Gunman kills Afghan provincial election official
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A gunman killed the head of a provincial election commission in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. The shooting came as Afghanistan’s campaign season...
View ArticleGrenade attack on mosque kills 3 in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say assailants hurled hand grenades into a Sufi mosque in the country’s northwest in a late night attack that left three people dead. Police official Misri...
View ArticleAfghanistan: 13 policemen killed in ambush
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents killed 13 Afghan policemen and wounded 18 in an ambush this week in a remote northern part of the country, the Interior Ministry said Friday. The ambush took...
View ArticleAfghans flock to colleges, even as Taliban loom
KABUL, Afghanistan — Ten years ago, Roeen Rahmani and some friends spent $300 on an overhead projector and a rented room to teach a business course to Afghans emerging from civil war and Taliban...
View ArticlePutin says he may seek 4th Presidential term
VALDAI, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, September 19, he may run for a fourth presidential term in 2018, confirming the expectations of most Russians and frustrating those now...
View ArticleNSU students study abroad in India and Italy
by Destiny Spence Junior biology major Liara Vinson and senior political science major Myita Davis took advantage of Norfolk State’s International Studies and Service Learning Program in the summer...
View ArticlePakistani Christians protest deadly church bombing
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Angry Pakistani Christians on Monday denounced the deadliest attack ever in this country against members of their faith as the death toll from the church bombings the day...
View ArticleLandslides kill 20 in northwest Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Torrential monsoon rains hit the northwestern Philippines on Monday, triggering landslides and killing 20 people in areas already weakened by a powerful typhoon, and...
View ArticleRihanna poses with protected primate in Thailand
BANGKOK (AP) — Pop star Rihanna spent a weekend at the beach in Thailand, leaving behind a trail of racy tweets and an incriminating Instagram photograph showing her cuddling an endangered primate....
View ArticleTyphoon blows into China, kills 33 people in Asia
BEIJING — A powerful typhoon that slammed into southern China with winds that blew cars off the road has caused more deaths, bringing the toll in Asia to at least 33 on Monday, Sept 23. Typhoon...
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