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Taliban suicide attack kills one at police HQ

Taliban suicide attack kills one at police HQ

Reuters, Kabul :An Islamist Taliban suicide bomber attacked police headquarters in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding six, police and the insurgents said.A second explosion in the centre...

Demonstrators support the families of the missing students in the main square in Mexico City on Saturday.

Protests in Mexico after claims of Guerrero student deaths

BBC Online :Hundreds of protesters in the Mexican state of Guerrero have attacked government buildings in the capital, Chilpancingo, burning cars.They accused the government of involvement in the murder of 43 students in the...

Mexico gang suspects confess to students death

Mexico gang suspects confess to students death

Al-Jazeera.com :Suspected gang members in Mexico have confessed to killing more than 40 missing students and burning their remains, Mexico’s chief prosecutor has said.Three Guerreros Unidos gang members confessed to killing the male students...

Israeli border policeman shoots tear gas during clashes with Palestinians, as Israeli police limited the access to Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem.

Clashes erupt in East Jerusalem

Al-Jazeera.com :Israel has deployed more than 1,300 police across occupied East Jerusalem to prevent violence after days of clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.Al Jazeera’s Imtiaz Tyab, reporting from the Old City, said there...

Anti-govt protesters killed in Egypt

Anti-govt protesters killed in Egypt

Al-Jazeera.com :At least two people have been killed in the latest anti-governement protests in Egypt.Violence erupted in the province of Fayoum, south of the capital Cairo, after supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi staged...

A woman grieves during a memorial ceremony marking the first anniversary of Super Typhoon Haiyan, at a mass grave in the village of Vasper, Tacloban City, central Philippines.

Philippines marks Typhoon Haiyan

BBC Online :Thousands of people have taken part in a memorial walk on the anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan which ravaged central parts of the Philippines a year ago.Crowds marched through the city of Tacloban...

US to deploy 1,500 addl troops to Iraq

US to deploy 1,500 addl troops to Iraq

Al-Jazeera.com :US President Barack Obama has authorised the deployment of up to 1,500 additional troops to Iraq in order to help train and advise government and Kurdish forces fighting the armed Islamic State of...

Houthi expansion puts Yemen on edge of civil war

Houthi expansion puts Yemen on edge of civil war

Reuters, Sanaa :An advance into Yemen’s Sunni Muslim heartland by Shi’ite Houthi fighters has galvanised support for al Qaeda among some Sunnis, deepening the religious hue of the country’s many conflicts, with potential consequences...

A girl inspects damage of collapsed buildings after US-led air strike on Kafar Joum village in West Aleppo.

US launches fresh strikes on Khorasan group in Syria

Reuters, Washington :The United States said it conducted air strikes on Wednesday night against the so-called Khorasan group, an al Qaeda-linked militant faction based in Syria, and said the group was plotting to attack...