A car bomb attack claimed by the Taliban has left at least 95 injured, “including a majority of women and children” Wednesday morning in western Kabul, according to the authorities. According to the photos and videos visible on the social networks, a huge plume of smoke rose in the sky of the capital, testifying to […]
At least 13 people were killed and 47 wounded when a bomb exploded Saturday in a market in a predominantly Shia area of the tribal areas in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. The bombing took place in a crowded vegetable market in Parachinar, the main city of the Kurram tribal district near the border with Afghanistan. […]
At least 10 police officers have sustained injuries when a powerful explosion struck their two armored vehicles in Egypt’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the policemen were travelling along a highway in the city of el-Arish, situated 344 kilometers (214 miles) northeast of the capital, Cairo, when they […]
An explosion in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula has killed four soldiers and injured four others as deadly violence continues unabated in the region, a report says. The blast occurred on Tuesday when a military convoy struck an explosive device in the border town of Rafah, located 340 kilometers (211 miles) east of the capital, Cairo, […]
A series of bomb and gun attacks left well over a hundred people dead and dozens more injured in central Paris on Friday night. Some reports put the number of dead at 120. There were at least seven attacks, all in the east and north of the city. In one venue alone – the Bataclan […]
Israeli forces have used live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes with Palestinians, leaving five people dead and at least 150 others wounded in just one day. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Mahmoud Hatim Hmeid, 22, and Yahiya Abd al-Qader Farhat, 24, were killed during anti-Israeli protests in the blockaded Gaza Strip […]
Among the dead were two Malian soldiers, while the body of a white man was seen lying sprawled outside the hotel in the town of Sevare, military sources said. Malian troops surrounded the hotel and shot dead one of the attackers who was wearing an explosive belt, the military source said. The Friday attack is […]
Three people, including a 9-year-old girl, were injured when gunfire broke out in Compton on Monday night, sheriff’s deputies said. The shooting was reported about 8:15 p.m. near Alondra Boulevard and Central Avenue, said Sgt. K. Ebbinga of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The circumstances surrounding the shooting were unclear. Witnesses described hearing up […]
More than 470 people are now reported injured after a fire broke out during a party at a water park in Taiwan. This video captures the moment an unknown flammable powder exploded over a stage area at Formosa Fun Coast in New Taipei City. Around one thousand people were in the crowd at the time. […]
At least 11 Syrian people have been killed and dozens of others injured in bomb attacks in the Syrian provinces of Damascus and Hasakah. According to reports, a bomb planted in a vehicle detonated near a mosque in the town of Tal al-Tabeen on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday, killing at least […]