63 killed, hundreds injured at Afghan wedding suicide blast

By Reuters,

A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a packed wedding reception in the Afghan capital, the interior ministry said on Sund...

Afghan , Taliban , United States

Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in

By VOA,

Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...

Aid workers , Kidnappings , Thomson Reuters Foundation , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children

By VOA,

More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...

Afghanistan , Conflicts , somalia , The United Nations (UN)

Attacks on security forces in Pakistan kill 10 soldiers

By Reuters,

At least 10 soldiers have been killed in separate attacks within hours on Pakistan security forces. A military vehicle was ambushed and six soldier...

Afghanistan border , Baluchistan , Pakistan forces , U.S

Sentencing for Akasha brothers postponed to August 16, Nov 8

By Karanja Morgan,

The Southern District of New York Court has postponed the sentencing of Baktash Akasha and his brother Ibrahim Akasha to August 16, 2019 and November ...

Akasha brothers , Baktash Akasha Abdalla , Ibrahim Akasha , Mombasa , New York , nyali

Three bombs kill 15 in Afghan capital as U.S. general visits

By Reuters,

Three bombs rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, as the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of St...

Afghan capital , three bombs , U.S

Trump: I could win Afghan war ”in a week, I just don’t want to kill 10 milllion people”

By CNN,

President Donald Trump said the US has made "a lot of progress" toward ending the war in Afghanistan in negotiations with the Taliban in recent weeks ...

Afghanistan , Trump , US War

Taliban car bomb kills at least 12 in attack on Afghan security compound

By Reuters,

Taliban Islamist fighters killed at least eight Afghan security force members and four civilians, as well as wounding more than 50 civilians, by blowi...

Afghan Security Force , National Directorate of Security (NDS) , Taliban

Gun battle ends in Afghan capital after Taliban blast wounds 105

By Reuters,

Afghan security forces killed five Taliban gunmen who stormed a building in Kabul on Monday after detonating a bomb-laden truck that wounded at least ...

Afghan forces , Mike Pompeo , Taliban , Zabihullah Mujahid

UN Drug Report: Opioid use booming as Tramadol crisis emerges in Africa

By VOA,

Synthetic opioid use is booming, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a worldwide drug report that showed deaths in the United States from overdose...

africa , opium , UN Drug report

Poor nations hosting most refugees worldwide, need more Western help: U.N.

By Reuters,

Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million ...

Global Trends , refugees , UNHCR , United Nations

Blasts kill soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan

By VOA,

Authorities in Pakistan say a roadside bombing Friday near the Afghan border killed at least four soldiers and injured four others, while two separate...

Afghan war , Pakistan - Afghan border

Australian journalists fear for press freedom after two police raids

By CNN,

Two police raids in two days on Australia's national broadcaster and a prominent journalist have raised concerns about press freedom in the country. ...

ABC police raid , Australia , press freedon

WHO counts down Africa polio clock despite fears of new outbreak

By Reuters,

Africa could be declared free of endemic “wild” polio early next year if a strain last seen in Nigeria almost three years ago does not resurface, ...

Polio

Coalition airstrike kills 17 Afghan policemen in Helmand.

By VOA,

A local security official requesting anonymity Friday confirmed to VOA the casualties, saying the deadly strike occurred just outside the provincial c...

Afghan Taliban , Afghanistan , Helmand province , U.s support military

Female Afghan TV Journalist Shot Dead in Kabul

By VOA,

Afghan officials say a former prominent female television journalist in Afghanistan has been killed in Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Ra...

Week-long US-Taliban talks end without breakthrough

By VOA,

The Taliban and the United States on Thursday concluded weeklong negotiations in Qatar but reported no significant progress on peace efforts in Afghan...

Pope defends migrants during trip to immigration-adverse Bulgaria

By Reuters,

Pope Francis said on Monday the plight of suffering immigrants and refugees was “the cross of humanity,” taking up their case for the second conse...

bulgaria , Immigration , Pope Francis

Taliban suicide bomber leads attack on an Afghan police HQ, 20 injured

By Reuters,

At least 20 people were injured after a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee and blew himself up at the police headquarters in the...

Afghan , suicide bomber , Taliban , Zabihullah Mujahid

Russia, Iran maneuver for influence in Syria

By VOA,

Once-hidden Russian-Iranian disagreements over Syria are starting to surface. Moscow and Tehran are jostling to wield the main influence over the gove...