Somalia: Deadly truck explosion hits checkpoint in Beledweyne town

The death toll in a truck bomb explosion in the central Somali town of Beledweyne has risen to 18, a top regional official has said, as the Horn of Africa nation battles armed groups. Abdirahman Dahir Gure, the interior minister Read More …

Pakistan: Rickshaw Laden With Explosives Intercepted In Khyber

In a proactive operation, the police in the Khyber district intercepted a loader rickshaw transporting a significant quantity of gunpowder and apprehended the rickshaw driver. District Police Officer Salim Abbas reported that the police made the crucial interception at the Read More …

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Suicide Car Bomb Attack Targets Galmudug leaders

In a brazen act of terror, the notorious extremist group al-Shabaab orchestrated a devastating suicide car bomb attack in Laas Ga’amey, Somalia. The attack targeted a gathering of high-ranking politicians, regional leaders, and local militia commanders who had convened to Read More …

Somali army successfully avert major Al-Shabaab attack on base

Early in the morning members of the Al-Shabaab group launched a complex attack against the Somali military base in the Nur Dugle area of the Middle Shabelel region. The attack started with a car explosion, which the Al-Shabaab used to Read More …

Somali president escapes a huge suicide car bombing attack

An explosives-laden vehicle targeted President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy in the central Somali town of Maxaas on Tuesday, officials have confirmed. Security officials have confirmed that a suicide car bomb exploded as President Mohamud was returning from an address to Read More …

Pakistan: Suicide bomber prematurely detonates explosives in North Waziristan, killing a husband and wife

A suicide bomber apparently detonated his explosives-laden vehicle prematurely in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban on Monday, killing a married couple in a nearby car, officials said. A local administration official, Rehmant Ullah, said the bombing happened in 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 …

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 …

Somalia: Suicide bombing kills 5, injures 11, including governor in Bardera

At least 5 people have been killed and 11 wounded, including a governor, in a suicide bombing in southwestern Somalia on Tuesday. “A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a guesthouse in Bardera where government officials were staying,” said Read More …

Somalia: Several soldiers killed in Al Shabab attack on army base in Lower Juba

Al Shabab militants have staged an attack on a military base in a Somalian town recently recaptured from the armed group, killing several soldiers, according to army officials. Somalian army officers said the militants used explosive-laden vehicles to mount an Read More …