The United States military said it killed four "terrorists" in airstrikes against the Al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia on Sunday, a day after the country's deadliest attack in two years. US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted three airstrikes in two locations in the conflict-hit east African nation on Sunday targeting Al-Shabaab militants, it said in a statement. "These precision airstrikes targeted Al-Shabaab militants responsible for terrorist acts against innocent Somali citizens ...
![Rescue teams and local residents gather at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on January 21, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/News/000_Nic6287728.jpg?itok=jDRKKc7m "Rescue teams and local residents gather at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on January 21, 2014. [AFP]")
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![Guards on watch after an unknown assailant killed an Iranian diplomat in a drive-by shooting outside the ambassador's residence in the Yemeni capital. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6286727.jpg?itok=zzm-CnWq "Guards on watch after an unknown assailant killed an Iranian diplomat in a drive-by shooting outside the ambassador's residence in the Yemeni capital. [AFP]")
![Rebel fighters talk near the bodies of the victims of a suicide bombing allegedly carried by al-Qaeda-linked group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) near the headquarters of the Army of the Mujahideen. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6286201.jpg?itok=ooNxXzHr "Rebel fighters talk near the bodies of the victims of a suicide bombing allegedly carried by al-Qaeda-linked group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) near the headquarters of the Army of the Mujahideen. [AFP]")
![An Iraqi man inspects the site of a car bomb explosion in the Taubchi neighbourhood of the capital Baghdad on January 19, 2014, a day after the attack. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6287014.jpg?itok=gJKzc-s4 "An Iraqi man inspects the site of a car bomb explosion in the Taubchi neighbourhood of the capital Baghdad on January 19, 2014, a day after the attack. [AFP]")
![An Iraqi man walks past the site of a car bomb in central Baghdad, on January 15, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6285408.jpg?itok=UPUO_MUb "An Iraqi man walks past the site of a car bomb in central Baghdad, on January 15, 2014. [AFP]")
