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7 injured in car bombing at Mogadishu port
'Two police officers and 5 civilians were wounded,' police officer Abdukadir Ahmed says. There is no immediate claim of responsibility.
Taliban claims bomb attack as it pushes for Afghan talks
At least 7 intelligence personnel are killed by a car bomb in the eastern province of Ghazni, Afghanistan
Taliban car bomb flattens hospital as Afghan violence surges ahead of vote
(3rd UPDATE) The surge in violence, with civilians paying the heaviest price, comes after US President Donald Trump called off talks with the Taliban
Taliban kill at least 10 in 'horrifying' Kabul bombing
(UPDATED) The car bomb blast shakes Shash Darak, a heavily fortified area adjacent to the Green Zone and home to several important complexes
At least 95 wounded in Taliban blast in Kabul
The car bomb exploded near the entrance of a police station in western Kabul around 4:30 am GMT, interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi says
Thousands march in Bogota after deadly car bombing
The protest march ends with a religious service in memory of the victims, all between the ages of 17 and 22, killed Thursday in the deadliest attack with explosives in the city since 2003
Car bomb kills 11 in west Iraq after ISIS chief jihad call
The assailant blows up a vehicle at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Al-Qaim, one of the last towns in Iraq to be recaptured from ISIS, near the Syrian border
BBC reporter killed in eastern Afghanistan
It comes after two suicide blasts ripped through Kabul in the morning and killed at least 25 people, including Agence France-Presse chief photographer for Afghanistan Shah Marai and 8 other journalists
Explosion rocks Afghan city, multiple casualties – officials
'A car bomb blast happened at the entrance gate to the sports stadium in the first Police District of Lashkar Gah city,' Helmand province's police spokesman Salam Afghan says
Kabul on high alert after ambulance bomb kills nearly 100
A security alert issued on Sunday warns that the Islamic State group was planning to attack supermarkets and shops in Kabul frequented by foreigners
Ambulance bomb kills 95, wounds 158 in Kabul
(3rd UPDATE) The Taliban-claimed assault is the second carried out by the militant group in the Afghan capital in a week
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Slain Maltese journalist's sons dismiss reward, tell PM to quit
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat rules out quitting and vows to bring those responsible for killing a reporter he has described as his 'greatest adversary' to justice, with the help of FBI investigators
At least 20 dead in 'huge' Mogadishu blast – police
(UPDATED) Witnesses say the blast badly damaged a nearby hotel and left scenes of devastation on the busy road
Iranians among 52 dead in Iraq attacks claimed by ISIS
UPDATED The first attack strikes close to a restaurant while shortly afterwards a car bomb targeted a security checkpoint in the same area officials say
At least 29 dead as car bomb hits bank in southern Afghanistan
UPDATED No group has claimed responsibility for the brazen attack but it comes as the Taliban ramp up their nationwide spring offensive despite government calls for a ceasefire during Ramadan
Car bomb hits Thailand's troubled south, injures 51
UPDATED The latest attack hit the town of Pattani around 2 pm with two bombs going off outside the Big C a busy supermarket near the town center
At least 22 dead, 57 wounded in Pakistan market blast
UPDATED The attack comes after a wave of violence killed 130 people across Pakistan in February unnerving citizens who had been emboldened by improving security and prompting a military crackdown
Baghdad car bomb blast kills at least 45 – officials
UPDATED The Amaq propaganda agency linked to the Islamic State group ISIS reports the blast and describes it as targeting a gathering of Shiites
Car bomb in Syria coastal regime bastion kills 15 – monitor
Security services cordon off the area around the stadium where the explosion took place
Opposition 'minister' among 12 dead in Syria car bomb – rebels
UPDATED The attack targets a ribbon cutting ceremony for a local police station in Inkhil in Syria s southern province of Daraa
Somalia hotel attack death toll rises to 15
A vehicle rams through a checkpoint and is fired on by security forces before it exploded outside the SYL hotel An earlier mentions 5 killed and 28 injured
5 dead in Shabaab suicide car bomb at Somalia hotel
A police officer says the vehicle rammed through a checkpoint and was fired on by security forces before it exploded
