Residents are seen near a military trailer truck destroyed when a booby-trapped car exploded in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday. 20 Other Troops Wounded in Attack on Convoy. A Yemeni car bomber detonated his payload near a military convoy in the southern port city of Yemen today, killing at least 10 soldiers and wounding over 20 others. The attack came as the troops were heading to... 

Four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates were gunned down by their captors Tuesday. U.S. forces responded to gunfire aboard the yacht Quest at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday, but discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite attempts to save their lives, all four hostages died of their wounds. “We express our deepest condolences for the innocent lives callously... 

Clashes between Israeli soldiers and passengers on board the Mavi Marmara Six of the nine passengers killed in an Israeli raid on an aid convoy bound for Gaza were shot by a single Israeli commando, who is being considered for a medal of valour for saving his injured comrades as passengers attacked them with clubs, knives and even guns they had taken from downed Navy Seals. Fresh details of the controversial... 

Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed Somalia’s national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed accused al-Qaida of being behind the bombing, which also killed a senior Somali diplomat. He did not offer any evidence, but... 

These are the mother and daughter who were killed A drunken driver struck and killed a mother and her young daughter as they were walking to the child’s dance class yesterday, authorities said. Kayla Donohue, a second-grader at John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Southeast, was pronounced dead at the scene about 6:45 p.m., Brewster fire officials said. Her mother, Lori Donohue, was taken by...