Tag: bombs
Italy eases curbs on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
Italy has loosened restrictions on arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, government sources said on Tuesday, in a move aimed...
Mogadishu hit by two car bombs
One person died and another was injured in two car bombs that exploded in the heart of the Somali capital with Islamist...
Benghazi bombing death toll rises
The toll from a twin car bombing at a mosque in Benghazi rose to 35, medical officials said, one of the highest...
Twin car bombs kill more than 30 in Benghazi
A double car bombing in Benghazi left at least 33 people dead and dozens more wounded, including senior security figures and civilians,...
Twelve killed and 48 injured in Maiduguri suicide bombings
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers killed 12 people and injured 48 others in an attack on the Nigerian city Maiduguri, officials from...
Flaw in intelligence revealed by latest Somali blast
The size and methods of the latest truck bombing in Mogadishu show international and Somali government efforts to stop the killings are...
EU NavFor assists in aftermath of Mogadishu blast
Anti-piracy and escort duties took a temporary backseat earlier this week when elements of EU NavFor Somalia banded together to provide much-needed...
Egypt Palm Sunday bombings claim 44 lives
At least 44 people were killed in bomb attacks on the symbolic cathedral seat of the Coptic Pope and another church on...
Triple bombing in Nigeria’s Borno state
At least 80 people were killed and about 150 injured in multiple bomb attacks in north-eastern Nigeria's Borno state on Sunday according...
String of small morning explosions in Cairo hurt eight
Eight people were hurt in northern Cairo when homemade explosive devices blew up at four metro stations and a courthouse on Wednesday...
Back-to-back blasts kill at least 10 in Kenyan capital
Back-to-back explosions killed at least 10 people in a packed Nairobi market on Friday, extending a spate of attacks that have piled...
Henry Okah jailed for 24 years over Nigeria bombings
Nigerian militant Henry Okah was jailed for 24 years by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday over deadly bomb...
Two blasts hit northeast Nigeria, shootout kills 1
Two bomb blasts shook the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri and a gun battle in another town killed at least one civilian,...
Bombs kill three, injure 35 in north Iraq – police
Two car bombs exploded near shops and restaurants in the Iraqi town of Tal Afar killing at least three people and wounding...
Iran used foreign expertise for atom work – diplomats
A UN nuclear watchdog report is expected to show concern that Iran benefited from foreign expertise to help develop technology that could...
Attackers strike Iraq Sunni militia, six killed
Two bombs exploded as members of a government-backed Sunni militia gathered to collect their pay in the Iraqi city of Baquba killing...
Bomb blasts kill 18 in Iraqi capital – sources
Two bombs exploded on a busy commercial street in a Shi'ite neighbourhood in northeastern Baghdad killing at least 18 people and wounding...
