Suicide bombers in the Yemeni capital Sanaa blew themselves up during noon prayers at two mosques used mainly by Shi’ite Muslims on Friday, killing at least 50 people and wounding scores, medical sources said, in a major escalation of the worst wave of violence in the country in years. The attacks, in which four bombers wearing explosive belts targeted worshippers in and outside the crowded mosques, happened a day after an unidentified warplane attacked the […]

Hundreds of people marched through Tunis on Friday (March 20) in protest against an attack on the capital’s Bardo museum which saw 21 foreign tourists killed. People held banners and placards reading “terrorism is neither Muslim nor Tunisian” and “we will be stronger- terrorism outside” as the country celebrated Independence Day. Tunisia said it would deploy the army to major cities and arrested nine people on Thursday after 21 foreign tourists were shot dead in […]

Islamic State has published a video purporting to show the beheading of three Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq by militants who threatened to kill “dozens” more of those being held captive. The six-minute clip, which appeared timed to coincide with celebrations for the Kurdish New Year, showed the peshmerga wearing orange jumpsuits being decapitated by three black-clad militants, all of whom spoke Kurdish. The footage could not be independently verified. The peshmerga have emerged […]