A factory explosion in eastern China early Sunday killed at least 16 people and injured 43, state-run media reported.
Factory blast in China kills at least 16
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41 killed in attack on Turkish wedding party
An attack Monday on a wedding party in Turkey’s southeastern Mardin province killed at least 41 people, according to the office of Mardin’s governor, Mehmet Kiliclar.
Pakistan kills 80 in assault on Taliban
Pakistani armed forces have killed 80 militants since launching an assault on a region recently held by the Taliban, the military announced Sunday. Three soldiers have been killed and eight wounded in the crackdown in the Buner district in the northwest of the country, the military statement said. The Pakistani offensive started in the province last Sunday, after Taliban militants moved into Buner, a move that alarmed U.S
Pakistan kills more militants in new action
Pakistani security forces say they have killed at least 16 militants overnight in the country’s volatile tribal region. This appears to be separate from the hostilities in the military’s week-long crackdown in northwestern Pakistan against a Taliban militant advance in the country’s North West Frontier Province. However, this reflects the tensions in the region and could signal a spread of fighting resulting from the crackdown.
Attacks kill at least 60 at Shiite shrine in Baghdad
At least two suicide attackers killed 60 or more people Friday near a Shiite shrine in Baghdad, according to an official with Iraq’s Interior Ministry.
At least 18 killed in China mine explosion
An explosion at a detonator and dynamite warehouse at a coal mine in central China killed at least 18 people on Friday, according to Xinhua.
Suicide bomber kills 9 in Iraq
A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest killed at least nine people and injured 31 others Saturday in Iraq’s interior, officials said.
At least 20 feared dead in Pakistan mosque blast
A suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan has killed at least 20 people, according to local police.
Suspected U.S. attack kills 12 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 12 people in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday morning, local political and military sources said.
Suburban ‘tsunami’ kills 77 in Jakarta
Rescuers widened the search for victims Saturday in the aftermath of a flash flood that killed at least 77 people in Indonesia’s capital.