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Car bombs kill nine in Baghdad
Apr 19th
BAGHDAD: Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-packed cars outside Baghdad”s heavily fortified Green Zone, killing at least nine people and wounding 23, officials said. The blasts marked the start of a violent day in the Iraqi capital, where two mo…
Gunmen, bombs kill six in Iraq
Apr 17th
BAGHDAD: Bombs and gunmen killed six people in Iraq on Sunday, four of them from the same family, security sources said. The four family members — parents and two daughters in their 20s — were all shot in the head overnight by gunmen who spared a thi…
Six police stabbed, 34 hurt in Jordan
Apr 15th
AMMAN: Police on Friday fired tear gas to disperse a demonstration by Islamist Salafists in the northern city of Zarqa after six policemen were stabbed and another 34 were also injured, spokesman Mohammad Khatib told AFP. “Forty policemen were injured,…
Karachi violence on rise; 5 shot dead
Apr 13th
KARACHI: A clash of two groups in Ayub Goath area over wall chalking and hoisting party flags has sent the situation in tension and chaos as the scuffle followed indiscriminate firing, Geo News reported Wednesday. As many as five persons have been kill…
Nine dead in Iraq attacks
Apr 13th
BAGHDAD: Nine people were killed, including four policemen, from violence in and around Baghdad on Tuesday, security and hospital sources said. Among those killed was a police colonel, while more than a dozen people were wounded in the attacks. Two of …
Iran, al Qaeda will exploit Arab unrest: Pentagon
Apr 7th
Gates arrived in Baghdad late on Wednesday after a short stop in Saudi Arabia.
16 gunned down in ongoing Karachi violence
Mar 21st
KARACHI: At least 16 people have been killed, including a policeman, in separate incidents of firing in many parts of the metropolitan city during last 24 hours, sending the affected areas in grip of tension.
According to police, six people were injur…
14 gunned down in ongoing Karachi violence
Mar 21st
KARACHI: At least 14 people have been killed, including a policeman, in separate incidents of firing in many parts of the metropolitan city in last 24 hours, sending the affected areas in grip of tension.
According to police, six people were injured w…
10 more dead in ongoing Karachi violence
Mar 21st
KARACHI: Ten people have been killed, including a policeman, in separate incidents of firing in many parts of the metropolitan city since last night, sending the affected areas in grip of tension.
According to police, six people were injured when unkn…
From Federal B area to Kharadar: Killers on motorcycles hit over 12 men in a day
Mar 21st
Hand grenades lobbed at two MQM offices.
