Blast in Cairo suburb kills at least 6

     A bomb blast has killed at least six people and wounded 13 in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. The bomb exploded when police officers raided an apartment.      The Interior Ministry says police officers were raiding the building where a suspected hideout of the Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood, was located. The…

West Africa on alert after Burkina Faso attack

     West African nations are on heightened alert after the weekend assault by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso that killed 29 people.      The militants targeted a hotel and a restaurant frequented by foreigners in Ouagadougou on Friday night. They held more than 100 hostages at the hotel through Saturday. The military and…