LEBANON: Lebanese city rocked by bus bomb

By BBC

At least 11 people have been killed by a blast in the centre of the Lebanese city of Tripoli, the military says.Security officials said a bomb went off close to a bus whose passengers included a number of off-duty soldiers.
The port city has been the scene of sectarian fighting in recent months in which more than 20 people have died.

AFGHANISTAN: Ambush in Afghanistan kills 3 Western aid workers

By AP

PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan – Militants brandishing assault rifles ambushed a U.S. relief organization’s vehicle south of Kabul Wednesday, killing an American aid worker, two of her colleagues and their Afghan driver and leaving their white SUV riddled with hundreds of bullets, officials said.

AFGHANISTAN: ISAF DENIES CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN AIR RAID IN CENTRAL AFGHAN PROVINCE

By BBC Monitoring

Kabul: The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has scorned as untrue allegations of civilian death in a recent airstrike in the central province of Kapisa.”On 9 August, ISAF troops were engaged by a group of insurgents in Tagab District and withdrew after two of its soldiers were wounded,” the NATO-led force said on Tuesday.

PAKISTAN: Bombing of military truck kills at least 14 in Pakistan;A Taliban spokesman claims responsibility and threatens more attacks. Civilians were among the casualties.

By The Los Angeles Times

At least 14 people were killed Tuesday in the roadside bombing of a Pakistani military truck, an attack authorities blamed on Islamic militants.

The powerful blast occurred just outside Peshawar, the nearest large city to a tribal area along the border with Afghanistan that has been raked by fighting for nearly a week.