IS claims suicide bomber attack that kills three in Afghanistan
Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Wednesday near the Afghan Defence Ministry that killed at least three people. At least...
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Taliban storm German consulate in Afghan city, 4 killed (Update)
Taliban militants stormed the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, ramming its outer wall with a truck bomb before battling security forces...
At least 13 killed after blast in wedding hall in Syria’s Hasaka city
A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people when an explosive device was detonated inside a Kurdish wedding hall in the northeastern Syrian city of...
Suicide bomber kills 54 in Yemen attack (Update 2)
A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on Monday, the health ministry...
Pakistani lawyers go on strike after dozens killed in attack
Pakistani lawyers staged a nationwide strike on Tuesday after dozens of colleagues were slain in a suicide bombing that killed at least 70 people at...
Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities, killing at least four officers (Update 2)
By Angus McDowall Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia on Monday, killing at least four security officers in an apparently coordinated campaign of...
Islamic State prime suspect after suicide bombers kill 41 at Istanbul airport (Update 2)
Turkish investigators pored over video footage and witness statements on Wednesday after three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in...
Pakistanis hunt militants behind blast that killed at least 70 (Updated)
Pakistan will launch a paramilitary crackdown on Islamist militants in Punjab, the country’s richest and most populous province, after an Easter Day bombing killed 70...
Tunisia says suicide bomber carried out bus attack claimed by Islamic State (Updated)
By Tarek Amara Tunisian authorities said on Wednesday a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with plastic explosive blew up a presidential guard bus a...
At least 19 killed in suicide attack in north Cameroon
By Sylvain Andzongo At least 19 people were killed in a suicide bombing in the northern Cameroonian town of Maroua on Saturday, a local military...
Turkey denies turning blind eye to Islamic State as bombing stokes anger
By Mehmet Emin Caliskan Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu rejected accusations Turkey had in the past tacitly supported Islamic State militants operating from Syria and unwittingly...
Two bombs in Baghdad kill 15 civilians -sources
At least 15 people were killed in two bombings in and around Baghdad on Monday, police and medical sources said, the latest in a string...
Two blasts target Iranian embassy in Beirut, kill 23 (updated)
By Laila Bassam and Erika Solomon Two suicide bombings rocked Iran’s embassy compound in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian...
Bomb attack near Afghan capital kills influential governor
By Mirwais Harooni and Ahmad Sultan A bomb attack on a mosque in Afghanistan killed the governor of a province south of the capital, Kabul,...