BANGKOK: A car bomb exploded on Friday outside a hotel in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand, killing three people and wounding 36 others, police said. Of the wounded, three were in critical condition, Lieutenant Colonel Sophon Saisuree told AFP by telephone from … read more
GAZA: Israeli fire on Gaza killed a pregnant woman and a senior Islamic Jihad figure Friday, taking the Palestinian death toll from 18 days of violence to 815, emergency services said. Surgeons saved the life of the 23-year-old woman’s unborn … read more
OUAGADOUGOU: The wreck of an Air Algerie plane that went missing early Thursday with 116 people on board has been found in Mali near the Burkina Faso border, said a coordinator for the crisis unit in Ouagadougou. “We have found … read more
BAGHDAD: Two suicide car bombs exploded seconds and a few hundred metres (yards) apart in a busy area of central Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 13 people, police and medical sources said. The blasts went off in Karrada, a district … read more
GAZA CITY: Fifteen people were killed Thursday when Israeli fire hit a UN shelter in Gaza, as the Palestinian toll in the 17-day conflict rose to 798, medics said. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said at least 15 people had … read more