(PARACHINAR, Pakistan) — A bomb blast tore through a political rally held by an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan Monday, in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that killed 16 people and underscored an increase in violence ahead of the May 11 vote.
The explosion, at a rally held in the village of Sewak in the northwest …
(ROME) — Giulio Andreotti, Italy‘s former seven-time premier and a symbol of post-war Italy, died Monday at his home in Rome, Italian officials said. He was 94.
(BEIRUT) — Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country’s east, killing eight government troops on board a day after opposition forces entered a sprawling military air base in the north, activists said Monday.
In the past months, rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad have frequently targeted military …
(MUNICH) — An alleged German neo-Nazi accused of involvement in a 10-person killing spree appeared confident and calm Monday as her murder trial opened amid tight security, intense media interest and an immediate request by the …
(BEIRUT) — Israel signaled a return to “business as usual” on Monday, a day after its aircraft struck targets in Syria for the second time in 48 hours in an unprecedented escalation of Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Israel after a meeting of his security Cabinet and arrived in …
After a decade of war in Afghanistan, the West’s massive military and aid presence has seemingly done little more than harden — or leave unchanged — social attitudes toward a slate of hot-button issues ranging from the …
(MATEELA, Pakistan) — For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren’t likely to in next week’s parliamentary election either. The village’s men have spoken.
“It’s the will of my husband,” said one woman, Fatma Shamshed. “This is the decision of …
(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Aerosmith canceled a show in Indonesia after authorities there said they had foiled a bomb plot targeting the Myanmar Embassy.
Concert promoter Ismaya Live cited safety concerns as the reason for the …
As Syria’s civil war rages on, Israel worries about the consequences of chaos and bets that Bashar Assad’s forces are stretched too thin to retaliate
(BAGHDAD) — A series of attacks including a blast near an Internet cafe in a Sunni area of Baghdad killed nine people and wounded dozens on Sunday in and around the Iraqi capital.
The attacks came amid heightened sectarian tension following a deadly security crackdown on a camp in northern Iraq run by Sunnis, protesting what they …
(TRIPOLI, Libya) — Libya’s parliament has passed a law that bans government officials who held senior positions under Muammar Gaddafi from holding high-level posts.
The bill, dubbed the “Political Isolation Law”, could effectively dismiss many of Libya’s current leaders for having served under Gaddafi decades ago, regardless of …
(DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan) — Military operations and insurgent attacks in lawless districts of Pakistan left eight members of the security forces and around 30 militants and criminal suspects dead on Sunday, officials said.
Two soldiers and 16 militants were killed in clashes in the Tirah Valley area of the Khyber tribal region in …
(BEIRUT) — Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48 hours — an unprecedented escalation of Israeli involvement in the Syrian civil war.
Syria and its patron Iran hinted at possible retribution, though the …
