Agnes Thibault Lecuivre, a spokeswoman for the anti-terrorism prosecutor, did not provide details on the couple’s connection to the terror attack or their names.
Multiple news outlets report the death toll between 165 and 200. Another 225 people were injured in Sunday's blast, which occurred in the Karrada district after midnight when families were shopping for Eid-al-Fitr, the day that marks the end of the Muslim holy month, Ramadan.
Two female suicide bombers between the ages of 17 and 20 reportedly blew themselves up this week in a camp in northeastern Nigeria designed to protect people trying to escape Boko Haram terrorists, killing at least 58 people.
Experts are worried the virus may be spreading far and fast due to its formation in Aedes mosquitos.
Houses were torched, suicide bombers detonated devices, and militants opened fire near Nigeria's largest northeastern city.
If true, the testing of the bomb -- hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 -- is the first for the country who has thrice tested plutonium weapons in underground nuclear experiments.
Two men have been arrested in relation to an attack that took place at a luxury hotel in the capital of Mali last week that claimed the lives of 20 people. During the incident, two gunmen entered the hotel and fired at security guards and people sitting in a breakfast dining area. Malian troops entered […]
President Barack Obama addressed his GOP critics at the G20 Turkey Leaders Summit Monday, telling them not to “pop off” over his handling of Syrian refugees and the Islamic State. Obama stood by his decision to allow entry to 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year, The Washington Post reports. He also said he plans to stand by […]
It is unknown if any of the young women are victims of the highly-publicized kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls from a secondary school last April. The mass kidnapping sparked the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
As promised, the women turned away from a London club for being “too dark” and “too fat,” took to the streets with supporters Tuesday night to protest the alleged racial discrimination. The women — Lin Mei, Zalika Miller, Reisha and Tasha Campbell — arrived outside of DSTRKT nightclub Tuesday night for a peaceful protest to blast the popular club for denying entry […]
The UN will bring together heads of state, business leaders, and humanitarians from all over the world to celebrate Black self-reliance.
Hundreds of people lost their lives in Saudi Arabia Wednesday during a stampede near the city of Mecca. Nearly two million people are in the city observing hajj pilgrimage, one of the world’s biggest annual gatherings. According to the Saudi Civil Defense, the incident took place when two big groups of pilgrims arrived at Street 204 […]
