PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A suicide blast at an anti-Taliban tribal meeting in a restive Pakistani region bordering Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens, security officials said. The explosion happened a day after a force …
Category Archive: Bomb Blast
Suicide bomber strikes in Mosul
Eleven people have been killed during a American raid in the Iraqi city of Mosul in which a suicide bomber blew himself up, the US military says. Three women and three children were among the dead at the private home, …
Blast kills 7 Russian soldiers in South Ossetia
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A car exploded Friday, killing seven soldiers outside Russia’s military headquarters in South Ossetia, and Russian authorities charged it was a terrorist bombing meant to wreck the tense cease-fire that ended their war with Georgia. Georgia’s …
Suicide attackers strike Shiite mosques, kill 24
BAGHDAD – Suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens during celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. To the north, suspected Shiite militiamen gunned down …
Explosion in Sri Lankan capital injures one: police
COLOMBO (AFP) – One civilian was injured in an explosion in the heart of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on Monday, police said. Police said one woman had minor injuries, while six vehicles were badly damaged in the explosion that took …