Car bomb attack kills 10 soldiers at Damascus military airport
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least 10 government soldiers were killed Sunday when a car bomb targeted a checkpoint at a military airport in an upscale neighborhood of the Syrian capital of Damascus, activists said Monday. It was followed [...]
54 dead, 149 wounded in latest wave of attacks across Iraq
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- At least 54 people were killed and nearly 150 others were wounded in a series of attacks targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas across Iraq on Sunday, further intensifying fears that widespread sectarian strife will [...]
North Korea proposes talks with U.S. to ease tensions
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- North Korea on Sunday invited the U.S. government to hold high-level talks to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula, following months of threats during which the country threatened to launch a nuclear strike [...]
Over 90,000 killed in Syrian crisis – UN
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) on Thursday announced that the death toll in Syria has surpassed 90,000 since the country's violent crisis broke out.
In a press release, UN High Commissioner for Human rights Navi Pillay said [...]
UN chief appoints German diplomat as Congo envoy
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appointed German diplomat Martin Kobler as his special envoy to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), succeeding an American who is set to [...]
Three children among 4 killed in western Afghanistan roadside bomb
FARAH CITY, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Three children were among the four killed during Tuesday's roadside bomb attack in western Afghanistan, local authorities said.
A couple and their three children on board a civilian vehicle were traveling [...]
UN begins new political mission in Somalia
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) on Monday pledged to support the Government of Somalia and the people of the country in their quest for security and prosperity with its new political mission.
The Secretary-General's Special Representative [...]
1,000 killed in May: Iraq hit by worst wave of violence in 5 years
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- More than 1,000 people were killed in a wave of violence across Iraq in May, making it the country's deadliest month in more than five years amid fears that widespread sectarian strife will continue to escalate, the [...]
UN: Iraq ‘ready to explode’ in recent wave of deadly attacks
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BNO NEWS) -- With the wave of recent attacks in Iraq and hundreds of deaths in the last weeks, the United Nations (UN) on Thursday urged for immediate action as the country is "ready to explode."
The increasing violence in the [...]
Suicide bomb attacks in north-west Niger kill dozens
NIAMEY, NIGER (BNO NEWS) -- Dozens of people were killed after two suicide bomb attacks in north-west Niger, local authorities said.
The first bomb attack occurred at a barracks in Agadez that killed at least 19, including 18 soldiers. The [...]