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FILE— In this Dec. 11, 2006, file photo, top cleric Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, center, speaks during a conference on the Holocaust with Rabbi Moishe Arye Friedman, left, from Austria, and Rabbi Ahron Cohen, right, from England, in Tehran, Iran. Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died Monday, June 7, 2021, of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Iran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies

By Jon Gambrell Jun. 07, 2021 05:21 AM EDT

A Sri Lankan police officer walks crosses a road as special force soldiers ride motorbikes during 73rd Independence Day parade rehearsal with a calf elephant in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Sri Lanka's independence from British colonial rule is celebrated on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lanka leader vows action vs 2019 bombing militants

By Krishan Francis Feb. 04, 2021 02:14 AM EST

FILE - in this Sunday, April 14, 2019 file photo, Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako addresses the faithful during the Palm Sunday service at Mar Youssif Church in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq’s top Catholic official said Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 that a deadly suicide bombing in Baghdad hasn’t thwarted Pope Francis’ plans to visit, and he confirmed the pontiff would meet with the country’s top Shiite cleric, Ali al-Sistani, in a significant highlight of the first-ever papal trip to Iraq. The Chaldean patriarch, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, provided the first details of Francis’ March 5-8 itinerary during a virtual press conference hosted by the French bishops' conference. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
Patriarch: Pope to meet Iraqi Shiite leader Sistani in Iraq

By Nicole Winfield And Samya Kullab Jan. 28, 2021 06:41 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, people and security forces gather at the site of a deadly bomb attack in a market selling used clothes, in Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a rare suicide attack that rocked central Baghdad, killing 32 people and wounding dozens. In a statement late Thursday, the group said the bombing “targeted apostate Shiites." (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
Islamic State claims deadly and rare twin blasts in Baghdad

Jan. 22, 2021 05:27 AM EST

Security forces work at the site of a deadly bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Iraq's military said twin suicide bombings at the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad Thursday ripped through the busy market killing over two dozen and wounding over 70, with some in serious condition. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Twin suicide bombings rock central Baghdad, at least 32 dead

By Samya Kullab And Qassim Abdul-Zahra Jan. 21, 2021 06:20 AM EST

A general view of the site where the pre-trial chamber for the attacks at Zaventem airport and Brussels will take place, in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. The new courtroom is housed in the former NATO headquarters. One of the first cases to be staged at the new site will be the case against defendants suspected of involvement in the Brussels attacks at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016. (AP Photo/Sylvain Plazy)
Pre-trial hearings in Brussels attacks start at NATO's ex-HQ

Dec. 07, 2020 04:59 AM EST

In this photo provided by the Philippine Red Cross, troopers secure an area after explosions struck the town of Jolo, Sulu province southern Philippines on Monday Aug. 24, 2020. Bombs exploded in a southern Philippine town Monday, killing several soldiers and wounding other military personnel and civilians despite extra tight security because of threats from Abu Sayyaf militants. (Philippine National Red Cross via AP)
At least 11 killed in bomb attacks in southern Philippines

By Jim Gomez Aug. 24, 2020 05:49 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, July 18, 2019, a vehicle carrying Hashem Abedi, the brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London. The brother of the suicide bomber who set off an explosion that killed 22 people and injured hundreds at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, has been sentenced Thursday Aug. 20, 2020, to a minimum of 55 years. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)
Bomber's brother gets 55 years for Manchester concert attack

By Sylvia Hui Aug. 20, 2020 08:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader shake hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar. An Afghan official said Thursday, May 14, 2020, that a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan targeted a military compound but was detonated before it reached the compound killing several civilians and wounding tens of others. The Taliban took responsibility for the bombing calling it retaliation for statements Tuesday by President Ashraf Ghani blaming Taliban for a brutal attack on a maternity hospital that killed tens of people, an attack that the Taliban were quick to condemn. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File)
Official says suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 5

By Tameem Akhgar And Kathy Gannon May. 14, 2020 06:47 AM EDT

Afghan and foreign security personnel stand guard in front of a hospital after gunmen attacked, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Gunmen stormed a maternity hospital in the western part of the Afghan capital, setting off a gun battle with the police and several people were reported wounded. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Militants storm maternity clinic in Afghan capital, kill 14

By Rahim Faiez May. 12, 2020 07:55 AM EDT

Afghan special forces stand guard near the site of a suicide bomber attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. A suicide bomber on Wednesday targeted a base belonging to Afghan special forces on the southern outskirts of the capital, Kabul, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Afghan officials: Suicide bomber kills 3 civilians in Kabul

By Rahim Faiez Apr. 29, 2020 03:57 AM EDT

Sri Lankan Catholics pray outside St. Anthony's church, one of the sites of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, on the first anniversary of the deadly bombings in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Sri Lankans commemorated the anniversary of last year's Islamic State group-inspired Easter Sunday bomb attacks from their homes on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 260 people were killed when three churches, two Catholic and one Protestant, came under simultaneous suicide bomb attacks during Easter celebrations on April 21, 2019. Three tourist hotels were also targeted, killing some 42 foreign nationals. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lankans remember Easter bomb victims at home amid virus

By Krishan Francis Apr. 21, 2020 01:36 AM EDT