50 Soldiers killed in Syrian car bombing

50 Soldiers killed in Syrian car bombing

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that at least 50 soldiers and regime loyalists died Monday in a suicide car bombing attack in the province of Hama, in central...
US responds to super storm Sandy

US responds to super storm Sandy

(VOV) – Super storm Sandy swept inland US eastern coast Tuesday morning (Vietnam time), killing at least 13 people and affecting 1,500 kilometer long swathe
Syrian artillery kills Turkish civilians

Syrian artillery kills Turkish civilians

(VNA/VOVworld) – Syria yesterday fired artillery into the town of Akcakale in the Turkish border province of Sanliurfa killing at least 5 persons and wounding 13 others

Bomb rocks Nigerian church

A massive explosion set off by a suicide bomber rocked a catholic church in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, killing at least two and injuring 48. According to unconfirmed reports, the...

US missile strike kills 4 militants in NW Pakistan

Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone has fired two missiles at a vehicle in northwest Pakistan, killing four suspected militants. The officials say the attack took place Saturday in the North Waziristan...
Libya arrests 50 after attack on US consulate

Libya arrests 50 after attack on US consulate

Libyan President Mohammed Magarief said on Sunday that about 50 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi last week, which he said was planned by...
Terrorism separates US and Muslim world

Terrorism separates US and Muslim world

(VOVworld)-US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and 3 other American diplomat were killed Wednesday when Islamist gunmen attacked the U.S. consulate. The attack came during a demonstration against America for a film...
Iraqi vice-president sentenced in absentia to death

Iraqi vice-president sentenced in absentia to death

Iraq’s fugitive Sunni vice-president Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced on Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fuelled sectarian tensions...
Gunmen Kill 7 Shi'a In Balochistan

Gunmen Kill 7 Shi'a In Balochistan

Gunmen have shot dead seven Shi'ite Muslims in two separate incidents in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan. Police say that in the first incident, four gunmen riding two motorbikes intercepted a...
Pakistan: 11 killed in car bombing in northwest

Pakistan: 11 killed in car bombing in northwest

A powerful car bomb ripped through a market in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 11 people. The explosion in Mattani bazaar near the city of Peshawar injured another 20 people...
Ramadan ends on unpeaceful note

Ramadan ends on unpeaceful note

(VOVworld)- The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is over. According Ramadan tradition, people were supposed to pray and do good deeds during this month, but conflicts and bloody clashes in...
47 killed in Baghdad bombings

47 killed in Baghdad bombings

Two car bombs and a roadside bombing shook the Iraqi capital of Baghdad yesterday, claiming 47 lives and wounding 105 others
Philippines arrests an Abu Sayyaf founder

Philippines arrests an Abu Sayyaf founder

Philippine authorities have arrested a founding member of Abu Sayyaf, the Al-Qaeda-linked group blamed for some of the worst terrorist attacks in the region. Ustadz Ahmadsali Asmad Badron, also known...
Bombing in southern Thailand kills 5 police

Bombing in southern Thailand kills 5 police

Thai police officials said five policemen were killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb attack on Wednesday in Thailand’s southern province of Yala. The attackers hid the bomb near a bridge in...
Iraq’s security remains a big question

Iraq’s security remains a big question

(VOVworld) – Although half a year has gone since American forces lowered its flag in Baghdad last December marking 9 years of its operations in Iraq, the country’s security remains a big...