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US, Canada condemn deadly attack on Roma camp in Ukraine

A 24-year-old Roma man was stabbed to death and four others wounded after a masked group armed with batons and other weapons attacked a camp on the outskirts of the city of Lviv in Ukraine late on Saturday.

Sweden truck attacker sentenced to life in prison

Rakmat Akilov, an Uzbek national, was charged with terror-related murder and attempted murder for driving a stolen beer truck into a crowd on April 7, 2017, killing five people and wounding 14 others.

At least 10 beheaded in Mozambique attack

Police officers are gathering information and authorities have moved security teams to areas where further attacks are feared in northern Mozambique, where previous attacks have been reported.

Former Russian spy Skripal discharged from UK hospital

Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found unconscious following an alleged nerve agent attack in Salisbury in UK in March. Britain blamed Russia for the attack. Moscow retaliated in kind.

French government says it foiled attack, two brothers held

French authorities were tracking extremist activity on social networks and identified two young men "preparing to commit an attack with explosives or ricin," the interior minister says.

Somalia blast kills at least 5 in khat market near Mogadishu

Police Captain Farah Ismail said the death toll might rise. The attack took place at a market in the town of Wanlaweyn in the Lower Shabelle region killing at least 5 people and wounding another 10.

Attack in Libya's Tripoli kills at least 12

The attack on the offices of the country's election commission happened as the commission was registering voters ahead of elections to be held later this year.

Deadly attacks in Afghanistan leave 42 dead, including 10 journalists

A twin bomb blast in Kabul was the deadliest attack on journalists since 2001, while another attack in Kandahar killed 11 children.

Taliban attack kills at least 18 Afghan soldiers in Farah province

Taliban fighters attacked the Afghan troops who had assembled to prepare an attack in the western province of Farah in the night, setting off a fierce battle, officials said. An air strike was called in and killed at least 25 militants, he said.

Militants attack Afghan army post near Kabul military academy

Attack on an outpost near military academy in Afghanistan's capital has killed at least 11 soldiers and wounded 16 others, a defence ministry official said. Daesh claimed responsibility for the assault.

Turkish border town's residents struggle to cope amid Afrin operation

As Operation Olive Branch continues, Daesh and the YPG have fired a number of rockets from across the border in Syria into Kilis and Reyhanli border towns.

UN chief condemns "worst attack" on peacekeepers in DRC

At least 15 UN soldiers, mostly from Tanzania, were killed by suspected Ugandan rebels in a raid on a base in the Democratic Republic of Congo late on Friday.