065824-iraqi-death-hints-irans-role-syrian-crisis.html 2013-05-06T20:53:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2064060-8-pakistani-soldiers-police-killed-violence.html DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Military operations and insurgent attacks in lawless districts of Pakistan left eight members of the security forces and around 30 militants and criminal suspects dead on Sunday, officials said. Two soldiers and 16 militants were killed in clashes in the Tirah Valley area of the Khyber tribal region in the northwest, the ... Sun, 05 May 2013 17:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2064060-8-pakistani-soldiers-police-killed-violence.html 2013-05-05T17:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2062622-7-american-service-members-killed-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks as part of their spring offensive. The renewed violence came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged at a ne... Sat, 04 May 2013 21:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2062622-7-american-service-members-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-05-04T21:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force. The group said it received photos from a separate, parliamentar... Sat, 04 May 2013 11:09:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html 2013-05-04T11:09:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2060324-sectarian-killings-reported-syrian-village.html BEIRUT (AP) — The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?" In the Syrian civil war's latest alleged mass killing, activists said Friday that regime tro... Fri, 03 May 2013 19:09:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2060324-sectarian-killings-reported-syrian-village.html 2013-05-03T19:09:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2059010-us-drone-strikes-rise-yemen-anger.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group's fighters and their hard-line ideology. The talk worried residents, who feared it would bring retaliation from the militants, and even the cleric's father wanted him to stop. But in the end it wasn't al-Qaida that ... Thu, 02 May 2013 18:19:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2059010-us-drone-strikes-rise-yemen-anger.html 2013-05-02T18:19:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2053402-bombs-kill-3-nato-troops-9-afghans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three NATO service members and nine Afghans on Tuesday, officials said, clear evidence that the insurgents' annual spring offensive is underway. The service members died in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan said in a brief statement that provided no other infor... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2053402-bombs-kill-3-nato-troops-9-afghans.html 2013-04-30T18:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2051942-6th-french-soldier-dies-mali-roadside-bomb.html PARIS (AP) — A member of the French special forces has been killed by a roadside bomb in Mali, the sixth Frenchman to die since the Jan. 11 start of France's military campaign to rid the west African country's north of al-Qaida-linked militants. A Defense Ministry statement says that two others traveling in the light vehicle were seriously wounded by the ... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:20:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2051942-6th-french-soldier-dies-mali-roadside-bomb.html 2013-04-29T20:20:19Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049822-lawmaker-fbi-checking-training-angle-bombing.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received training that helped them carry out the attack, the chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday. Rep. Michael McCaul spoke a day after U.S. officials disclosed that Russian authoritie... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:50:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049822-lawmaker-fbi-checking-training-angle-bombing.html 2013-04-28T17:50:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049096-apnewsbreak-russia-caught-bomb-suspect-wiretap.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A key U.S. lawmaker said Sunday he believes the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had some training in carrying out their attack and that their mother played a "very strong rule" in her sons' radicalization process. The comments from Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, came a day after U.S. officials sa... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:06:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049096-apnewsbreak-russia-caught-bomb-suspect-wiretap.html 2013-04-28T15:06:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049544-israel-minister-us-intervene-syrian-war.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Cabinet minister has called on the U.S to intervene in the Syrian civil war after intelligence reports of chemical weapons use there. The U.S has warned such weapons cross a red line and last week said the weapons were probably used. Israel says they were used. Environment Minister Amir Peretz said Sunday action should have bee... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:24:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049544-israel-minister-us-intervene-syrian-war.html 2013-04-28T11:24:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2041718-nigeria-attack-recalls-killings-soldiers.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Residents in Nigeria's northeast accused the military of burning down civilian homes in a recent fight with Islamic extremists that left at least 187 people dead, the latest in a series of incidents which authorities have been blamed for the killing of bystanders. In separate incidents in 1999 and 2001, soldiers in Nigeria shelled vi... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:17:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2041718-nigeria-attack-recalls-killings-soldiers.html 2013-04-24T15:17:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2025174-officials-attacks-afghanistan-kill-24.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bombs and insurgent attacks killed at least 24 people in five separate attacks across Afghanistan as violence steadily rises during this year's spring fighting season, officials said Wednesday. So far, April has been the deadliest month this year for Afghan and foreign civilians and security forces. According to an Assoc... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:55:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2025174-officials-attacks-afghanistan-kill-24.html 2013-04-17T15:55:27Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2022732-pope-grieved-deaths-injuries-boston-blast.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he is "deeply grieved by the news of the loss of life and grave injuries" caused by two bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon. Francis expressed his condolences in a message Tuesday addressed to Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, a good friend of Francis' from the pope's time as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The exp... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:12:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2022732-pope-grieved-deaths-injuries-boston-blast.html 2013-04-16T12:12:27Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2019752-kerry-visits-family-slain-us-diplomat.html CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped in Chicago on Monday to visit the parents of the young U.S. diplomat who was killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan earlier this month. Kerry made the detour on his way back from Japan, the final leg of a 10-day overseas tour which started with tragedy when he learned of Anne Sme... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:26:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2019752-kerry-visits-family-slain-us-diplomat.html 2013-04-16T00:26:14Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2020182-afghan-commandos-kill-22-insurgents.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan commandos killed 22 insurgents on Monday during an operation to capture a Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan, police and the U.S. military said. The raid was carried out in the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar when a team of commandos raided a village looking for the Taliban leader, the U.S.-led Combined Joint Special ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2020182-afghan-commandos-kill-22-insurgents.html 2013-04-15T13:43:53Z