IRAQ: blasts in Baghdad kill at least 3

by The Associated Press

BAGHDAD: A car bomb struck a mainly Shiite area in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least two Iraqis, officials said.

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban kidnap more than 150 Afghan workers: army colonel

by AFP

HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) — Suspected Taliban militants have kidnapped more than 150 civilian labourers who were travelling in three buses in southwestern Afghanistan, Afghan authorities said Monday.

Witnesses: Mortar attack on Somali market kills 30

by The Associated Press

MOGADISHU, Somalia:Mortars slammed into a market in Somalia’s capital Monday, killing up to 30 people including children and overwhelming hospitals with dozens of wounded in the worst fighting in months, witnesses said.

NATO: 6 civilians killed in Afghan blast

by The Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO says a roadside bomb has killed six civilians and wounded four others in southern Afghanistan.

SOMALIA: At least 29 civilians killed in Mogadishu bloodshed

by AFP

MOGADISHU (AFP) — At least 29 civilians were killed and more than 60 wounded in a fresh round of mortar exchanges in central Mogadishu, one of the deadliest series of incidents in months, residents told AFP Monday.