China beefs up security in Xinjiang after multiple blasts
Beijing: Stepping up security in restive Xinjiang province after a series of blasts in the provincial capital Urumqi, China has asked the local administration to severely punish the “terrorists” responsible for the attack. At least 31 people were killed and 90 others injured in the... read more »
25 killed in Yemen army clashes with Shia rebels
SANAA: Eleven Yemeni soldiers and 14 Shia Huthi rebels were killed on Tuesday during clashes in a stronghold of the insurgents in the north of the country, medics said. Dozens of other combatants were wounded in the gunfight that erupted on the western outskirts of Amran city, the medics at Amran... read more »
Report: 7 killed in central China knife attack
BEIJING — A Chinese state news agency says a man stabbed seven people to death in a village in a central province. The China News Service said the attack occurred at 4 a.m. Wednesday in the county of Lushan in Henan province. It says the attacker was captured.The report says the attack was... read more »
Gunmen kill three policemen at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University
CAIRO: Gunmen killed three policemen on Monday night at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, security sources said, a week before a presidential election former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win. The assailants stepped out of two cars and opened fire on a security checkpoint just... read more »
