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Airstrike in Syria kills senior official in al-Qaida affiliate, CENTCOM says
An airstrike conducted by U.S. Central Command forces on Saturday in Northwest Syria killed a senior official in an al-Qaida affiliate, CENTCOM announced Sunday. CENTCOM described the operative as a senior finance and logistics official in the al-Qaida affiliate organization Hurras al-Din. The strike comes three days after an airstrike by Iraqi Security Forces in…
Read MoreWorld’s ‘first openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world’s first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims. He was killed on Saturday morning after the car in which he was travelling near the…
Read More2-year-old girl, mother die from injuries in Munich car attack
A 2-year-old girl and her mother have died after they were injured in the car-ramming attack on a labor union demonstration in Munich, police said Saturday. A 24-year-old Afghan man who came to Germany as an asylum-seeker was arrested immediately after the attack on Thursday. Prosecutors said Friday that he appears to have had an…
Read MoreKnife Attack Suspect in Austria Was Inspired by ISIS, Official Says
One person was killed and five others wounded in stabbings in the center of the town of Villach. A man from Syria was arrested at the scene. A Syrian asylum seeker who the Austrian authorities said killed a teenager and wounded five other people in a knife attack in Villach, Austria, was inspired by the…
Read MoreRwanda-backed M23 rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo’s mineral-rich east
Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order after it was abandoned by Congolese forces. The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups that includes the M23, said in a statement that its fighters…
Read MoreUS service member, three contractors killed in Philippines aircraft crash
One U.S. military service member and three defense contractors were killed on Thursday when their aircraft crashed in the Philippines. In a statement, the U.S. military said the aircraft, which was contracted by the U.S. military, had been carrying out intelligence and surveillance support. It did not say why the crash occurred or what type…
Read MoreSyrians and Bosnian among victims of gunman’s attack on Swedish school
Syrians and a Bosnian were among the 10 victims of a gunman who carried out the worst shooting in Swedish history, at a school in Orebro on Tuesday. It was the first information about those murdered, and it came from two embassies rather than police, who said only that there were victims of a number…
Read MoreHundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
Hundreds of women were raped and burned alive during the chaos after a Rwandan-backed rebel group entered the Congolese city of Goma last week. The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak, according to a senior UN official. The deputy head of the UN peacekeeping force based…
Read MoreRebels in Congo capture town despite ceasefire, sources say
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of the town of Nyabibwe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday – an apparent violation of a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week. The capture of Nyabibwe, some 70 km (40 miles) north of the provincial capital Bukavu, takes them a…
Read MorePalestinian gunman kills Israeli soldiers as UN warns over W Bank operation
Israel’s military says two soldiers have been killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, as its forces continue a major operation against Palestinian armed groups in the north of the territory. Another eight soldiers were wounded when a Palestinian gunman opened fire at a checkpoint in Tayasir village, 2km (1.2 miles) north…
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