4 Coalition Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four coalition soldiers were killed in an attack Tuesday night, the American military said in a statement. While United States officials did not give any details or the ... Read more
Tag Archives: Deaths (Fatalities)
Polk Winner, 33, Dies in Car Crash
Michael Hastings, the journalist whose reporting led to the ouster of the commander of American forces in Afghanistan in 2010, died in a car crash on Tuesday, his employer announced. Mr. Hastings, ... Read more
World Briefing | Middle East: 15 Die in Iraq Bomb Attacks
Three bombings in Iraq killed 15 people on Monday, officials said. A bomb left inside a restaurant in Taji, which serves travelers on the highway linking Baghdad to several northern Sunni-majority cities, ... Read more
World Briefing | Asia: Floods in India Kill at Least 23
Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday. More than a dozen people died in the ... Read more
World Briefing | Africa: United Nations Soldier in Sudan Is Slain
A United Nations peacekeeper was killed on Friday in Sudan’s main oil region when shells struck a logistics base, a United Nations spokesman said. The soldier was from Ethiopia, the spokesman, ... Read more
National Briefing | South: Louisiana: One Killed and Five Hurt In Second Chemical Plant Blast
One person was killed and five people were injured in a chemical plant explosion in Donaldsonville, La., on Friday night, the state police said, a day after another fatal explosion at a chemical plant in ... Read more
Death Toll in Syrian Civil War Near 93,000, U.N. Says
PARIS — Civilians are bearing the brunt of the fighting in Syria, Navi Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, said Thursday, with 92,901 killings documented there through the end ... Read more
Syrian Death Toll Approaches 93,000, U.N. Says
PARIS — Civilians are bearing the brunt of the fighting in Syria, Navi Pillay, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, said Thursday, with 92,901 killings documented there through the end ... Read more
Militia Members Fire On Demonstrators in Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya — At least a dozen people were killed Saturday after members of one of Libya’s most powerful militias fired on protesters surrounding the group’s headquarters here during what ... Read more
Chinese Link Bus Blast That Killed 47 to Jobless Man’s Suicide
BEIJING — An unemployed man intent on killing himself set off an explosion that engulfed a bus in flames and killed 47 people in the southeastern city of Xiamen on Friday, according to reports on Saturday ... Read more