In the central province of Salahudin, IS militants attacked late on April 24 a joint checkpoint of the police and paramilitary tribal fighters in the town of Yathrib, some 70 km north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, Mohammed al-Bazi from the provincial police command told Xinhua. Two policemen and a tribal fighter were killed in the attack which also resulted in the injury of a policeman, al-Bazi said, adding the security forces launched a search operation in the area for the attackers. In a separate incident, three federal policemen, including a colonel, were wounded on April 25 morning in the northern province of Kirkuk when a roadside bomb exploded in al-Rashad area in the southwest of the namesake provincial capital, some 250 km north of Baghdad, Taha Ahmed from the provincial police told Xinhua. The security forces rushed to the scene and launched an investigation into the incident which is believed to be carried out by IS sleeper cells in the area, Ahmed said. The security situation … [Read more...] about 3 security personnel killed, 4 injured in IS attacks in Iraq
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Three Vietnamese tourists, guide killed by Egypt roadside bomb
Viet Nam News CAIRO - Three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian tour guide were killed on Friday (local time) when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said. A statement by Egypt’s public prosecutor’s office said 11 other tourists from Vietnam were wounded along with the Egyptian bus driver when the homemade device exploded at 6.15pm (11.15pm on Friday, Hà Nội time). The improvised explosive device was placed near a wall along the Mariyutiya Street in Al-Haram district near the Giza Pyramids, the statement said. Armed security personnel quickly deployed to the site and cordoned off the area for inspection. The white tourist bus could be seen with its windows shattered and surrounded by soot-covered debris. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli was set to visit the injured tourists in hospital after following up with his ministers on the incident, a government statement said. Madbouli … [Read more...] about Three Vietnamese tourists, guide killed by Egypt roadside bomb
Chemical inspectors await all clear to begin work in Syria’s Douma
Chemical inspectors await all-clear to begin work in Syria's Douma, photo AFP The suspected Apr 7 gas attack on Douma, near Damascus, reportedly left more than 40 people dead and was blamed by Western powers on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In response, the United States, France and Britain conducted missile strikes on Syrian military installations, but Paris admitted on Tuesday they were a matter of "honour" that had solved nothing. Syrian Ambassador Bashar Jaafari told a meeting of the UN Security Council that the team of experts would begin work on Wednesday once they receive the all-clear from the security detail. "If this United Nations security team decides that the situation is sound in Douma then the fact-finding mission will begin its work in Douma tomorrow," Jaafari told the council in New York. The Syrian state news agency SANA earlier reported that the international experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had entered … [Read more...] about Chemical inspectors await all clear to begin work in Syria’s Douma
Man drives into crowd in Germany, at least two dead
Plumes of smoke from the 50th floor of Trump Tower were seen as the fire was put out by the New York Fire Department. (Photo: AFP) Images of the scene showed broken and upturned tables and chairs strewn across the pavement in the centre of the picturesque medieval city of Muenster. While stressing that the investigation was still ongoing, state interior minister Herbert Reul said the perpetrator was believed to be a German citizen "and not, as has been claimed everywhere, a refugee or something like that". "There is no indication at the moment that there is any Islamist connection," said Reul, who is from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats. At least 20 people were injured, six of them seriously, police said. The assailant was found shot dead behind the wheel of his van. The police said that "a potentially suspicious object" had been found in the vehicle that might possibly be an explosive, and experts had been called in to deactivate it. Media reports said the driver, … [Read more...] about Man drives into crowd in Germany, at least two dead
Man drives into crowd in Germany, at least 2 dead
Plumes of smoke from the 50th floor of Trump Tower were seen as the fire was put out by the New York Fire Department. (Photo: AFP) Images of the scene showed broken and upturned tables and chairs strewn across the pavement in the centre of the picturesque medieval city of Muenster. While stressing that the investigation was still ongoing, state interior minister Herbert Reul said the perpetrator was believed to be a German citizen "and not, as has been claimed everywhere, a refugee or something like that". "There is no indication at the moment that there is any Islamist connection," said Reul, who is from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats. At least 20 people were injured, six of them seriously, police said. The assailant was found shot dead behind the wheel of his van. The police said that "a potentially suspicious object" had been found in the vehicle that might possibly be an explosive, and experts had been called in to deactivate it. Media reports said the driver, … [Read more...] about Man drives into crowd in Germany, at least 2 dead