Brent crude slips towards $66 on Saudi plan to halt Yemen bombing

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 10:13

Brent crude oil futures slipped by 8 cents to $66.37 a barrel by 0215 GMT, after touching a 2015 high of $67.10 on Monday.

US to seek death penalty for Boston bomber

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 07:46

US federal prosecutors will seek death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man accused of killing three people and injuring over 200 with homemade bombs at the Boston Marathon last year.

Man who lost legs to Boston Marathon bomb meets Obama, writes memoir

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 12:19

Jeff Bauman became a symbol of a national tragedy after a photograph of him, legless and bloodied in a wheelchair at the scene of the Boston Marathon bombing, circled the world.

Death penalty decision looms for Boston bomb suspect

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 12:06

Tsarnaev, a 20-year-old ethnic Chechen, is accused of detonating the home-made bombs along with his older brother, Tamerlan, who was killed during a shootout with police several days after the April 15 attack.

Five killed in Afghanistan in suicide bombing

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 12:57

At least five people were killed and nine others injured Sunday in a suicide bombing that hit an Afghan National Army bus here, sources said.

Suicide bombing kills four in Hezbollah area of south Beirut

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 20:13

A suicide bomber killed four people on Tuesday in a residential district of southern Beirut known for its support of the powerful Shi`ite Muslim military and political movement Hezbollah, security sources said.

Suicide bombing kills four in Hezbollah area of south Beirut

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 20:12

A suicide bomber killed four people on Tuesday in a residential district of southern Beirut known for its support of the powerful Shi`ite Muslim military and political movement Hezbollah, security sources said.

Taliban attack against Afghan restaurant kills 16

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 05:13

Taliban suicide bomber and 2 gunmen attacked Lebanese restaurant in Kabul, a brazen attack that left 16 dead, including foreigners dining inside and two other gunmen, officials said.

Suicide bomber targets police bus in Kabul, 6 injured

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 09:19

Taliban suicide bomber riding a bicycle detonated himself next to a police bus in Kabul on Sunday, injuring six police personnel in a blast that left the vehicle badly damaged.

Bombings kill 20 in Iraqi capital Baghdad

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 19:57

A new wave of bombings hit Iraq`s capital, Baghdad, killing at least 20 people today, officials said, the latest assault by militants who have been fighting Iraqi security forces and allied tribes in country`s west.

Israel killed majority of those behind Argentina blasts: Ex-envoy

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 09:03

Israel has killed most of those behind the deadly attacks on its embassy and a Jewish charities building in Argentina in the 1990s, a former Israeli envoy said.

UN chief, Security Council condemn Beirut bombing

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 07:23

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council Thursday strongly condemned a car bomb attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed at least six people and wounded 70.