The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that it had killed the leader of an Al Qaeda offshoot tasked with planning attacks on the West, putting in the spotlight a group that remains among the most mysterious of the world’s jihadist groups. Muhsin al-Fadhli, the leader of the Khorasan group, was killed in an airstrike in Syria on […]
KABUL A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 15 people and wounded 38 near a busy marketplace in northwest Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. No one claimed responsibility, but Taliban militants have regularly use suicide bombers to attack Afghan government and foreign troops in the area. The main target was believed to be […]
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As news broke of Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert’s divorce, the media and fans scrambled to make sense of country music’s king and queen’s split. While their joint announcement implied the split was amicable, media outlets quoted sources who claimed a variety of conflicting reasons for the divorce. Just hours after the pair announced their […]