Nigeria: Federal judge allows secret police to hold 4 for extra questioning over car bombings

BAGHDAD — Officials say three police officers have been killed in late night attacks in two northern Iraqi cities, including a bombing that also injured eight bystanders.

Police: eastern Afghan official killed by car bomb while driving to work

Eastern Afghan official killed in bombing

KABUL, Afghanistan — The deputy governor of a volatile eastern Afghan province was killed by a suicide car bomber Tuesday, along with five others, police said.

Beyond brain injuries and PTSD, soldiers’ urological war wounds may get Congressional scrutiny

Congress asked for study of urological war wounds

Slayings with silencers on rise in wave of Iraq insurgent hits

Silenced slayings on the rise in Iraq

BAGHDAD — For about $100 at outlaw workshops, gunmen can get what’s become the tool of choice in Baghdad these days: silencers for pistols and automatic weapons.

Blast near former insurgent base kills 4 Iraqi police

4 Iraqi police killed in blast near Fallujah

NATO says 2 service members killed, clash leaves 30 insurgents dead in eastern Afghanistan

NATO: Bomb blast kills 2 troops, 30 militants die

Britain raises terror threat from Irish militants, says attack is a strong possibility

UK raises terror alert due to Irish dissidents

At least 1,200 US military have died in Afghanistan since 2001

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,200

Roadside bombing kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in restive northern city

Blast kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in country’s north

Car bombs tear through Baghdad neighborhoods, former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah; 36 dead

Car Bombs tear through Baghdad, Fallujah; 36 dead

Car bombs in Baghdad, Fallujah kill at least 36, wound dozens, shattering post-Ramadan quiet

Car bombs across Iraq kill at least 36

BAGHDAD — Three car bombs tore through Baghdad and the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Sunday, killing at least 36 people and breaking what had been a period of relative calm since the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Car bombs in Baghdad kill 31, wound dozens as post-Ramadan quiet shattered

Twin Baghdad car bombs kill 31, wound dozens

Car bombs in Baghdad kill 23 people, wound dozens and breaking post-Ramadan quiet

Twin Baghdad car bombs kill 23, wound dozens

Two car bombs rip through Baghdad killing 21 people, wound dozens

Twin car bombs kill 21 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD — A pair of car bombs tore through two different neighborhoods in Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing 21 people and wounding dozens of others, Iraqi officials said.

Afghans vote amid threats in 1st election since fraud-marred presidential ballot last year

Afghans vote amid threats and scattered attacks

Afghans vote in parliamentary election despite scattered rocket attacks, Taliban threats

Afghans vote for parliament despite some attacks

Voting stations open for Afghanistan parliamentary election, which Taliban threaten to disrupt

Polls opens for Afghanistan parliamentary election

UK spy chief warns of changing threat from al-Qaida, new fear over dissident Irish Republicans

UK spy chief warns of dissident Republican threat

Roadside bomb kills 10 aboard minibus traveling in southeast Turkey

Roadside bomb kills 10 aboard minibus in Turkey

Roadside bomb kills 9 aboard minibus traveling in southeast Turkey

Roadside bomb kills 9 aboard minibus in Turkey

8 killed in blast aboard minibus in southeast Turkey

8 killed in minibus blast in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey — A roadside bomb attack killed at least eight people Thursday in the latest violence that shook Turkey’s turbulent southeast where Kurdish guerrillas fought a bitter war for autonomy for decades, authorities said.

Top NATO general says U.S.-led troops tread new ground in Taliban stronghold

US-led troops advance in Taliban stronghold

Mexican police find car bomb in border city of Juarez; no one hurt in controlled detonation

Mexican police neutralize car bomb in border city

Russian republic observes day of mourning after suicide bomber kills 17

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Suicide car bombing kills 17, wounds nearly 140 in Russia’s volatile Caucasus region

Suicide bombers attack Somalia’s main airport, killing 9 others in coordinated assault

Bombers hit Somali airport, killing 9 others

Car bomb, gunmen attack gate at Somalia’s main airport; at least 7 people killed

Car bomb, gunmen attack Mogadishu airport: 7 dead

Car bomb, gunmen attack gate at Somalia’s main airport; several deaths reported

Car bomb, gunmen attack airport in Somali capital