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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 30, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 12:00 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

US drone strike targets IS 'planner' in Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 10:35 AM

The US military said Friday it had carried out a drone strike against a "planner" of the Islamic State-Khorasan. Read more »

Afghan evacuation flights restart after suicide bombings

David Fox, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 07:23 PM

At least 72 people among the crowd were killed, as well as the 13 American troops, according to various authorities. Read more »

No Filipino casualties in Kabul airport blasts: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 10:50 AM

There were no Filipino casualties in Thursday's suicide bombings at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, according to initial reports from DFA. Read more »

Dozens killed in Kabul airport suicide bombings

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 27 10:59 AM

Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions on Thursday, causing a bloodbath among civilians and US troops. Read more »

Suicide attack in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 35, wounds dozens - sources

Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 10:40 AM

A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said.   Read more »

Alleged mastermind of North Cotabato bus bombing arrested

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 10:14 PM

Ali Akbar is the suspected mastermind of the Yellow Bus Line (YBL) bus bombing in Tulunan on January 27 that killed a female vendor and the burning of another YBL bus in M’Lang on June 3 that killed 4 people. Read more »

18 Iraqis killed in multiple night-time jihadist raids

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 10:39 PM

Eighteen Iraqis, the majority military personnel, were killed overnight Friday to Saturday in separate jihadist attacks mainly in the greater Baghdad area, security sources told AFP. Read more »

Car bomb kills at least 30 in Afghanistan province

Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi, Reuters
Posted at May 01 02:51 AM

KABUL - A huge car bomb blast killed at least 30 people and injured dozens more in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province on Friday, officials said. Read more »

Terror network behind Indonesian cathedral suicide bombing linked to 2019 Jolo blast

Andi Hajramurni, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 12:43 AM

The suicide bombing at an Indonesian cathedral on Sunday was carried out by members of a pro-Islamic State extremist group blamed for other church blasts, police said. Read more »

3 killed, 11 wounded in bombing of Afghan government bus in Kabul

Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 02:39 PM

The bombing comes on the day the Afghan government, Taliban and key countries, including the United States and Russia, gather in Moscow to push for a reduction in violence to propel the Afghan peace process forward. Read more »

9 women tagged as 'potential suicide bombers' nabbed in Sulu - military

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 03:54 PM

Government forces apprehended 9 women in Sulu who are considered “potential” suicide bombers, the military said Tuesday. Read more »

Indonesia to free cleric linked to Bali bombing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 06:02 AM

JAKARTA - A radical cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings is to be freed from prison Friday, stirring grief and anger among victims nearly 20 years after Indonesia's worst terror attack. Read more »

2 militants linked to 2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings killed in shootout with Indonesian police

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 03:44 PM

A counter-terrorism unit raiding a militant hideout in central Indonesia on Wednesday killed two men suspected by police of involvement in twin bombings at a Philippine church in 2019 that killed more than 20 people.   Read more »

1 dead, 4 wounded in Maguindanao ambush, police tracking bombing suspects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 10:41 AM

A person and 4 others were wounded after unknown assailants bombed the convoy of a local politician in Maguindanao over the weekend, the Philippine National Police said, Monday. Read more »

Three people killed as abandoned bomb explodes in Ethiopian capital - state news agency

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 12:03 AM

Three people died after an abandoned bomb exploded in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, a state news agency reported.   Read more »

Suicide bomber kills six in Mogadishu ice-cream parlor

Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 05:13 AM

MOGADISHU - A suicide bomber blew himself up in an ice-cream parlor in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing six people and wounding eight, an official said. Read more »

Two children killed in blast targeting Iraq pipeline

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 31 07:44 PM

An explosion targeting a gas pipeline in southern Iraq killed two children Saturday after a blast in the north this week forced the closure of another pipeline, authorities said.   Read more »

Bombing plot foiled in Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 03:48 AM

The IED, which was sealed with coconut leaves, is believed to be made by Abu Sayyaf Group member Mundi Sawadjaan, the person the military said was behind the 2019 Jolo Cathedral bombing.    Read more »

AFP looking into possible involvement of Islamic schools in recruitment of suicide bombers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 06:55 PM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is looking into the possible involvement of some Madrasah, or Islamic schools in the country in the radicalization and alleged recruitment of suicide bombers, its chief said Tuesday. Read more »