Srinagar / AFP Militants armed with guns and grenades killed 17 soldiers in a raid on Sunday on an army base in Indian-administered Kashmir, the worst such attack for more than a decade in the disputed Himalayan region. The rebels broke into the base near the town of Uri before dawn and lobbed the grenades at tents and barracks …

  Peshawar / AFP The death toll from a Taliban suicide bomb attack on a mosque in northwest tribal Pakistan has risen to 36, including eight children, officials said on Sunday. The Friday attack targeted a mosque in the Mohmand tribal district bordering Afghanistan where the army has been fighting Taliban militants. “We have now compiled a list of victims …

  New York / AFP An explosion rocked one of the most fashionable neighborhoods of New York on Saturday night, injuring 29 people, one seriously, a week after America’s financial capital marked the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Mayor Bill de Blasio indicated the blast was not accidental, even if there was no known link to terrorism. “We believe it …