Grieving worshippers Wednesday described desperately trying to shelter their children against a hail of gunfire in Kabul that killed at least 18 people gathering to mark Ashura, one of the most important festivals of the Shiite calendar. Witnesses said gunmen entered the Karte Sakhi shrine near Kabul University late Tuesday, ...
A female suicide bomber killed at least eight people when she detonated her explosives in a taxi in Maiduguri, the capital of northeast Borno state in Nigeria, emergency services said Wednesday. “About eight persons lost their lives, 15 injured persons were evacuated to specialist and teaching hospitals,” the National Emergency ...