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Turkey detains 'Diyarbakir car bombing' suspect – report
Turkish authorities detain the suspect – named A C – of the car bomb attack claimed by the military wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party
Berlin police open homicide probe after car bomb
3rd UPDATE The Volkswagen Passat station wagon heads downtown when the explosion strikes close to the subway entrance to Deutsche Oper station in front of one of Berlin s 3 opera houses
8 killed in suicide bombing near Yemen presidential palace
A security source says the attack appears to target the convoy of a local businessman who was entering the presidential complex
Taliban car bomber targets NATO convoy near Kabul airport
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says the group is behind the suicide attack on a foreign forces convoy claiming that several invading forces were killed and wounded The Taliban are known to exaggerate battlefield claims
4 killed in Somali shooting, car bombing
UPDATED There is no immediate claim of responsibility but Somalia s Shebab insurgents have carried out a string of attacks in the capital
Car bomb near hospital in Syria's Homs kills 16, wounds dozens
The attack comes just 3 days after hundreds of rebel fighters and civilians were evacuated from the city following a deal with the Syrian regime
Toll soars to 90 after ISIS bomb guts Iraq town
What we witnessed yesterday cannot be described Fire bodies wounded women and children screaming Khan is now a disaster zone says a resident
26 killed as attacks rock Egypt's Sinai
The deadly assaults are claimed by the Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State ISIS group that has captured chunks of territory in Syria and Iraq
Filipinos among casualties in Libya hotel attack
UPDATED At least 5 people are also wounded during the assault on the popular Tripoli hotel including two Filipina employees hurt by broken glass from a car bomb; reports also say 2 Filipinos died in the incident
Global terrorism index: PH ranked 9 in 2013
Terrorism in the Philippines is tied with national and separatist claims by people living in southern Philippines a deviation from the world trend showing religion as the driving ideology for terrorism
Suicide car bomb hits Iraqi Kurdish capital
Provincial council spokesman Hamza Hamed says there are casualties from the attack though the number is not immediately clear
63 killed in Iraq post-election attacks
The attacks fuel fears of a return to communal conflict that left tens of thousands dead in 2006 and 2007
Twin Nigeria car bombs kill at least 118
Improvised explosive devices hidden in a truck and minibus are coordinated to explode one after the other for more damage when emergency workers tend to the wounded
Iraq attacks kill 18 on anniversary of Baghdad fall
The latest violence is part of a protracted surge in nationwide bloodshed that has killed more than 2 400 people so far this year
Car bomb blast in Somali capital
A car bomb blast near a hotel in Somali capital injures at least one person
Somalia's Shebab in major suicide attack on presidential palace
Somalia s Al Qaeda linked Shebab rebels launches a major suicide attack Friday against the presidential palace killing officials and guards before dying in a fierce gunbattle
Iraq speaker targeted in blast as 21 militants killed
The unrest comes amid the worst protracted period of bloodshed in nearly 6 years
Deadly bombings rock Cairo on uprising anniversary eve
The bombings came as street clashes between Islamist supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and backers of the military killed seven people
Hollande to meet Syria, Lebanon opposition chiefs in Saudi
French President Francois Hollande will meet former Lebanese premier Saad Hariri and Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarb amid heightening tensions in Lebanon after the assassination of Hariri s close aide ex minister Mohammad Chatah
Bomb kills 27 in Syria as US presses for peace talks
A car bomb kills 27 in northwest Syria as the US pressed for peace talks in the country
Car bomb death toll climbs to 22 in Hezbollah bastion
A car bomb blast killed at least 18 in a Hezbollah bastion Thursday
At least 64 killed in Iraq violence
Attacks including car bombs mainly targeting Shiite majority areas of Iraq killed at least 54 people on Monday officials said
Cafe attacks in Iraq kill 17
A number attacks killed 17 people in Iraq on Thursday
Attacks kill 9 north of Baghdad
Attacks north of Baghdad killed 9 on Saturday stoking fears of full blown sectarian war in Iraq
Taliban bomber kills 14 at top Afghan court
UPDATED The blast is the deadliest in Kabul since May 16
