Pakistan: Gunmen kill dozens in attack at police academy in Quetta

Pakistan: Gunmen kill dozens in attack at police academy in Quetta

59 people have been killed and around 120 people critically injured after an attack took place at a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan, late on 24 October night. Three militants with suicide bomb vests attacked the college when cadets were sleeping. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but an official from Pakistan’s paramilitary forces blamed a faction of the Lashker-e-Jhangvi militant group for the attack. Oct 25, 2016
Church bells ring again in freed Iraqi town of Bartella

Church bells ring again in freed Iraqi town of Bartella

For the first time in more than two years the church bells in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella ring again. The town has been freed of Islamic State rule by Iraqi government forces.It had been home to several thousand Assyrian Christians. Oct 22, 2016