Jalalabad / AFP At least 25 people were killed and over 40 injured in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on Saturday, officials said. “A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a market in Asadabad the provincial capital, 25 people were killed and over 40 were injured,” Ghani Mosamem, spokesman for the provincial governor, ...

Loomberg At least 15 people were killed in a bomb attack by militants at a park and hotel near the presidential compound in Somalia’s capital, a police official said. A suicide car bomber rammed into the SYL hotel in Mogadishu and gunmen stormed the building, said Sharmarke Idow by phone on Friday. Another blast occurred nearby outside the gate of ...

Tehran / AFP Around 60 percent of voters cast ballots in Iran’s elections after polling stations were kept open to allow millions of latecomers to participate, Tehran’s interior ministry said on Saturday. Coming just a month after sanctions were lifted under Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, the outcome of Friday’s vote is being seen as a de-facto referendum on ...