26 civilians, 2 US troops dead after Afghan raid on Taliban
By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR SHAH U.S. and Afghan forces came under fire on Thursday while targeting senior Taliban commanders during a joint operation in northern Kunduz province, calling in…
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Naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan sought in NYC blast
By JAKE PEARSON and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Police released a photo of a 28-year-old immigrant wanted for questioning Monday in bombings that rocked a Manhattan neighborhood and a New Jersey…
Wave of bombings in Syria claimed by IS kill at least 48
By SARAH EL DEEB The Islamic State group launched a series of suicide bombings and other attacks across Syria on Monday, killing at least 48 people as it targeted government-held…
Young suicide bomber attacks Turkey wedding party; 51 dead
By CINAR KIPER An Islamic State group suicide bomber as young as 12 years old attacked an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people and…
Russian warplanes take off from Iran to target IS in Syria
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and BASSEM MROUE Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry…
The Latest: Breakaway Taliban faction claims Quetta bombing
The Latest on the bombing at a hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta (all times local):6 p.m. A breakaway faction of the Taliban in Pakistan has claimed responsibility…
Former KKK member convicted in deadly bombing up for parole
By JAY REEVES Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. was a young Ku Klux Klansman with a reputation for hating blacks in 1963, when a bomb ripped a hole in the side…
No exit: Safety failures turned Baghdad bombing into inferno
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Dozens of men were watching a soccer match at the “Smile” cafe when the blast hit in the street below. Within minutes, a fire…