At least 50 people were killed on Saturday when a suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives among people dancing on the street at a wedding party in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, the local governor’s office said. Celebrations were coming to an end and some families had already left when the blast tore through partygoers, and women and children were […]
» Read moreAt least 10 people were killed when two suicide car bombers attacked the local government headquarters in Somalia’s Galkayo town in the semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday, police said, and the militant al Shabaab group claimed the attack. “We have confirmed 10 people dead including civilians and security forces,” said Ali Ahmed, a police officer. Witnesses and residents said they […]
» Read moreSri Lankan financial crime police arrested the eldest son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday on suspicion of laundering money, his lawyer said, the latest legal difficulty for the once-powerful family. Sri Lanka’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, faces pressure to act on allegations of corruption dating back to the Rajapaksa era, especially from civil society organisations who backed his […]
» Read moreAt least 31 people were killed on Monday and several others injured when a crowded bus skidded off the road and fell some 300 meters down the hill in central Nepal. The tragedy took place as the bus with 85 passengers, heading for Kattike Deurali from Kathmandu, skidded off the road at Birta Deurali-7 in Kavre. District Chief of the […]
» Read moreEmergency crews plucked motorists from cars stranded by high water along a seven-mile stretch of south Louisiana interstate, pulled others from inundated homes and waist-deep waters and braced for more of the dangerous work Sunday after conducting at least 2,000 rescues. Pounding rains swamped parts of southeast Louisiana so that whole subdivisions and shopping centers appeared isolated by floodwaters, which […]
» Read moreThe United States has approved the possible sale to Saudi Arabia of up to 153 tanks, hundreds of machine guns and other military gear in a deal worth $1.15 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The announcement coincided with news that Saudi-led coalition warplanes had resumed air strikes on Yemen’s capital for the first time in three months, killing 14 […]
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