The US military has used its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed “the mother of all bombs,” for the first time in combat. The US Air Force used it in Afghanistan to target ISIL tunnels and personnel. The 21,000-pound (9,525 kg) bomb was dropped in the Achin district ...
At least 11 people were killed Thursday in two separate boat accidents on Indonesia’s main island of Java, officials said. Five others were reported missing in the waters of a vast archipelago that relies heavily on boat transport but has a poor safety record. In the first incident, a wooden ...
