"Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomb and another bombing near Baghdad have killed five members of the country's security forces." Source: Iraqi officials: Bomb attacks kill 5 police, …
Pakistan convoy attack kills two security officials
"At least two security personnel were killed and five others wounded on Sunday in a bomb attack on a convoy in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal areas. The attack came in the Mir Ali area of Miranshah, …
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Libyan army clashes with Islamist militants, nine killed
"Clashes between Libyan troops and militants in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday killed at least nine people and wounded a dozen in another test of the country's fledgling armed forces. Still in …
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One Egyptian security officer injured in a bomb attack in Cairo
"An Egyptian security officer was injured on Monday when a group of anonymous militants threw a bomb at a checkpoint near the presidential palace in Cairo, MENA state news agency reported." Source: …
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Syria conflict: Children ‘targeted by snipers’
"More than 11,000 children have died in Syria's civil war in nearly three years, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a new report says. Summary executions and torture have also been used against …
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Islamist rebels report capture of largest Syrian oil field
" Islamist rebels led by al Qaeda-linked fighters seized the largest oil field in eastern Syria on Saturday, activists said, a raid which would cut off President Bashar al-Assad's access to almost all …
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Pakistan militants kidnap 11 teachers in polio vaccination campaign
"Militants kidnapped 11 Pakistani teachers involved in a polio vaccination campaign for school children on Saturday, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks on health workers trying to …
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Air strikes kill at least 40 in northern Syria: monitoring group
"Air strikes around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least 40 people on Saturday, most of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The pro-opposition monitoring group …
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Bombings, shootings kill at least 23 across Iraq
"At least 23 people were killed in bombings and shootings in Iraq on Friday, police and medical sources said, the latest in the worst wave of sectarian attacks to sweep the country in five …
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Central African Republic decrees a nationwide curfew
"The Central African Republic announced a countrywide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in a presidential decree read on state radio late Friday. It comes as the troubled nation spirals into conflict, …
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