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French journalist Arman Soldin is killed by a Russian rocket strike in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, while working for Agence France-Presse.
2023-05-9

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says Soleimani and Muhandis were "martyred" in an attack by U.S. helicopters. Anonymous security sources cited by AFP say the attack killed at least eight people. The Iraqi military says three rockets hit the airport and two cars exploded.
2020-01-3

Belgium cancels New Year's Eve firework celebrations in Brussels amid fears of an Islamic terrorist attack in an unspecified European capital city.
2015-12-30

After a tense standoff, Burkina Faso's military crushed the elite presidential guard and seized the coup's abandoned headquarters. The former head of the guard, Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, had called on his men to lay down their weapons to avoid a bloodbath. Diendéré told Agence France-Presse (AFP) he feared “many deaths and injuries” in the operation. It is unclear whether there are casualties.
2015-09-29

An American air strike targeting jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar in Libya reportedly kills him.
2015-06-13

AFP reports on Israel's plans to counter a Palestinian bid for enhanced United Nations status later this month.
2012-11-6

ISAF states that an Afghan National Army soldier opens fire on NATO troops, killing two, before being killed himself.
2012-08-27

Afghanistan: A bomb kills three NATO soldiers in east Afghanistan. An explosion in a cemetery in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, in Afghanistan kills two people. A NATO soldier is killed by an Afghan police officer. Three New Zealand soldiers are killed in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan when the convoy in which they were traveling was hit by an improvised explosive device.
2012-08-19

Iraq: At least 113 people are killed and almost 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Baghdad and five other provinces. The authorities believe al-Qaeda to be responsible. The deadliest explosion strikes an amusement park in the east of the capital, claiming 34 lives and injuring 54, most of them women and children.
2012-08-16

Pakistan: Gunmen attack the Pakistan Air Force Minhas base in Punjab with five soldiers and nine attackers reported dead.
2012-08-16