23 people killed in Afghanistan crash
KABUL: An Afghan spokesman says 23 people were killed when a passenger van and a fuel tanker collided in western Afghanistan. Raouf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial police chief in western Herat province, said the crash happened today morning. He said four other people were injured in the... read more »
Six dead in Paris suburb building explosion
BOBIGNY(France): Six people were killed when an explosion ripped through an apartment building outside Paris, reducing half a residential block to rubble, emergency services have said. The bodies of a child described as around 10 years old, a boy aged 14-18 and two women were recovered from the... read more »
ISIS recruits planning 26/11-type attack in UK
An ISIS attack on Europe is not just a wild fantasy of Islamic State militants anymore. Various world leaders and intelligence agencies are acknowledging the threat that the militant group, earlier present only in parts of Syria and Iraq, pose to the continent and the US. British intelligence... read more »
Israel claims nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land near Bethlehem
JERUSALEM: Israel laid claim on Sunday to nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land in a Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem — a step that could herald significant Israeli construction in the area — defying Palestinian demands for a halt in settlement expansion. Peace Now, an Israeli group that... read more »
