Army jawan killed, two others injured in IED blast along LoC in Akhnoor

One soldier was killed while two others were injured in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwalla area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor on Sunday, defence spokesperson said. As per sources, the Read More …

Blast in Balochistan

Pakistan’s relative calm is now occasionally breached with blasts or targeted killings in Balochistan. On Friday, it was again in the grip of bloodshed when two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were martyred and five others injured in an explosion in Read More …

At least 18 killed in car bomb in Syria near Turkish border

At least 18 people have been killed in a car bomb in Syria near the Turkish border, according to Turkish Defence Ministry. The attack happened in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, which is currently controlled by Turkish-backed opposition fighters. Read More …

UN chief: Terrorists strengthen foothold in Africa’s Sahel

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that terrorist groups have strengthened their foothold across Africa’s Sahel region, which is experiencing escalating violence. The U.N. chief said in a report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Wednesday that the expanding foothold is Read More …

Suspected suicide bombing targets police in Indonesia’s Medan

A blast outside the police headquarters in the Indonesian city of Medan in North Sumatra was a suspected suicide bombing, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. Tatan Dirsan Atmaja, a spokesman for the North Sumatra police, said some police officers Read More …

Three Pakistan Army soldiers martyred in North Waziristan blast

Three Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred and one injured in a roadside blast in North Waziristan district on Tuesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations reported. According to the military’s media wing, the soldiers were patrolling the area when an improvised explosive Read More …

5 insurgents killed in premature blast in N. Afghanistan

Five militants have been killed and three others wounded in a premature explosion in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, the military said on Monday. “The explosive went off at about 8 p.m. local time Sunday when militants were busy in planting Read More …

Eight dead in blast in Turkish-held Syrian town

Eight people were killed when a bomb exploded on Sunday in an area of northeast Syria controlled by Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies. Turkey‘s defence ministry said the bombing, which it blamed on Kurdish fighters, took place southeast of the Read More …

5 Italian soldiers wounded by roadside explosion in Iraq

A roadside blast wounded five Italian military members Sunday in northern Iraq as they returned from a mission aimed at helping Iraqi troops combat the Islamic State group, Italian military officials said. The Italian Defense Ministry said three of the Read More …

Hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk in Syria amid ongoing violence in northeast and northwest

Almost daily violence targeting built-up areas and health facilities in Syria continues to threaten the lives of civilians there, UN rights experts and humanitarians said on Friday. At least 92 people have been killed in northeastern and northwestern Syria in Read More …

Burkina Faso: Gunmen kill 37 in ambush on mining firm convoy

At least 37 people have been killed and 60 wounded in an attack on a mining company convoy in Burkina Faso, authorities say. Five buses carrying staff of Canadian firm Semafo were ambushed on Wednesday about 40km (24 miles) from Read More …

Five police commandos, 1 civilian injured in powerful IED blast in Manipur’s Imphal

A powerful improvised explosive device (IED) blast rocked Manipur’s Imphal town on Tuesday morning. The IED blast took place at Thangal Bazar. Five police commandos and one civilian were injured in the explosion. The injured were taken to a nearby Read More …

Turkish soldier killed by roadside bomb in northeast Syria

Turkey says one of its soldiers has been killed by roadside bomb in northeastern Syria. That brings Turkey’s military death toll to 14 since launching its incursion into Syrian Kurdish-held areas on Oct. 9. Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency, citing Read More …

IS conflict: Dutch air strike killed about 70 people in Iraq in 2015

A Dutch F-16 jet serving with the US-led coalition in Iraq killed about 70 people – Islamic State (IS) militants and civilians – in an air strike in 2015, the Dutch defence ministry says. It is the first time the Read More …