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30 dead, hundreds wounded as Taliban attack rattles Kabul INTERNATIONAL

30 dead, hundreds wounded as Taliban attack rattles Kabul

At least 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded when a Taliban truck bomb tore through central Kabul and a fierce firefight broke out Tuesday, a week after the insurgents launched their annual spring offensive.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Boko Haram, facing fuel shortages, makes its own INTERNATIONAL

Boko Haram, facing fuel shortages, makes its own

Boko Haram has been forced to produce its own fuel to power its motorbikes because of an acute petrol shortage caused by a military squeeze on supply lines.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Death toll tops 200 in cross-border Ethiopia raid INTERNATIONAL

Death toll tops 200 in cross-border Ethiopia raid

More than 200 people were killed and over 100 children abducted by armed men from South Sudan in a cross-border raid into Ethiopia, the country's leader said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suicide attack targets police station in south Russia INTERNATIONAL

Suicide attack targets police station in south Russia

Three suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday as they tried to storm a rural police station in a usually peaceful region of southern Russia, causing no other casualties, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kerry arrives in Kabul on unannounced visit to support unity govt INTERNATIONAL

Kerry arrives in Kabul on unannounced visit to support unity govt

US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Kabul Saturday on an unannounced visit to show support for the Afghan unity government and the peace process with the Taliban.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan hangs brothers for murdering six people INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan hangs brothers for murdering six people

Pakistan on Saturday hanged two brothers convicted of murdering six people from the same family, just days after Amnesty International criticised the country ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Secular activist murdered in Bangladesh INTERNATIONAL

Secular activist murdered in Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi law student who posted against Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said Thursday, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey arrests 2 would-be IS suicide bombers ASIA

Turkey arrests 2 would-be IS suicide bombers

Authorities in southern Turkey have arrested two men suspected of preparing to carry out suicide bombings for the Islamic State (IS) group, which has staged two attacks in Istanbul this year, reports said Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh opposition leader gets bail after surrendering INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh opposition leader gets bail after surrendering

A court in Bangladesh granted bail to opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Tuesday after issuing a warrant for her arrest over a deadly fire-bomb attack on a bus, her lawyer said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh court orders opposition leader Zia's arrest INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh court orders opposition leader Zia's arrest

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Khaleda Zia over a fire-bomb attack on a bus that killed two people and injured dozens last year, a prosecutor said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bahrain court jails 10 over police attack ASIA

Bahrain court jails 10 over police attack

Bahrain on Tuesday sentenced four people to life in prison and six others for up to 15 years for attacking police during a protest in a Shia village, the prosecution said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan blast kills 65, injures hundreds in Lahore INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan blast kills 65, injures hundreds in Lahore

At least 65 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an apparent suicide bomb ripped through the parking lot of a crowded park in the Pakistani city of Lahore where Christians were celebrating Easter Sunday, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016