The suicide bomber who brought carnage to the Manchester Arena has been named as Salman Abedi.
Monday night’s attack at a concert by US pop star Ariana Grande left 22 people dead, including an eight-year-old girl, and dozens injured.
Tuesday, 23 May, 2017
United Kingdom: Manchester Arena terrorist attack killed 22 people at Ariana Grande gig by bomber named as Salman Abedi
Monday, 15 May, 2017
Ukraine: Donbass militia report Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk and Lugansk republics
The Ukrainian armed forces have violated the ceasefire in the Donbass region 50 times over the past 24 hours, the defense ministries of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR) reported on Monday.
“The Ukrainian armed forces have violated the ceasefire 48 times over the past 24 hours,” the Donetsk News Agency quotes a source in the DPR command as saying.
Sunday, 14 May, 2017
Iraq: 10 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members killed in Turkish airstrikes on Kurdistan borders
Bombardment by the Turkish warplanes on Sunday claimed the lives of 10 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in bordering areas of the Kurdistan Region.
Citing a statement by Turkish army, Anadolu news agency reported the bombs hit Sinaht and Haftanin areas, close to the town of Zakho.
Tuesday, 25 April, 2017
Turkey: Turkey expands strikes against Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq
Turkey stepped up its bombing campaign against Kurdish militants outside its borders on Tuesday, killing as many as 20 U.S.-backed fighters in Syria and expanding its strikes in Iraq, an escalation that could complicate efforts to combat the Islamic State.
The Turkish military said the pre-dawn raids targeted “terrorist hotbeds” and supply routes used by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, to smuggle ammunition, weapons and explosive material into Turkey, where it is waging an insurgency.
Thursday, 20 April, 2017
France: Isis claims responsibility for Paris shooting attack that left one police officer dead
Isis has claimed responsibility for the shooting attack in Paris that has left one police officer dead and two seriously injured.
In a statement from its Amaq news agency, the extremist group gave a pseudonym for the shooter indicating he was Belgian.