KABUL, Afghanistan—A Taliban official says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s deputy culture and information minister, said the bombing in the town of Imam Saheb, in Kunduz Province, also wounded another 43 people,…
2 Illinois Men Get 14, 16 Years in Minnesota Mosque Bombing
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Two Illinois men who helped bomb a Minnesota mosque in 2017 on Tuesday received prison sentences far below the 35-year mandatory minimum that they had faced, after victims and prosecutors asked for leniency because the men cooperated and testified against the mastermind of the attack. Michael McWhorter, 33, was sentenced to just under…
‘People Coming Out Alive’ From Bombed Mariupol Theatre Shelter: Ukrainian Officials
March 17, 2022
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Some of the hundreds of people who had been sheltering in a Mariupol theater that Ukraine said was hit by a powerful Russian air strike are alive and are being rescued from the rubble, according to Ukrainian officials. Sergei Orlov, the deputy mayor of Mariupol, told the BBC that “most” of what he estimated was…
Video: Aftermath of Shelling, Refugees Fleeing Ukraine
As the prospect of ceasefire talks between Ukraine and Russia emerged on Wednesday the casualties of the war were growing rapidly. The Russian invasion has killed more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians and destroyed hundreds of structures including transport facilities, hospitals, kindergartens, and homes, Ukraine’s emergency service said on Wednesday. Russia announced 498 of its soldiers…
Last Parent of a Child Killed in 1963 Church Bombing Dies
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday. She was 93. McNair’s family announced her death in a press release. A cause of death was not given. McNair’s daughter, 11-year-old Denise McNair, was the youngest girl killed in the bombing…
Officials: Iraq Arrests Mastermind of Deadly 2016 Bombing
BAGHDAD—Iraq said Monday it has detained the mastermind behind a deadly 2016 bombing in a Baghdad shopping center, which killed around 300 people and wounded 250. The suicide car bombing in the central Karradah district was the deadliest attack by a single bomber in the Iraqi capital after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Iraqi…
More Than 100 Killed and Wounded in Mosque Explosion in Afghanistan: UN
Dozens of people were killed during a suicide bombing attack at an Afghan mosque in the city of Kunduz on Friday, according to the United Nations and the Taliban extremist group. “Initial information indicates more than 100 people killed and injured in a suicide blast inside the mosque,” the United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan wrote on…
Bali Bomb Case Starts in Guantanamo 18 Years After Capture
NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba—Three prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center had their first day in court Monday after being held by the United States for 18 years without charge in connection with the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and other plots in Southeast Asia. Indonesian prisoner Encep Nurjaman, known as Hambali, and two…
Colombia Arrests 10 Over Attacks on Duque’s Helicopter, Military Base
BOGOTA—Colombia has arrested 10 people accused of involvement in attacks on a helicopter carrying President Ivan Duque and a military base last month that officials said on Thursday were planned by former FARC terrorist leaders based in Venezuela. The car bombing at the base in the northeastern city of Cucuta, home to the army’s 30th…
2 Men Charged With Planning to Blow up Democratic Headquarters
Two California men made plans to blow up the Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, authorities said in recently lodged charging documents. Ian Benjamin Rogers, 45, of Napa, and Jarrod Copeland, 37, of Vallejo, prompted by the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, began on Nov. 25, 2020, to plot an attack against targets they linked…
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