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An improvised explosive device (IED) struck an English-language institute in Najaf’s city centre in the early hours of Friday, according to Iraqi state media, with no casualties reported. The blast at the American Institute for English in the city’s al-Ghadeer Read More …
Security officials in Takhar province reported that a car bomb had exploded in the Kalafgan district of the province, killing two people and injuring 12 others. Takhar police spokesman Khalil Aseer said, the incident took place at around 5:00 pm Read More …
A man is facing charges after potentially explosive materials were found at the scene of a fire at his Queens home Tuesday, police said. According to the NYPD, Marak Squires, 37, was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment. Police said Read More …
It was Sept. 15, 1959, when an ex-convict, 49-year-old Paul Orgeron, showed up on the campus of Edgar Allan Poe Elementary with his 7-year-old son and a suitcase packed with dynamite. He was angry that he couldn’t enroll his son Read More …
An improvised explosive device has targeted British diplomatic vehicles in Iraq’s capital Baghdad. The British embassy said the blast targeted an embassy convoy on the airport road, close to the Umm al Tabool Mosque on Tuesday morning. There were no Read More …
Nangarhar officials said an explosion shook Angur Bagh are of PD2 in Nangarhar city at around 10am Tuesday, killing at least one security officer. “One person was killed and three others were injured in the incident”, Ataullah Khogyani spokesperson to Read More …
Ukrainian soldier has been injured amid engineering works after he stepped on an explosive device near the village of Vodiane in Donbas. “The soldier suffered an injury of moderate severety. He was promptly provided with first aid and evacuated to Read More …
Taliban militants killed a former Afghan senator and five of his guards in the country’s western Badghis province on Monday, the acting provincial governor confirmed. The incident happened when a vehicle carrying Rangeen Mushkwani, a former member of Meshrano Jirga Read More …
Two were killed and 12 wounded on Saturday in a bomb attack in Ras al Ayn, a town in northern Syria that Turkey captured in last October’s cross-border military operation, Shafaaq news website said. Improvised explosive device (IED) was the Read More …
At least six civilians have been killed and 10 others injured in a suicide attack in Zeleved, a locality in Cameroon’s Far North region, according to several security sources. Local officials interviewed by Xinhua confirmed the attack and said the Read More …
Six civilians, including a pregnant woman, were killed in southern Mali when the ambulance they were travelling in struck a landmine, the health ministry said on Saturday. It was not clear who was responsible for laying the mine, but the Read More …
A loud explosion has been heard in Jordan’s city of Zarqa, with several videos circulating on social media showing a loud ball of fire lighting up the night sky. A series of large explosions rocked a Jordanian army base outside Read More …
Three suspected al Shabaab militants died after they were blown up by their own bomb device in Garissa, near the Kenyan border with Somalia, according to police reports. While the incident happened on Thursday evening, information and confirmations from authorities Read More …
At least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing outside a mosque in the Somalian port city of Kismayo, according to a regional official. “A suicide bomber wearing a heavy vest of explosives targeted the Muslim congregation at Read More …
An explosion suspected to be caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) hit a restaurant in Boondhere District in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. The Blue Sky Restaurant is located in the vicinity of where the Presidential Palace and Read More …
First Vice President Amrullah Saleh’s convoy was targeted early Wednesday morning in the Taimani area of PD 4 in Kabul city, Saleh’s office confirmed. Tariq Arian, Interior Ministry spokesman, confirmed 10 were killed and 16 were wounded in the Kabul Read More …
At least one civilian was killed and another was wounded in a roadside mine blast in the southern province of Kandahar on Monday morning, a local police official confirmed. The incident occurred in Zharai district when a motorcycle struck a Read More …
The owner of a house, where crude bombs exploded killing two persons and injuring one, in West Bengal”s North 24 Parganas district, was arrested on Monday, a senior police officer said. A team of forensic experts have collected samples from Read More …
The two soldiers died after their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device on September 5. A third soldier was wounded in the explosion. French President Emmanuel Macron expresses his “deep respect” for the soldiers’ “sacrifice” and sends his “sincere Read More …
An explosion occurred near a hotel on Sariab Road in Quetta on Friday in which four persons sustained injuries. Security forces reached the incident spot and cordoned off the area. The wounded were shifted to hospital where emergency was imposed. Read More …