By Margaret Besheer Washington 18 August 2007 On Tuesday, suicide truck bombers killed at least 400 northern Iraqi villagers who belong to the Yazidi religious minority. Before now, little has been said about this Kurdish-speaking community living mo...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 17 July 2007 A suicide bomb blast ripped through a crowded anti-government rally in central Islamabad, just minutes before the country's suspended chief justice was set to appear. From Islamabad, VOA Correspondent Benjamin...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 25 June 2007 United Nations nuclear inspectors are in Beijing, preparing to head to the North Korean capital to discuss a shutdown of the country's main nuclear reactor. At the same time, a Russian bank has confirmed the final re...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 24 May 2007 A wounded man is treated at a hospital after a car exploded at the funeral of the murdered nephew of a local tribal leader in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, 24 May 2007 A suicide bomber in Iraq's Sunni majorit...
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 10 April 2007 Iraqi police say a female suicide bomber attacked a police recruitment center north of Baghdad, killing at least 16 recruits and injuring more than 33 others. Meanwhile, on a visit to Japan, Iraq's prime mini...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington 07 March 2007 watch Afghan Suicide Terrorism Recent high profile suicide bombings in Afghanistan include an attack on an American military base that coincided with a visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. The bombings...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 27 February 2007 Vice President Dick Cheney escaped any injury following a suicide bomb attack outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan that killed at least 12 people, and the number of dead could go higher. The...
By Barry Newhouse Irbil, Iraq 13 February 2007 Iraqi police say a suicide bomber drove near a college in a Shi'ite area of Baghdad Tuesday and set off a blast that killed 15 people and wounded 30 others. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from northern Ira...
By Michael Bowman Washington 12 November 2006 Bomb blasts at an Iraqi police facility have killed at least 35 people and left dozens of others wounded. Continued violence in Iraq comes as newly-empowered U.S. Democratic lawmakers urge a timeline for...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 26 September 2006 Helicopter carries body of Italian soldier killed after a bomb attack, south of Kabul, September 26, 2006 It was another violent day in Afghanistan, where Taleban insurgents are pressing their attack agai...