Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslim scholars have described as Islamaphobic, President Yoweri Museveni’s comments about last Saturday’s bombing at a pork joint in Komamboga, Kampala district. Addressing the country on Thursday about the Covid-19 pandemic and the security situation, Museveni appeared to suggest that those who attacked revelers at Komamboga …
Read More »Most Americans killed in Kabul airport attack were 9/11 babies: media
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Twelve of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Thursday’s Kabul airport bombing were 9/11 babies, according to local media reports. The Pentagon released their names and biographies on Saturday. They were born within a few years of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, which …
Read More »Trump backs off threat to bomb Iran’s cultural sites
Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his earlier insistence that he has the right to order the bombing of Iran’s cultural treasures during a war. Facing strong criticism that such attacks would be a war crime, Trump said he was “OK” with …
Read More »Turkish military plane arrives to evacuate Mogadishu bomb victims
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | A Turkish military plane arrived in Mogadishu on Sunday to evacuate those gravely wounded in a devastating bombing that killed 79 people and overwhelmed local health services, in the latest attack on a city dogged by insecurity. The aircraft also brought doctors to help treat …
Read More »Libya planning to extradite Manchester bomber’s brother: PM
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Libya is planning to extradite the brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi to Britain by the end of the year, Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj told the BBC in an interview on Wednesday. Britain last year submitted a request to extradite Hashem …
Read More »Death sentence for man convicted of Somalia’s deadliest bombing
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | A Somali military court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of carrying out an October truck bombing that killed over 500 people, the deadliest attack in the nation’s history. Colonel Hassan Ali Shute found 23-year-old Hassan Adan Isaq guilty of …
Read More »Pentagon ready to increase support for Somalia after bomb
Washington, United States | AFP | The US military said Monday it is ready to boost its support for the Somali government after close to 300 people were killed in a massive truck bomb in Mogadishu. “We will be prepared to support the government of Somalia when they ask,” a …
Read More »Five questions about the Somalia bomb
Paris, France | AFP | A massive truck bomb in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday killed at least 276 people and left 300 injured. Following are five questions about the attack, the bloodiest in the country’s long history of violence and instability. – What was the target? – The …
Read More »Turkey offers medical help as others condemn Somalia bombing
Paris, France | AFP | Britain, Turkey and the African Union on Sunday strongly condemned the weekend suicide bombing in Somalia, the worst attack to date with at least 137 deaths. Saturday’s blast occurred at a junction in Hodan, a bustling commercial district of the capital Mogadishu which has many …
Read More »World leaders condemn Somalia bombing ‘in strongest terms’
Paris, France | AFP | World leaders from the United States, Britain and France on Sunday strongly condemned the weekend suicide bombing in Somalia, the worst attack in the country to date with at least 137 deaths. Saturday’s blast occurred at a junction in Hodan, a bustling commercial district of …
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