Baghdad bombs, shooting kill 19; death toll in Jan hits 1000

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 11:09

No group claimed responsibility for the blasts, but members of the country`s Shi`ite majority are often targeted by Sunni Islamist insurgents, some linked with al Qaeda, who have regained ground in Iraq over the past year.

Russian teen set off mini-bombs in US: Roommate

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 04:57

A college student from Russia has been arrested and charged with building a suspected bomb in his bedroom at an apartment near Penn State`s satellite campus in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Toll from Baghdad area attacks reaches 30: Officials

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 20:08

A series of attacks in the Baghdad area, including four car bombs targeting civilians, have killed at least 30 people, security and medical officials said on Tuesday.

Nigerian senator says military bombs his convoy

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 05:18

A Nigerian senator says a military aircraft fired four bombs at his cavalcade as he drove to the scene of an attack by suspected Islamic extremists in the country`s northeast. No one was hurt.

500 killed in South Sudan clashes, UN diplomats told

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 06:21

Up to 500 people have been reportedly killed in clashes between rival South Sudan army factions in past three days, as per BBC reports.

Car bombs and roadside bombings kill 21 in Iraq

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 20:56

A series of attacks, including a car bomb outside a cafe, killed at least 21 people in Iraq today, officials said.

Bomb planted near post office recovered in Assam

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 12:43

A bomb planted allegedly by a nascent militant outfit National Liberation Force of Bengalis was found in front of Kokrajhar post office in Assam`s Kokrajhar district, the police said Thursday.

Security forces recover 14 bombs in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 11:24

Elections will be held in 72 constituencies on Tuesday next week.

Roadside bombs kill 3 boys in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 20:46

Afghan officials say roadside bombings in the restive south and west have killed three boys. One of today`s attacks took place in western Farah province, where two boys died.

Indian mission in Bangladesh targeted with crude bombs

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 11:49

Miscreants on Sunday targeted the Indian mission in Bangladesh`s port city of Chittagong during a four-day nationwide shutdown that began on 11 November 2013.

Bomb-like objects found on rail tracks in Assam

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 12:42

Four bomb-like objects were recovered from train tracks between Dudhnoi and Krishnai stations in Lower Assam`s restive Goalpara district Friday morning.

NIA recovers nine Patna blasts-like live bombs from Ranchi

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 20:09

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday recovered nine live bombs, matching those found in Patna after the serial blasts, during a raid in the Hindpiri area here, police officials said.