Tag: bomb
Security tight after 13 killed in Tunisia bomb blast
At least 13 people were killed in Tuesday's apparent suicide bombing of a Tunisian presidential guard bus in central Tunis, prompting the...
Egyptian airport security under scrutiny as bomb suspicions mount
Egypt insisted on Thursday its airports were secured to international standards, despite growing concerns that its screening procedures may be flawed and...
Bombs kill 95 at pro-Kurdish rally in Turkish capital
At least 95 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers struck a rally of pro-Kurdish and labour activists outside Ankara's main...
Bombs kill 95 at pro-Kurdish rally in Turkish capital
At least 95 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers struck a rally of pro-Kurdish and labour activists outside Ankara's main...
Bomb goes off close to Somali presidential palace
At least five people were killed when a car bomb exploded close to the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday,...
Cairo court building bomb wounds 29
Islamic State's Egypt affiliate said it was behind a car bombing that wounded 29 people near a state security building and courthouse...
Suicide bomber kills six at Nigerian church
A suicide bomber killed six people at a church in north-east Nigeria on Sunday at the end of a week in which...
Bomb blast hits market in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city, kills one
A bomb went off in the Gamboru market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a resident and a military source...
Twin bombs in Nigeria’s Borno state kill seven and injure 12
At least seven people died and 12 were injured when twin bomb blasts by suspected Boko Haram militants struck a wedding party...
Explosion at radio station in central Nigeria kills four
An improvised explosive device detonated at a radio station in the central Nigerian state of Kogi Monday night killing at least four...
Bomb explodes at Spanish embassy in Tripoli
A bomb exploded in front of the Spanish embassy in the Libyan capital late on Monday residents said, the latest in a...
Bomb kills policeman in Cairo, militant dies in firefight
A policeman was killed in a second straight day of bombings in Cairo and the leader of a militant group targeting police...
Suspected bomb makers killed in northern Mali blast
One or two suspected bomb makers were killed in the northern Mali town of Gao on Monday when the explosives they were...
Bomb kills two soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai
A roadside bomb killed two Egyptian soldiers on Tuesday during a patrol near the town of Sheikh Zuweid, medical and security sources...
Bombs kill two, wound dozens in Egypt’s North Sinai
A suicide bomber killed a civilian and wounded 30 policemen when he tried to ram a water tanker into a police barracks...
Bomb kills three soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai
A roadside bomb killed three Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai peninsula on Monday, security sources said.
The blast, which also wounded a soldier,...
Bomb blast near top court building in Cairo wounds nine
A bomb exploded near a top court building in central Cairo on Monday, wounding nine people, the Interior Ministry said, extending a...
Five bombs explode in Cairo, one killed, five wounded
One person was killed and five others including policemen were wounded when five bombs exploded in Cairo on Thursday, security sources said.
A...
Blast wounds eight police in Cairo
A bomb detonated by suspected Islamist militants wounded eight police officers and one civilian in the Cairo neighbourhood of Ain Shams, Egypt's...
One killed in restaurant attack north of Cairo
One person was killed in an attack on a restaurant north of Cairo on Thursday, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.
A fire...