Suicide bomber targets northern Iraqi mosque, at least 12 killed
KIRKUK, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- At least twelve people were killed after a bomb attack targeted a mosque in northern Iraq.
A gathering was being conducted in Zahra Husseiniya in southern Kirkuk when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Afghan consulate employees among 8 killed in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least eight people killed, including two Afghan consulate workers, when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy in northwestern Pakistan, local authorities said Monday. No group immediately claimed responsibility [...]
Suicide bomber attacks party meeting in northern Pakistan, at least 17 dead
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least seventeen people were killed after a suicide bomber attacked a political party meeting in northern Pakistan, local authorities said Tuesday.
A public meeting was being held by the Awami National Party [...]
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 [...]
UN appoints Swedish expert to probe chemical weapons use in Syria
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appointed Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom to head a fact-finding mission to investigate allegations that chemical weapons were recently used during the [...]
Suicide bomber kills 3, injures several in Damascus
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) -- A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden vehicle in the north of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring several others, officials and opposition activists said. [...]
At least 42 killed in suicide bomb attack at Syrian mosque
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least 42 people were killed after a suicide attack on Thursday at a Syrian mosque, local authorities said.
The attack occurred at the al-Iman Mosque located in the district of al-Mazraa in Damascus, the country's [...]
Pakistan: Suicide bombers attack Peshawar judicial complex, 4 killed
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A suicide bomber targeted the judicial complex killing at least four people, local authorities said Monday.
Two suicide bombers attacked the Judicial Complex of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, [...]