Human Rights Watch accuses Syrian government forces of committing war crimes in the province of Idlib as the 12 April ceasefire approached.
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Syria army ‘committed war crimes’
KABUL — Scores of Taliban fighters were killed Tuesday evening as they attempted to storm a small U.S. outpost along the Pakistani border and were driven back by American soldiers, according to U.S. military officials in the province. The insurgents launched the attack by firing rocket-propelled grenades and rifles from the grounds of two Islamic schools near Combat Outpost Margah, in eastern Afghanistan’s volatile Paktika province. The company of American soldiers stationed there fired back as large groups of fighters moved toward the base from a wadi, or valley, to the west, U.S. military officials said. Read full article > >
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Taliban fighters driven back, killed in attack on U.S. base
Syrian security forces reportedly kill seven civilians in the province of Homs, as authorities continue to try to quell protests against President Assad’s rule.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight NATO service members were killed Thursday in Afghanistan, including seven U.S. troops who died when a powerful bomb exploded in a field where they were patrolling on foot, officials said. Two Afghan policemen also died and two others were wounded in the explosion in the mountainous Shorabak district of Kandahar province, 12 miles (19 kilometers) from the Pakistan border, said Gen. Abdul Raziq, chief of the Afghan border police in the province. “Two months ago, we cleared this area of terrorists, but still they are active there,” Raziq said. Read full article > >
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7 US troops among 8 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
Security guards in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut fired on a group of protesters on Wednesday calling for the province’s governor to step down, killing at least three.
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Police Fire on Protesters in Iraq
CCTV cameras captured the moment the bus collided with a lorry in the province of Isparta in Turkey.
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VIDEO: CCTV captures dramatic bus crash
Heavy flooding has left at least 50 people dead and hundreds homeless in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province as residents continue to battle adverse weather conditions that have plagued the country since mid-December, authorities said Friday.
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South Africa flooding leaves 50 dead
Heavy rains and flooding in the Philippines kill two people, displace thousands and see the province of Albay designated a calamity zone.
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Thousands flee Philippine floods
Pakistan’s security agencies are “definitely” involved in extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, the province’s chief minister tells the BBC.
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Killings claim in Pakistan region
Eighty people were killed in clashes with NATO and Afghan forces in Paktika province, a spokesman for the province’s governor said Saturday.
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At least 80 killed in Afghan clash
7 US troops among 8 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
