Suicide bomber kills 3, injures several in Damascus
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) — A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden vehicle in the north of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring several others,...
View ArticleBritish soldier dies after attack in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A British soldier died on Tuesday after being critically injured in an attack in southern Afghanistan earlier this week, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said. It raises...
View ArticleUN appoints Swedish expert to probe chemical weapons use in Syria
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appointed Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom to head a fact-finding mission to investigate allegations that chemical...
View ArticleInsurgents kill NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Insurgents attacked coalition service members in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one of them, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force...
View ArticleAfghan, NATO forces kill 23 insurgents during hostage rescue
BARAKI BARAK, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — More than 20 insurgents were killed and two Afghan soldiers were rescued during a joint operation between Afghan and coalition forces, military officials said...
View ArticleMilitants attack power station in NW Pakistan, plunging city into darkness
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A group of suspected militants attacked a major power grid station in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing seven people and plunging large parts of Peshawar into...
View ArticleUN adopts landmark treaty regulating global arms trade
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to approve a global arms trade treaty that prohibits states from transferring conventional weapons, ranging...
View Article44 die as Taliban militants storm Afghan court
FARAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A group of Taliban militants stormed a court in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and injuring more than 90 others in an attempt to free...
View ArticleHelicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan kills 2 Americans
JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A coalition helicopter crashed in a field in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two American service members, the NATO-led International Security Assistance...
View ArticleAmbush in South Sudan kills 12 UN peacekeepers, staff members
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN (BNO NEWS) — Five Indian peacekeepers and seven UN staff members were killed Tuesday when unidentified gunmen ambushed a United Nations (UN) patrol in South Sudan, officials said,...
View ArticleRoadside bomb kills French soldier in northeast Mali
BAMAKO, MALI (BNO NEWS) — A French special forces soldier was killed Monday and two others were injured when a roadside bomb struck a light vehicle in northeast Mali, France’s defense ministry said. It...
View ArticleAfghan consulate employees among 8 killed in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least eight people killed, including two Afghan consulate workers, when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy in northwestern Pakistan, local authorities said Monday. No...
View ArticleSyrian Prime Minister survives car bomb attack
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) — A car bomb attack targeted Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi killed at least one person, local authorities said Monday. The attack took place in the western district of...
View ArticleRoadside bomb kills 3 foreign troops in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Three coalition service members were killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)...
View ArticleRemains found of 4 U.S. sailors who died in Vietnam War chopper crash
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The remains of four U.S. service members who went missing when their helicopter was shot down during a rescue operation over North Vietnam in 1967 have been recovered, the...
View ArticlePuntland forces execute 13 al-Shabaab militants by firing squad
GAROWE, SOMALIA (BNO NEWS) — Security forces in the semi-autonomous Somali state of Puntland have executed thirteen al-Shabaab militants by firing squad, a judicial source said on Wednesday, marking...
View Article‘Powerful’ bomb kills 3 British soldiers in southern Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Three British soldiers were killed Tuesday and six others were injured when their armored vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Britain’s Ministry...
View ArticleMilitants kill 3 police officers, 2 teens in southwest Russia
MAKHACHKALA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) — Two teenagers were killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded near a store in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, local authorities said. It came just hours after three...
View ArticleTaliban kill senior peace envoy in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A senior member of Afghanistan’s peace council was killed Wednesday when suspected Taliban insurgents ambushed his vehicle in the country’s south, local officials said....
View ArticleSeveral killed as security forces foil coup attempt in Chad
N’DJAMENA, CHAD (BNO NEWS) — At least several people were killed in a gun battle in the Chadian capital of N’Djamena late on Wednesday in what the government described as a failed coup attempt against...
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