QUETTA, Pakistan — In the district of Bolan, the Jaffar Express was attacked by bomb blasts on the railway track. Which killed six and wounded 18 others, in the morning (local time).
According to a police official, the bomb blasts detonated one after another with an interval of 20 minutes, in the Bolan district of …
After the narrow win of the right-wing Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in the early parliamentary election, held on September 11, 2016, the negotiations on forming the new Croatian government are finally over. Two major partners in the new coalition governments will be HDZ and The Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST).
Residents and police officers on the scene of the horrific attack on a building in Mandera (Photo: ArmedPolitics/Richard Mbaya)
MANDERA, Kenya – Six people were killed in Kenya’s border town in Mandera when armed Al Shabaab militia attacked the town at 2:00am on Thursday morning.
The United Nations humanitarian chief concluded a three-day mission to Yemen by calling the massive demand for humanitarian aid “outrageous” for the 21st century.
NAIROBI, Kenya – The Kenyan government has strongly dismissed a report that shows Kenya’s police killed 121 people from January to August 2016, as reported by a Kenyan daily newspaper.
A landmark peace deal between the Colombian government and the country’s largest guerrilla group has been left in limbo after voters narrowly rejected it in a referendum.
The result saw the no vote win by 50.2% to 49.8%. The result shocked the government of Juan Manuel Santos, who has spent four years locked in an intense …
QUETTA, Pakistan – Four women were killed when a public transport bus was stopped and fired on by unknown assailants in the provincial capital of Balochistan. The shooting left a number of others wounded, including a young child.
The women died at the scene while the wounded were rushed to Bolan Medical Complex, and medical staff later …
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian government led by President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party is continuing its anti-corruption campaign by pursuing a number of corruption cases through the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). However some, particularly in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), have accused the APC of using the campaign as a means to clampdown …
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan – The Taliban claim they have entered Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan and have overrun security offices. Reports have been mixed as to how much of the city they have been able to seize but international agencies have reportedly begun to evacuate some of their staff.
The Afghanistan Interior Ministry reported that at least one policeman was …
An investigation carried out by Amnesty International has uncovered evidence suggesting the Sudanese government have repeatedly used chemical weapons against civilians over the past eight months. The use of such weapons is illegal under international law and regarded as a war crime.
