Pakistani Lawyers Mourn Colleagues Slain in Quetta Attack Pakistani Lawyers Mourn Colleagues Slain in Quetta Attack: QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani lawyers on Tuesday mourned colleagues slain in a shocking suicide bombing the previous day at a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta that killed 70 people, mostly lawyers. The […]

Japan Emperor Akihito Hints at Wish to Abdicate Japan Emperor Akihito Hints at Wish to Abdicate: The revered 82-year-old emperor’s comments came in only his second-ever televised address to the public.Emperor Akihito did not explicitly say he wanted to abdicate as he is barred from making political statements. PM Shinzo […]

Death Toll in Quetta Suicide Bombing Reaches 63 Death Toll in Quetta Suicide Bombing Reaches 63: QUETTA, Pakistan — The Latest on the bombing at a hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta (all times local): 4:05 p.m. A Pakistani doctor says the death toll from the suicide attack […]

Attacker wounds 2 police in Belgium, shouts ‘Allahu Akhbar’ Attacker Wounds 2 Police in Belgium: CHARLEROI, Belgium (AP) — Two female officers were attacked and wounded by a man wielding a machete and shouting “Allahu Akhbar” outside the main police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, police […]

Taliban attacks tourists including Americans Taliban attacks tourists including Americans: Taliban militants attacked a convoy carrying about a dozen foreign tourists including three Americans in Afghanistan, according to media reports. Afghan government spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said police were escorting the tourists when the ambush happened about 90 miles from the […]

Blast and fire kill 13 at bar in northern France Blast and fire kill 13 at bar in northern France: An accidental explosion at a bar in Rouen, Normandy, in northern France sparked a deadly fire early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring others, according to Rouen police. […]

Syria rebels in huge attack to break Aleppo siege Syria rebels in huge attack to break Aleppo siege:  Beirut (AFP) – Jihadists and their rebel allies pressed an offensive Friday with a massive attack aimed at seizing a military academy south of Aleppo and breaking a three-week-old siege of insurgent […]