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Car bomb targets security forces in Cairo

At least six policemen have been wounded in a car bomb attack in front of a police building in Cairo, according to Egypt’s interior ministry. The powerful blast struck northern Cairo district of Shubra al-Khaima in the early hours of Thursday morning. “A man suddenly stopped his car in front[…]

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Car bomb explodes near Kabul airport

A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 16, days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens of civilians and wounded hundreds more. The wave of bombings in Kabul and provincial centers follows a[…]

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Five car bombs detonate simultaneously in Gaza

Five car bombs were detonated simultaneously in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in central Gaza City, on Sunday morning. Graffiti on a wall near the bombings read “Daash,” the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State (IS), however no group has taken official responsibility for the attacks. Three of the cars are[…]

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Deadly car bomb hits hospital in Sanaa

A car bomb has exploded near a military hospital in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing at least 28 people, security officials have said. In a statement posted online on Monday, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack that also injured[…]

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8 dead in attack on Tripoli hotel

At least eight people, including five foreigners, were killed when gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday.  It follows a car bomb at a vehicle stand outside the Corinthia Hotel which caused only minor injuries to some hotel staff, Tripoli security committee chief Essam al-Na’as[…]

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Bombs kill 26 in Nigeria

Two explosions in two northeast Nigerian states on Monday killed at least 26 people and injured 79, rescue and health officials said. A car bomb at a bus station in Gombe city killed at least 20 people and injured 60, according to Red Cross official Abubakar Yakubu. Those killed were “burned[…]

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Car bomb hits Iraqi city of Irbil

A Kurdish official in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil says a suicide car bomber has struck in the heart of the city, inflicting an unknown number of casualties. Wednesday’s bombing in Irbil, capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, took place near the historic citadel. Mayor Nawzad[…]

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Suicide car bomb explodes in Kabul

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a convoy carrying foreign troops in Kabul on Tuesday, triggering a massive blast that shook the city, causing an unknown number of casualties. At the side of the road, foreign troops gave first-aid to some blood-stained fellow soldiers from the convoy,[…]

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Suicide car bomb explodes in Somalia

Several people were killed when a powerful suicide car bomb exploded near Somalia’s parliament in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police and witnesses said. Al Shabab rebels claimed responsibility for the bombing, the latest in a surge of attacks in Mogadishu during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. “A car loaded with[…]

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