KABUL International troops opened fire on a civilian bus early Monday in a southern Afghan city, killing four people and wounding 18, the local governor’s spokesman said.NATO was sending investigators to the scene but didn’t immediately say its troops were responsible for the shooting in Kandahar.The governor’s spokesman, Zelmai Ayubi, said the shooting occurred soon after [...]

Iraqi gunmen wearing military uniforms killed at least 25 people, including women and children, connected to Sunni groups who fought against al-Qaeda. The gunman stormed three houses in a village in Arab Jabour, a Sunni enclave of Southern Bagdad, late last night. The victims were handcuffed and shot in the head. At least seven people [...]

Sanaa  – About 350,000 people still displaced by war in northern Yemen, or 100,000 of the estimated number of United Nations before the February ceasefire between the government and the rebel Shia, a minister said Thursday. “The last thing we have is 350,000 refugees, or about 50,000 families, which is listed,” said Ahmed al-Kahlani, ministers [...]

three suicide bomb blast occurred in the city of Baqouba, Iraq, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, causing at least 30 people dead and injuring 48 people. The explosion took the most casualties in recent weeks in Iraq this occurs an election (the election) to be held on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Elections were held to determine [...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan An explosive device planted by Taliban militants killed 11 civilians on Sunday in Afghanistan’s most violent province, a government official said.The blast happened on a road in the Nawzad district of Helmand Province. The province is the focus of one of the largest NATO offensives in the eight-year-old war against the Islamist Taliban.”A [...]

Jahmaal James pleaded guilty on Friday to having gone to Pakistan to obtain paramilitary training for the benefit of the so-called Toronto 18 and was to be set free after being sentenced to time served.The now 26-year-old admitted in a Brampton court that he was part of a terrorist group that intended to cause violent [...]

NIAMEY Niger’s military plans to run the uranium-exporting country until politicians agree on a new constitution and are ready for fresh elections, West Africa’s regional mediator said after meeting the junta on Sunday.No timeframe has been set for the transition back to civilian rule but a spokesman for the junta said on Sunday that elections [...]

The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said in a statement that the troops were killed on Tuesday, but gave no more details. The explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), the statement said. More than 50 Nato troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year, the overwhelming majority by IEDs. The coalition [...]

TEHRAN At least 40 Iranians were injured when a Russian-made Tupolev aircraft caught fire as it landed in northeastern Iran on Sunday, state radio said.”About 42 passengers, out of 157 aboard, were injured when the plane was landing at Mashhad city’s airport,” said Gholamreza Massoumi, head of Iran’s emergency medical services. There were no fatalities, [...]

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan A Filipino militant wanted by the United States is believed to have been killed in an American drone strike close to the Afghan border earlier this month, Pakistani intelligence officials said Thursday.If confirmed, the death of Abdul Basit Usman would represent another success for the covert program of missile strikes that [...]