Demonstrators attend a rally against the Al-Shabaab jihadist group in Mogadishu on Jan 12, 2023. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU – Somali National Army (SNA) forces killed 100 al-Shabab extremists in a foiled attack on a military base in Galcad town in central Somalia on Friday, the government said. The Ministry of Information, Culture, and […]
Relatives of inmates react outside the prison of Ciudad Juarez number 3 after an attack in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, on Jan 1, 2023. (HERIKA MARTINEZ / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Ten guards and four inmates died after an attack on a prison Sunday in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, the Chihuahua state […]
MOGADISHU — Somali security forces said Monday they have ended a more than 20-hour siege at a popular hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, that left at least 15 people dead including six attackers. Sadiq Dudishe, Spokesman of the Somali Police Force said five of al-Shabab attackers were shot dead, one blew himself up after […]
MOGADISHU – Islamist militants attacked a hotel used by government officials in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening, police and witnesses said. Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, which controls large swathes of the country, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying in a statement that it was targeting the nearby presidential palace. "We were shaken by a […]
Flame and smoke rise from the Crimean Bridge in Kerch, Crimea on Oct 8, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine on Monday that there would be a harsh response if there were any further attacks such as that on the Crimean Bridge. Forensic and other data, as well as operational information, […]
In this Feb 10, 2020 file photo, a policeman drives past town hall in Apaseo El Alto, Guanajuato state, Mexico. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) MEXICO CITY – Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, killing 10 people, officials said, in the latest outbreak of violence to buffet the country. "It appears it […]
This file photo dated Sept 21, 2021, shows traffic moving on a street in Sudan's capital Khartoum. (MARWAN ALI / AP) KHARTOUM – Sudan summoned the Chadian ambassador to Sudan on Saturday to protest what it called a cross-border attack by Chadian armed groups that killed at least 18 Sudanese civilians, official SUNA news agency […]
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies taken and released on July 30, 2022 shows the Olenivka prison in the Donetsk region of Ukraine where more than 50 people reportedly died following an attack and explosion at the prison the previous day. (SATELLITE IMAGE ©2022 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The United […]
A crowd gathers around a man (not seen) suspected of taking part in thwarted "terrorist" attack after being beaten by a crowd, in front of the military base in Kati, Mali, on July 22, 2022. (AFP) KATI, Mali – Suspected Islamist militants on Friday attacked the main military base where Mali's interim president lives outside […]
A video of then president Donald Trump recording a statement on Jan 7, 2021, is played, as the House select committee investigating the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington on July 21, 2022. (AL DRAGO / POOL VIA AP) WASHINGTON – Donald Trump sat for hours […]
In this file photo dated July 1, 2021, a general view of a burnt house in Rwangoma, Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo after ten people were killed in an attack overnight by suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces Islamist militia. (SEBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI / AFP) CAIRO – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack […]