JOS, Nigeria — A bungled bomb killed three people, including a suicide bomber, on Saturday night, a police official said, four days after twin car bombs blamed on Islamic extremists killed at least 130 people in the central city on Tuesday. The senior police official said the bomber dropped a bag holding explosives at an […]

BANGKOK Thailand military leaders hold former prime minister Thailand’s coup leaders said Saturday that they will keep former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Cabinet members and anti-government protest leaders detained for up to a week to give them “time to think” and to keep the country calm. Outspoken academics were also summoned to report to the […]

BAMBARI, Central African Republic — French forces in Central African Republic fired mortars and exchanged sustained gunfire Saturday with Muslim rebels who controlled the country until earlier this year. The engagement by the French in the central town of Bambari included targeting and destroying a rebel vehicle by firing on it from a Gazelle helicopter. […]