“A suicide bomb in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least a dozen civilians and five U.S. troops on Tuesday — a bloody strike claimed by the Taliban and deplored by the NATO coalition. The blast, which occurred on a busy road near a NATO-led military convoy and a registration center for the Afghan Army, rocked an [...]
“At least eight people have been killed as Thai security forces declared a ‘live firing zone’ in downtown Bangkok on Saturday following days of deadly clashes with anti-government protesters. Saturday’s fatality takes the total number of deaths to 25 since a government-backed clampdown on protesters exploded into violence on Thursday. More than 150 people have [...]
“Violence erupted during anti-government protests in Thailand Thursday as one demonstrator was killed and a key protest leader was shot in the head while being interviewed by journalists. Tension soared amid the sound of explosions and gunfire and an anarchic mob atmosphere in downtown Bangkok’s Lumpini Park, where protesters had massed. Video footage showed one [...]
“A bomb exploded Thursday night near a prison in Athens, Greece, police said. Only one slight injury was reported. The bomb was placed outside the Zalaxias supermarket about 660 feet (200 meters) from the Korydallos prison, authorities said.”
“At least eight people were killed Thursday when assailants attacked workers sent to repair a mobile-phone tower about 80 kilometers south of Dagestan’s capital, Makhachkala, officials said. A bomb blast hit a police-escorted vehicle carrying the workers sent to fix a communications tower that had been damaged in a sabotage attack overnight, the Prosecutor General’s [...]