Indonesian police Saturday were studying DNA evidence from the remains of two suicide bombers who carried out twin attacks on luxury Jakarta hotels, as security was tightened across the country. Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated powerful devices at the Ritz-Carlton …
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Nearly 300 immigrants feared dead off Indian coast
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian Coast Guard rescued two people off India’s east coast during a search for more than 300 illegal immigrants missing for the past four days and feared dead, police said Tuesday. At least 10 bodies …
Nation in shock after deadly disco stampede – Tanzania
The nation was in deep shock and mourning yesterday, following the news of a horrendous disco hall stampede during the Eid el Fitr celebrations in Tabora town on Wednesday evening, in which 19 children perished and 16 others were hospitalised. …
Deadly blast targets Marriott Hotel in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A suicide truck bombing destroyed the packed Marriott Hotel, near the Parliament building and the prime minister’s home, in the city of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday night. The attack killed at least 40 people and wounded …
16 are killed in attack on U.S. Embassy in Yemen
Heavily armed militants opened fire on the United States Embassy in Sana, Yemen, on Wednesday and detonated a car bomb at its gates, in an attack that left at least 16 people dead including six of the attackers, Yemeni officials …