by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2010 | Middle East
KABUL (AP) – NATO is investigating an Afghan official’s accusation that a military convoy killed two women and a child in a car in a southeastern province. A spokesman for the governor of Zabul province says NATO forces opened fire Friday after the driver...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2010 | Middle East
MINGORA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed five people in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Saturday, police said, fuelling fears of a Taliban comeback in the area a year after a major army offensive routed the group. Pakistan says a series of security...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2010 | Middle East
MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Two explosions at a mosque in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday killed 39 worshippers, wounded scores more and hurt a senior member of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels. It was the second attack this week on a mosque in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2010 | Middle East
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi authorities say gunmen have robbed a jewelry store in northern Baghdad and killed its owner. As they were making their escape, a car bomb exploded nearby, killing three policemen who were responding to the robbery. In addition to the dead,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2010 | Middle East
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Syria’s foreign minister has compared U.S. accusations that Damascus is sending weapons to Hezbollah to Washington’s pre-war claims against Iraq. Walid al-Moallem said it is U.S. weapons going to Israel that are destabilizing...
