Seven Taliban killed, 18 held in Afghanistan
Tweet Kabul: Seven Taliban militants have been killed, two injured and 18 detained as suspects since Saturday in joint operations launched by the Afghan forces backed by NATO-led coalition troops, the Afghan interior ministry said Sunday. “Afghan police, army and coalition forces launched nine joint operations in Kabul, Helmand, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia and Herat [...]
Tweet Brussels: The European Union's "growing fear" regarding Iran's nuclear programme Thursday prompted the 27-member bloc to slap fresh sanctions on 180 Iranian companies. "The council agreed to broaden existing sanctions by examining, in close coordination with international partners, additional measures including measures aimed at severely affecting the Iranian financial system, in the transport sector, [...]
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Tweet Baghdad: At least 10 people were killed and 45 others injured in three back-to-back bombings in the Iraqi port city of Basra, police said. A roadside bomb exploded at the crowded al-Haramiya market, and while local people and police rushed to the scene to help the injured, another roadside bomb and a motorcycle bomb [...]
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Tweet Tehran: At least 15 people were killed and many more were injured as two powerful explosions hit a military base Saturday southwest of capital Tehran, Xinhua quoted the local media as stating. The blasts occurred in an ammunition depot of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Bidganeh village in the northern Alborz province, [...]
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Tweet Ankara: At least 18 buildings, including two hotels, collapsed in Turkey's Van province after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday night, officials said. The quake jolted the province at 9.23 p.m., according to Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute. Many people were trapped under the collapsed buildings and rescue workers were still searching through [...]
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Tweet Athens: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived Saturday a crucial parliamentary confidence vote, RIA Novosti reported. A total of 153 lawmakers, including all MPs from Papandreou's parliamentary faction and one former faction member, backed the government. Out of 298 MPs who took part in Saturday's vote, 145 voted to dissolve Papandreou's Cabinet. Ahead of [...]
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Tweet Baghdad: Two car bombs exploded in Iraq in quick succession Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring 16, Xinhua reported. The first car bomb was detonated around 8.45 a.m. outside a government office in Derizliyah district in the northern city of Mosul, about 400 km from Baghdad. The second car bomb went off [...]
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Tweet Baghdad: At least 14 people were killed and 59 wounded in car bomb attacks in Baghdad Wednesday, authorities said. "A total of 14 people were killed and 59 wounded by the attacks on three Baghdad police stations," an interior ministry source told Xinhua. The first attack occurred at about 8.20 a.m. when a suicide [...]
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Tweet Baghdad: At least five people were killed Thursday night when two bombs exploded in quick succession in the Iraqi capital, Xinhua reported. The first explosion hit a passing car, while the second one went off when people rushed to help the victims of the first blast. The explosions took place in Autafiya district of [...]
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Tweet Baghdad: At least six people were killed in two back-to-back roadside bomb blasts near the Iraqi capital Baghdad late Sunday, Xinhua reported. Two members of the Sunni paramilitary group "the Awakening Council" were killed when their car detonated a roadside bomb in Al-Nibaie area, some 50 km north of Baghdad. A second roadside bomb [...]
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