Black smoke rose over the besieged mall in Kenya early Monday as military forces led an assault on the shopping center in an effort to rescue hostages. Forces moved in during a desperate attempt to ...
Ambulances were lining up outside Nairobi’s Westgate Shopping Mall, and helicopters circled overhead. When I arrived Saturday afternoon in the mall’s parking lot, policemen, AK-47s and pistols drawn, ...
(JTA) — When Rina Attias phoned to say that she was trapped with terrorists inside Nairobi’s Westgate mall, her husband Albert replied with a short instruction: Hang up right now. Albert Attias, the ...
(JTA) — When Rina Attias phoned to say that she was trapped with terrorists inside Nairobi’s Westgate mall, her husband Albert replied with a short instruction: Hang up right now. Albert Attias, the ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, where 67 people were killed in a gun attack in September 2013, has reopened. Armed al-Shabab militants entered the mall and fired on shoppers, leading to a siege ...
The locus of countering Al-Qa’ida style terrorism has now shifted overseas, with Western governments facing a new and complex set of issues that have been brought into particular focus by recent ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
An explosion and gunfire have been heard at the shopping centre in Nairobi where militants are believed to be holding a number of hostages. Sixty-eight people have been killed and more than 170 ...