A man held over a recent fatal attack on US consular staff in Mexico confesses to participating in the murders, officials say. Read More Confession over US mission attack
Ten Afghan civilians were killed and seven others were wounded in a suicide attack Sunday in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a provincial spokesman said.
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At least 39 people have died after two suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The co-ordinated strike was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm. Six…
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The timing of the Kabul attack, just after direct India-Pakistan talks resumed, and the targeting of Indians, raises questions over who ordered the bombing and with what motives Afghan National Army soldiers carry a victim from the site of a blast in Kabul Photograph: Staff/Reuters Thomas Ruttig of the was staying near the site of [...]