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Bomb attack targets Turkish capital, Kurdish militants claim responsibility

A bomb disposal expert works at the scene after a bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey, on 1st October, 2023

Ankara, Turkey Reuters Two attackers detonated a bomb in front of Turkish government buildings in Ankara on Sunday, leaving both of them dead and two police officers wounded, and a Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities called it the first terrorist attack in the capital in years. A bomb disposal expert works […]

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Bakhmut defenders as Wagner head says town has fallen

An aerial view shows smoke billowing, in Bakhmut, Ukraine, in still image taken from an undated video obtained from social media

Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut remained “particularly hot”, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, giving no indication the city had finally fallen to Russia as claimed by the founder of the Wagner mercenary force. Yevgeny Prigozhin said his troops, involved in a months-long effort to encircle and capture the bombed-out city, […]

At least 25 killed by blast near Coptic cathedral in Cairo

RNS/USA TODAY At least 25 people were killed and 35 were injured after a blast near Cairo’s main Coptic Christian Cathedral, according to reports from the Egyptian state-sponsored Middle East News Agency. MENA reported that around 10 am local time someone threw a bomb into a small chapel attached to the St Mark’s Cathedral in […]