MOSCOW – A Chechen militant leader has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings on Moscow’s subway that killed 39 and wounded scores of others. Doku Umarov, who leads Islamic militants in Chechnya and nearby regions of Russia’s North Caucasus, says in a statement posted on a pro-rebel Web site that the attacks were an act [...]
As Russia grapples with the security crisis triggered by the Moscow bombings, top political figures find themselves no longer immune from the local media’s distrust and criticism. Within hours of Monday’s suicide bombings, the Moscow Metro stations affected were back in service. By the evening, at the Lubyanka station where the first bomb was detonated, [...]
Victims, some with bloody faces, fled Baghdad streets today after the deadliest attack on civilians this year. Two bombs killed 132 people, officials said.
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