At least two policeman have been killed and five others wounded after a small bomb blew up near a mass Eid prayer congregation in northern Bangladesh, officials said. At least 200,000 people were gathered near a school in the northern Kishoreganj district when the bomb exploded on the premises of[…]
An explosion at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport has left four injured and hospitalized, according to local media. A “home-made” device, possibly fireworks, is suspected. Images from the scene show people being taken to ambulances as eyewitnesses gathered. According to CCTV, the Sunday afternoon blast left at least four people injured. Police[…]
Somali authorities said on Thursday at least 16 people were killed and 55 wounded in a car bomb and gun attack on a hotel in the centre of Mogadishu where sporadic gunfire could still be heard on Thursday. Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, affiliated with al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack[…]
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an explosion that rocked central Kabul early on Tuesday, leaving a thick plume of black smoke rising from the vicinity of the sprawling US embassy in the Afghan capital. President Ashraf Ghani said a number of people were killed and wounded in the blast[…]
The South African Embassy in Brussels is monitoring developments in the city after an apparent terrorist attack at the Zaventem Airport and at a Maelbeek Metro Station. Department of International Relations and Cooperation spokesperson Nelson Kgwete said that at this stage, no South African citizens had been reported missing, dead,[…]
A huge explosion rocked a divisional police headquarters in Jimeta town of Nigeria’s northeastern state of Adamawa on Thursday, according to local authorities. The Adamawa state authority has confirmed the suspected bomb blast at the premises of Adamawa Motor Traffic Department of the Nigeria Police. Harun Furo, Permanent Secretary of[…]
At least 14 people have been killed and 20 others injured in an explosion near a polio vaccination centre in the city of Quetta, police have told Al Jazeera. Rescue teams shifted the victims to the Civil Hospital in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, where an emergency was[…]
An explosion at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport wounded two cleaning staff on a plane, but the cause of the blast was not clear, Pegasus airline said on Wednesday. Pegasus said the blast occurred at 2:05 am (7.05 p.m. Et Tuesday) when no passengers were in the area and that operations[…]
At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide attack on a Shia procession near Kano city in northwest Nigeria, witnesses told Al Jazeera. Followers of The Islamic Movement of Nigeria were marching from Kano to Zaria through the village of Dakasoye on Friday when the attack struck. The[…]
Malaysia has arrested three suspects in connection with the investigation into a bomb blast in central Bangkok last month that killed 20 people, police officials said. Two Malaysians and a Pakistani national were arrested and were assisting with the investigation, police chief Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters on Monday. “We[…]
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