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A roadside bomb targeted the Afghan government employees in the southern Zabul province on Thursday, which caused the death of a driver and four passengers, the provincial officials said. The provincial governor’s spokesman Gulsalam Siyal said the blast occurred this Read More …
The blast happened at 1am at the street Gyllenstiernsgatan in the Östermalm area of the Swedish capital, but could be heard several kilometres away. It damaged the building and parked cars, with broken glass and other debris covering the area. Read More …
The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta rose to 15 on Saturday, officials said. The blast during Friday evening prayers wounded at least 20 other people, police said. “Two of the wounded people died Read More …
The Department of Defense (DoD) on Sunday identified two American troops who died after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated this weekend in southern Afghanistan. The two service members—Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News, Virginia, and Pfc. Read More …
One person was injured early Friday in a terrorist attack at a Colombian air force base. The Colombian Air Force confirmed there was an attack at the Casanare Air Group in Yopal. The attack happened about 2:20 a.m., local time, Read More …
At least four people have been killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded close to a checkpoint near Somalia’s parliament in the capital Mogadishu, police said. A plume of thick black smoke was seen over the city on Read More …
Four school going children were killed during an attack by suspected Al Shabaab terrorists in Saretho, Dadaab, Tuesday. Deputy County Commissioner Kibet Bowen says the children were killed when security forces cornered the suspected terrorists as they tried to destroy a Read More …
At least two people have been killed and several others wounded after a bomb targeted a security personnel vehicle in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say. The attack took place at an intersection near the city’s busy Liaqat Read More …
At least 30 people were killed in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno after an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge. The bomb detonated at roughly 5 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) on a crowded bridge in the market Read More …
At least 14 people, including seven children, have been killed when a bus carrying students ran over an improvised explosive device in northern Burkina Faso, according to the government. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for Saturday’s blast, Read More …
Three more crude bombs exploded near Dhaka University’s Kalabhaban (Arts building) and Ducsu building yesterday. A man wearing a red jacket exploded two crude bombs on the campus around 10:45am, said witnesses. Several people tried to catch him but he Read More …
An IED explosion killed a civilian in northern Balkh province, said an official. According to Munir Ahmad Farhad, Balkh Governer’s spokesperson, the explosive device was placed in a vehicle, which caused the death of one Afghan civilian. Mr. Farhad said Read More …
Two Belgian soldiers currently serving in Mali were injured when their vehicle drove over a makeshift explosive, Belgium’s defence minister said. Both soldiers were hospitalised in Gao a town near the border with Nigeria, located some 1,000 kilometres east of Read More …
A 12-year-old boy died on Tuesday evening in a landmine explosion in Soit Oudo area of Laikipia County. The minor, identified as Ldisiwa Lekesier, was herding his family’s livestock in Morpusi Group Ranch when he stepped on the device. The Read More …
A Kenyan local government official was injured on Sunday after a vehicle in which they were traveling in hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mandera County near the border with Somalia. Jeremiah Kossoim, Mandera county police commander said the Read More …
A car bomb outside a tax collection centre in Somalia has killed at least 79 people, according to officials. The blast struck a checkpoint during the morning rush hour at the start of the working week in the capital Mogadishu, in Read More …
Two police officers from the Special Forces were killed while seven others sustained injuries after their vehicle hit an Improved Explosive Device in Wajir East Sub-County at around 4pm on Friday. A statement by the police said the attack happened Read More …
A car bomb explosion claimed the life of 6 Afghan soldiers in northern Balkh province on Thursday, Ministry of Defense said in a statement. According to a press statement published by the Ministry of Defense Affairs, a motor bomb exploded Read More …
An American service member was killed in combat Monday in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said, while the Taliban claimed they were behind a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province that killed the U.S. soldier. The U.S. Army Special Operations Command Read More …
Explosions have rocked two towns and a city in the southern Philippines, wounding at least 17 people including soldiers, a military official said. A hand grenade was thrown into a military truck patrolling Cotabato City in the southern island of Read More …