by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2010 | Middle East
ADEN, Yemen, (Reuters) – A soldier has been killed in an ambush in south Yemen, an official said on Sunday, after secessionists captured another two soldiers and demanded the release of two southern leaders in government detention. The soldier died on Saturday...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2010 | Middle East
BAGHDAD (AP) – Two bombs exploded minutes apart Sunday near buses carrying Christian students in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing at least one bystander and injuring around 100 others, a security official said. Sunni Muslim insurgents have frequently...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2010 | Middle East
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Gaza’s Hamas government is unable to pay its 32,000 employees in full for the second straight month, an official said Sunday, signaling the Islamic militants are facing a cash crunch. Deputy Finance Minister Ismail Mahfouz said...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2010 | Middle East
KALAYA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistani warplanes bombed Taliban positions in the northwest on Sunday, killing at least 19 militants, a government official said. Government forces have stepped up offensives in the Orakzai and Khyber regions on the Afghan border...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2010 | Middle East
KABUL (AP) – Civilian casualties are rising in Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO reinforcements stream into the country as part of a military buildup to combat the resurgent Taliban, the Interior Ministry said Sunday. There have been 173 civilian deaths in violence...