Roadside bomb kills 10 civilians in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least ten people were killed after a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, local authorities said Monday.
The attack took place in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar at around 12 p.m. local [...]
Anti-Pakistan protests in southern Afghanistan turn violent, 11 killed
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least eleven people were killed after the sixth day of protests turned violent in southern Afghanistan, local authorities said Wednesday.
A crowd of hundreds of demonstrators grouped together in the district [...]
Several killed as security forces foil coup attempt in Chad
N'DJAMENA, CHAD (BNO NEWS) -- At least several people were killed in a gun battle in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena late on Wednesday in what the government described as a failed coup attempt against President Idriss Deby, but authorities [...]
Militants kill 3 police officers, 2 teens in southwest Russia
MAKHACHKALA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two teenagers were killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded near a store in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, local authorities said. It came just hours after three police officers in the same region were [...]
Puntland forces execute 13 al-Shabaab militants by firing squad
GAROWE, SOMALIA (BNO NEWS) -- Security forces in the semi-autonomous Somali state of Puntland have executed thirteen al-Shabaab militants by firing squad, a judicial source said on Wednesday, marking the region's first known mass execution. [...]
Mayor daughter among 12 killed in southern Philippines ambush
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BNO NEWS) -- At least twelve people were killed, including the mayor daughters, after gunmen ambushed a convoy in the southern Philippines, local authorities said Friday.
The incident occurred on Thursday evening, shortly [...]
Afghan militants abduct 11 after Turkish military chopper makes emergency landing
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A Turkish military helicopter made an emergency landing in Afghanistan where members of the Taliban abducted 11 of those on board, local officials said Monday.
The helicopter, which was contracted by NATO, landed [...]
Roadside bomb kills at least 7 civilians in western Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven civilians were killed in a roadside bomb attack in western Afghanistan, while four national security members were found beheaded after being kidnapped, local authorities said Wednesday.
The roadside [...]
44 die as Taliban militants storm Afghan court
FARAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A group of Taliban militants stormed a court in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and injuring more than 90 others in an attempt to free insurgents who were standing trial, local officials [...]
Iraq hangs senior al-Qaeda leader, three other men
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- Iraqi authorities on Monday hanged a senior al-Qaeda leader and three other men convicted of terror-related offenses, the country's justice ministry said on Tuesday. It follows two mass executions last month in which [...]