Officials scrambled to recapture hundreds of prisoners after a car bombing at the 1,500-inmate prison in Jalalabad turned into an ongoing gun battle between militants and guards. ( read original story ...)
Islamic State attack on Afghanistan prison kills at least 29 people
Afghan troops seize prison in Jalalabad after assault left more than 50 people injured ... ( read original story ...)
Afghan forces besiege prison seized by Islamic State fighters
Afghan security forces laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to ... ( read original story ...)
Islamic State jailbreak in Afghanistan kills 24
At least 24 people were killed after a jailbreak involving Islamic State fighters led to a gunfight with Afghanistan’s security forces on Monday (August 3). The attack began on Sunday (August 2) ... ( read original story ...)
Attack on prison in Afghanistan continues; at least 11 dead
Afghan officials say that a complex attack by the Islamic State group against a prison in eastern Nangarhar province that began on Sunday evening has continued into Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Mountain lovers wed above the clouds in Kurdish Iraq
Avid mountaineers Salar and Soma met while trekking in Iraqi Kurdistan, so it was only natural they would get married amid its majestic peaks, some 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) above sea level. After a ... ( read original story ...)
The U.S. Military Has Now Been Engaged In Iraq For 30 Years
If this history is any indicator, the U.S. military will remain engaged in and with Iraq in one way or another for at least the foreseeable future. ( read original story ...)
Bush’s 2003 Iraq Invasion Forever Changed America And The World (For The Worse)
Every player of the popular video game Civilization knows to hit the save button before engaging in the risky, stupid invasion of foreign country. In the case of the 2003 invasion ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea defends action against defector groups
Legal action needed to be taken against defector organizations, South Korea's newly appointed unification minister said Monday. ( read original story ...)
South Korea, New Zealand spar over diplomat in sex harassment case
South Korea and New Zealand are at odds over the case of a South Korean diplomat who has been accused of groping a New Zealand staff member at Seoul's Embassy in Wellington. ( read original story ...)