Indonesian police Saturday were studying DNA evidence from the remains of two suicide bombers who carried out twin attacks on luxury Jakarta hotels, as security was tightened across the country. Suspected Islamist suicide bombers detonated powerful devices at the Ritz-Carlton …
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Baghdad market blasts kill 28 in deadliest recent attack
At least 28 people were killed, including women and schoolgirls, and dozens wounded in a triple bombing in a Baghdad market on Monday, the deadliest attack to rock the Iraqi capital in months, security officials said. The attackers detonated a …
15 dead in suicide blast at Pakistan tribal meeting: officials
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 …
Three dead in Algerian suicide attack: report
ALGIERS (AFP) – Three people were killed and six others were wounded in a suicide attack near the Algerian capital, APS news agency quoted security officials as saying on Monday. The bomber blew up his car packed with explosives near …
Al-Qaeda blamed as suicide bomber kills 53 at the Marriott hotel, Islamabad
Rescuers picked their way yesterday through the smouldering ruins of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, looking for more bodies after a huge bomb devastated the building in one of Pakistan’s worst terrorist attacks. The death toll last night stood at …