Its been reported that suicide bombers blew themselves up in Qatif and Madinah after sundown on Monday, several hours after Saudi security officers foiled an attack near the US Consulate in Jeddah. In Madinah, a bomb exploded in the vicinity of a police post outside the Prophet’s Mosque, which was crowded[…]
An ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) attack on a state-run gas plant in Baghdad’s northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and forced two power stations to suspend electricity production. A suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of the facility in[…]
Four months of Russian air strikes in Syria are taking their toll on rebel forces, strengthening the hand of a defiant President Bashar al-Assad as the United Nations struggles to get peace talks off the ground. Insurgents in the west are being hit harder, while in eastern and central parts[…]
A Syrian suicide bomber is thought to be responsible for an attack which killed at least ten people including foreigners in the heart of Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet tourist district on Tuesday, President Tayyip Erdogan said. There was a high probability Islamic State militants were behind the blast near the Blue[…]
Islamic State’s official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes soft drink can it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board. The photo showed a can of Schweppes Gold[…]
Western Cape police are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after two people were killed and several others were injured when petrol bombs were thrown at an Intercape bus near Lwandle on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana said no arrests had been made since[…]
Thailand has asked Interpol for help in tracking down the man they believe planted a bomb in Bangkok that killed 20 people, the Reuters news agency reports. The military government was initially reluctant in asking for outside help in the investigation of the blast at a famous shrine on Monday[…]
Thai authorities said on Tuesday they were looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near a famous shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, nearly half of them foreigners. The government said the attack during the Monday evening rush hour in the capital’s bustling commercial hub[…]
At least 12 people have been killed and 78 wounded by a bomb blast that hit the commercial centre of the Thai capital Bangkok, police have said. The blast, which was said to have taken place near the Erawan Shrine, occurred about 7.10pm local time, according to the Bangkok Post.[…]
Bells tolled and thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Thursday at ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing while survivors warned about Japan’s moves away from its pacifist constitution. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government are pushing security bills through parliament that[…]
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