Pakistan: 57 dead, 200 injured in suicide bombing at Shi’ite mosque in Peshawar

At least 57 people were killed and nearly 200 others injured in a suicide attack at an imambargah in Peshawar’s Kocha Risaldar area during Friday prayers. The CCTV footage showed an attacker, donning black clothes, walking towards the police personnel Read More …

Lebanon: Three Islamic State attacks thwarted in Beirut

‘A terrorist group had recruited young Palestinian men in Lebanon to carry out major bombing attacks’ Lebanon thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to carry out three suicide bombings targeting Shiite religious compounds in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Read More …

Afghanistan: Senior Taliban Minister Brags About Record Number of Suicide Attacks

A senior Taliban minister has boasted about “historic” numbers of suicide attacks the Islamist group has carried out, while complaining that the group has yet to be recognised as Afghanistan’s official government by any other country in the world. Muhammad Read More …

UK: MI5 had intelligence Manchester Arena bomber posed threat, inquiry told

MI5 had enough intelligence to regard Salman Abedi as a threat to national security and open an investigation before he bombed the Manchester Arena, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds of others, an inquiry has heard. The Security Service was Read More …

Somalia: Several killed in attack targeting election delegates in Mogadishu

A suicide bomber targeting a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia’s parliamentary elections killed at least six people in Mogadishu, the ambulance service said, as the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab armed group claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast occurred early Read More …

Somalia: Four killed, seven injured in Bossaso explosion

At least four people were killed and seven others injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northeast Somalia’s Puntland commercial city of Bossaso on Wednesday afternoon. A Puntland police officer told state-run Radio Mogadishu that the bomber struck in Read More …

US Offers Reward for Information on ISIS-K Leader, Kabul Airport Attack

The United States said on Monday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million each for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS-K leader Sanaullah Ghafari and for information leading to the arrest of those responsible Read More …

Somali Journalist-Turned-Politician Survives Fifth Suicide Attack

By all odds, Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu should not be alive to tell his story. Five times, this Somali journalist-turned-government spokesperson has been nearby when a suicide bomber set off explosives. The most recent incident occurred Jan. 16, when a bomber Read More …

Somalia: At least 4 dead, 14 others injured in a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu

At least Four people have been killed and 10 others injured after a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up at a tea shop near the Gen. Dhagabadan, Ex. Wadajir District Candy Camp in Banadir region on Tuesday Read More …

Somali government spokesperson wounded in suicide bomb attack

Somalia’s government spokesperson was wounded on Sunday in an explosion at a road junction set off by a suicide bomber in the capital Mogadishu, police and the national news agency said. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, in comments Read More …

Syria: One militant killed and two others wounded in an IED explosion in northern Aleppo

A militant of the Turkish-backed Military Police lost his life and two others were wounded, on Thursday, in an IED explosion in Azaz city, north of Aleppo. Official of the Discipline Section of the Military Police faction was killed and Read More …

Inside foiled terror plot: Up to 18 suicide bombers hoped to detonate bottle bombs on seven planes at 30,000ft

A former CIA officer claims Scotland Yard wanted to allow jihadists plotting Britain’s worst-ever terror attack to board jumbo jets with their bombs. Met chiefs “wanted to play to the very edge” as they built a case against fanatics who Read More …

UK: Liverpool bomber made device with murderous intent, coroner says

The Liverpool bomber died from an explosion and fire caused by a device he manufactured with “murderous intent”, a coroner has ruled. Emad Al Swealmeen was killed when his bomb went off while he was inside a taxi at Liverpool Read More …

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber killed at Kabul passport office gate

A suicide bomber was killed at the gate of a passport office in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, a government spokesman said, and several people were injured in the blast, according to unconfirmed reports. A spokesman for Afghanistan’s interior Read More …

Pakistan: 2 killed, 4 injured in suicide attack on ANP vehicle in Bajaur

Two people were killed while four others were injured in a suicide attack on an Awami National Party (ANP) vehicle in Bajaur tribal district, officials said on Sunday. Speaking to Dawn.com, Bajaur District Police Office Samad Khan confirmed the casualties, Read More …

UK: Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi was misogynist who had ‘very bad’ and ‘disrespectful’ attitude towards women

The Manchester Arena bomber was a misogynist who beat up a girl at college for wearing a short skirt, and chose to target young girls at a concert because of his hatred for women, an inquiry has heard. Misogyny should Read More …