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Somalia: Suicide bomber and diner killed in attack
A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a seaside restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday, killing himself and one diner, a police official ...
Roadside bomb kills 9 people in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb killed nine people, mostly border policemen, Thursday in Afghanistan where militants continue to target government security forces ...
Series of explosions in Iraq kill 22
A series of bombings struck Baghdad and towns south of the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 22 and wounding dozens in areas that are home ...
Bombs hit Nigerian city during opposition meeting
Witnesses say several bombs have exploded in a northeastern Nigeria city which is hosting a meeting of opposition political parties. The blasts ...
Terrorized ethnic group to form force in Pakistan
Inside the ruins of a market demolished by a powerful bomb, four tiny white candles —dwarfed by the scale of the destruction — flickered gently in the ...
Taliban kill 17 Afghans in attack in east
Taliban insurgents poisoned, then shot and killed 17 people as they slept at a local police post in eastern Afghanistan, one of two attacks in as many ...
Mali: 6 killed in bomb as fighting rages in north
A suicide car bombing killed six government allies in the northern city of Kidal, as French confirm that they are engaged in heavy fighting in ...
NY marks 20th anniversary of World Trade bombing
The two terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, eight years apart, converged Tuesday in the form of a piece of granite — part of a memorial to ...
Syria says it's prepared to talk with armed rebels
Syria said Monday it is prepared to hold talks with armed rebels bent on overthrowing President Bashar Assad, the clearest signal yet that the regime ...
Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province
Afghanistan's president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations ...
Talk of peace with Pakistan Taliban angers victims
Hazratullah Khan, who lost his right leg below the knee in a car bombing, answers immediately when asked whether the Pakistani government should hold ...
Indian police search for evidence in bomb attack
Indian police are investigating whether a shadowy Islamic militant group was responsible for a dual bomb attack that killed 16 people outside a movie ...
Pakistan arrests former head of banned Sunni group
Authorities on Friday arrested a founder of a banned Sunni extremist group from a town in central Pakistan, less than a week after the organization ...
Twin bombings kill 14, wound more in south India
A day after two bicycle bombs killed 14 people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday ...
Car bomb kills at least 53 in Syrian capital
A car bomb exploded Thursday near Syria's ruling party headquarters in Damascus, killing at least 53 people and scattering mangled bodies among the ...
3 British men convicted in terrorist bomb plot
They were very ordinary would-be terrorists, with big plans but bad luck. On Thursday, a London jury convicted the three young British men of being ...
Suicide bombings in Nigeria north kill at least 3
Authorities say two separate suicide bombings in Nigeria's northeast city of Maiduguri have killed at least three civilians and injured many soldiers.
Mali rebels fighting in Gao; car explodes in Kidal
Islamic extremists clashed with military in Mali's northern city of Gao, a military official said Thursday, as French forces continued their push to ...
Hezbollah member denies preparing Cyprus attack
A man on trial for allegedly plotting attacks on Israelis in Cyprus described himself Thursday as a loyal Hezbollah member doing its bidding in ...
Major bombings since Syrian uprising began in 2011
A list of some of the major bombings in Syria since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011. —Feb. 21, 2013: A car ...
Leader of Palestinian group injured in Syria bomb
Palestinian officials say the leader of a Palestinian group based in Damascus is among those injured by a car bomb that killed more than 30 people in ...
Police: Bomb blast at Pakistani mall kills 1
Pakistani police say a bomb blast inside a shopping mall in the country's northwest has killed at least one person and wounded 12 people.
Lawyer: Cyprus suspect says he's in Hezbollah
A man being tried on allegations he planned attacks on Israeli tourists in Cyprus has admitted being a member of the militant group Hezbollah and ...
Shiites bury their dead in troubled Pakistani city
Pakistani Shiites buried their kin killed in a massive bombing last weekend in the southwestern city of Quetta but the funeral on Wednesday was marred ...
Shiite leaders call end to protest in Pakistan
Shiite leaders called for an end to three days of protests by thousands of members of the minority Muslim sect in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, ...