QUETTTA, Pakistan — The death toll from a bombing in southwestern Pakistan as people celebrated the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday rose to 54 after two critically wounded patients died in hospitals overnight, officials said Saturday. A suspected suicide bomber or bombers blew themselves up Friday among a crowd in the Mastung district. It was one of … Read more
The Swedish government says it will have its military carry out some duties to free up police in the wake of an unprecedented crime wave ByThe Associated Press September 29, 2023, 11:08 AM Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, and Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer attend a press conference after a meeting with National Police … Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — The odd gadget attracts curious onlookers all over the place. From the surface, it resembles little greater than a big black field on a tripod. Inside lies its magic: a hand-made wood digital camera and darkroom in a single. As a small crowd gathers across the field digital camera, pictures of magnificence and … Read more
BAGHDAD — Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its residents from a camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of 1000’s of individuals, largely wives and youngsters of Islamic State fighters but in addition supporters of the militant group. It’s a transfer that Baghdad hopes will scale back cross-border militant threats and finally result in shutting … Read more
Locals have reported the kidnapping of 42 girls throughout an assault by Islamic extremist rebels in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state ByHARUNA UMAR Related Press August 23, 2023, 10:10 PM MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — At the very least 42 girls have been kidnapped by Islamic extremist rebels throughout an assault in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, locals informed … Read more
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus stated Wednesday it dismantled a prison human smuggling ring liable for bringing boatloads of Syrian migrants from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. The jap Mediterranean island nation has seen virtually day by day migrant boat arrivals in latest days. Cypriot police stated three months of investigative work resulted within the arrest of … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Greater than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan authorities officers and safety forces have taken place because the Taliban took over the nation two years in the past, in line with a U.N. report launched Tuesday. The teams most focused by the Taliban have been former military, police and intelligence forces, in line … Read more
JARANWALA, Pakistan — Police in japanese Pakistan arrested 129 Muslims in a single day after a Muslim mob angered over an alleged desecration of the Quran attacked church buildings and houses of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon troopers to revive order, officers mentioned Thursday. The Christians residing within the metropolis of Jaranwala within the … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s authorities statistics company has acknowledged it needed to pay gangs to enter some cities to do census work final 12 months. Nationwide Statistics Institute Assistant Director Susana Pérez Cadena instructed a congressional committee Thursday that employees additionally had been pressured to rent criminals with a view to perform some census interviews. … Read more
Authorities in Ecuador say the mayor of the nation’s third largest metropolis has been slain in a capturing that killed one different individual and wounded 4 extra, together with two suspected attackers QUITO, Ecuador — The mayor of Ecuador’s third largest metropolis was slain Sunday in a capturing that killed one different individual and wounded … Read more