Iraq hangs three over ISIS-claimed blast that killed hundreds

Iraq has hanged three people convicted for a 2016 bombing that killed more than 300 people in a Baghdad shopping district. A car bomb that caused fires in the Karrada district on July 3, 2016, killed 323. The area was Read More …

Somalia: Car bomb explosion hits near stadium in Mogadishu

An explosion occurred near Mogadishu Stadium on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks in Somalia as the government is now at war with Al-Shabaab. An explosive-laden vehicle was targeted at a main checkpoint near Ifka Halane which is Read More …

Northern Ireland: Omagh bomb questions can ‘only be fully answered with tandem public inquiries’

All questions around the Omagh bomb atrocity can only be answered by holding a public inquiry on both sides of the Irish border, a lawyer representing some bereaved families has said. John McBurney urged the Irish Government to “reconsider” its Read More …

Afghanistan: Blast injures two in Takhar province

Provincial security officials confirmed the incident. The blast unfolded within the third security district of Taloqan, as said in an official statement by the provincial security officials. Reportedly, the explosion was triggered by an explosive device concealed within a vehicle, Read More …

Malaysia: Police believe object found under a car in Kuala Lumpu is a bomb

Two bottles filled with wires that were discovered behind the rear tyre of lawyer Siti Kasim’s car are believed to be improvised explosive devices (IED), says Asst Comm Amihizam Abdul Shukor. The Brickfields OCPD said police received the distress call Read More …

Pakistan: 7 soldiers among 10 injured in Peshawar car bombing

At least 10 persons includ­ing seven security person­nel were wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted the vehicle of Frontier Corps at the posh Hayatabad Town­ship on Tuesday. The blast was a suicide attack and its target was the FC Read More …

Iran: Four Border Guards Wounded In Car Explosion Near Pakistan

Four border guards were injured in a booby trap car bomb near the Mirjaveh border with Pakistan in Iran’s Baluch populated southeast. According to state news agency IRNA, the condition of three of the injured is stable, but one was Read More …

Russia: Explosive device linked to car bombing in Belgorod, investigative authorities say

An incident on Friday involving the explosion of a car in the Russian city of Belgorod, which left three people injured, was caused by an unidentified explosive device, the Russian Investigative Committee in the Belgorod Region said in a statement. Read More …

Mexico: Suspected car bomb explodes in the city of Celaya amid cartel turf war

An apparent booby trap or car bomb has exploded in a cartel-dominated Mexican city, wounding several officers of the country’s National Guard who approached the vehicle to inspect it. The National Guard said on Thursday that the explosion occurred late Read More …

Philippines: 2 persons planted IED on lawyer’s vehicle in Davao

Police are looking for two individuals who might have planted an improvised explosive device on the vehicle of lawyer Alberto Magulta that exploded outside his office along Ecowest Drive in Ecoland on Thursday morning. Maj. Rose Aquilar, station commander of Read More …

Nigeria: NAF destroys explosive factory in air raids in Borno state

Scores of fighters of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) have been reportedly killed in military airstrikes. According to a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, a factory used in making vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED) in Read More …

Afghanistan: Badakhshan provincial governor killed in car bombing in Faizabad

The acting governor of a northeastern Afghan province has been killed in a car bombing, officials said, months after the region’s police chief was killed in a similar attack claimed by an affiliate of the ISIL (ISIS) group. On Tuesday, Read More …

Syria: Police officer killed in IS-claimed car bombing in Damascus

A Syrian police officer was killed and four others were wounded on Wednesday in a car bomb attack that was claimed by the Islamic State group. The Syrian interior ministry said a vehicle exploded at the Barzeh police station in Read More …

Syria: An explosive device blast in Mezzeh area in Damascus, no casualties reported

Damascus, SANA- An explosive device went off on Sunday evening in a civilian car in Mezzeh area in Damascus, without causing any casualties. A source at Damascus Police Command told SANA that an explosive device went off in a civilian Read More …

Ukraine: Kherson region detention facility chief killed in car bomb attack

In the Kherson region of Ukraine, Serhiy Moskalenko, the chief of the regional pre-trial detention centre who was collaborating with the Russian occupation “government”, has been killed, the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reports. He was Read More …

Russia: FSB reports thwarting assassination of Tsargrad CEO Malofeev

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian special services to assassinate Russian billionaire businessman and CEO of the Tsargrad group of companies Konstantin Malofeev, the FSB’s Center for Public Relations (CPR) told TASS. “The Federal Security Read More …