Suicide bomber kills 14, including 6 Americans, in Afghan capital
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A suspected Hezb-i-Islami suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Thursday next to a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing eight Afghan civilians and six Americans working for the multinational [...]
4th U.S. service member dies after Afghanistan attack
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Another U.S. service member has died after being injured in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, raising the death toll from the bombing to four, the coalition said on Wednesday. It raises [...]
Rebels shoot down military helicopter in eastern Syria, killing 8
DEIR EZ-ZOR, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) -- Eight Syrian service members were killed late Sunday evening when anti-government forces shot down a military helicopter in the country's eastern region, activists said on Monday. State-run media did not immediately [...]
8 NATO troops die in three Afghan attacks
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Eight coalition service members were killed Saturday in three separate attacks across Afghanistan, less than a week after the Taliban announced the start of their so-called spring offensive, the NATO-led International [...]
Taliban kill senior peace envoy in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A senior member of Afghanistan's peace council was killed Wednesday when suspected Taliban insurgents ambushed his vehicle in the country's south, local officials said. In a separate incident elsewhere in the [...]
‘Powerful’ bomb kills 3 British soldiers in southern Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Three British soldiers were killed Tuesday and six others were injured when their armored vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Britain's Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday. It raises [...]
Remains found of 4 U.S. sailors who died in Vietnam War chopper crash
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The remains of four U.S. service members who went missing when their helicopter was shot down during a rescue operation over North Vietnam in 1967 have been recovered, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on [...]
Roadside bomb kills 3 foreign troops in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Three coalition service members were killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. It raises the number of foreign troops [...]
Roadside bomb kills French soldier in northeast Mali
BAMAKO, MALI (BNO NEWS) -- A French special forces soldier was killed Monday and two others were injured when a roadside bomb struck a light vehicle in northeast Mali, France's defense ministry said. It raises the number of French troops killed [...]
Civilian cargo plane crashes at military base in Afghanistan
BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A large civilian cargo plane crashed Monday afternoon at a U.S. military base in northeastern Afghanistan, witnesses and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. It was not immediately [...]