The death toll in two suicide car bombings in northwest Pakistan today rose to 25 with the recovery of five more bodies from the debris of a police station that was destroyed in one of the attacks.
Three powerful blasts on Wednesday rocked Pakistan, including two outside an Imambargah in Karachi, killing at least 11 people even as security was tightened across the country to avert attacks on Shia gatherings in the month of Muharram.
At least three people were killed and five others injured on Monday when a suicide bomber in an auto-rickshaw blew himself up near a group of policemen in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, a day after 14 people died in a similar attack in the city.The bomber, who was in his early 20s, detonated his explosives when the auto-rickshaw was stopped by policemen at the check post on the ring road at 10 am.
Chinese companies have large interests and investments in the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
Pakistani security forces claimed to have arrested 35 militants from various areas in the restive northern Swat valley, along with a would-be suicide bomber and cleric.
In an embarrassing lapse, the portrait of the brother of Central Reserve Police Force soldier N Satish, who was killed in the militant attack in Srinagar, was taken in his funeral procession in Mandy, Karnataka on Friday with relatives and district authorities blaming each other for it.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the horrific suicide bombing attack on a shia mosque in Saudi Arabia, which took lives of at least 21 people.
Hours after three suspected Islamic State group suicide bombers targeted the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing at least 36 people and wounding many others, Rediff.com brings you some of the deadliest attacks at airports, which have left several dead and hundreds injured.
A day after the Taliban freed over 250 prisoners from a high-security Pakistani prison, a top commander of the terror outfit has said they took a month to plan the assault and spent Rs 1 crore to execute it with military-like precision.
According to media reports, four persons, including two police officers have been killed in a car bomb explosion outside a police station in Pangani, in central Nairobi. Early reports suggest that it was a suicide attact. The officers were escorting the occupants for the questioning.
The blast occurred in the remote Hub region in Lasbela district where devotees were attending a Sufi dance called "dhamaal" at Dargah Shah Noorani shrine.
The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a fresh charge sheet against five persons in connection with the Coimbatore car bomb blast in October 2022, and said the prime accused was "reportedly inspired by the hardcore ISIS ideology" to carry out this terrorist attack.
The ongoing crackdown on Khalistan supporters has brought to light a questionable delay in revoking arms licences granted to the armed guards of radical preacher Amritpal Singh in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Russia on Friday claimed a major breakthrough in the twin suicide attacks at Moscow metro stations, in which 40 people were killed, saying it has arrested the main plotters of the terror bombings. "We have made arrests. Very serious work is underway," a law enforcement source was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. However, no other details were disclosed.
On December 26, the probe agency busted a suspected IS-inspired terror group and arrested 10 men, including a 'mufti' from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, who it said were planning suicide attacks and serial blasts targeting politicians and government installations in Delhi and other parts of north India.
In a major setback to Taliban, missiles fired from US drones have killed its top commander and group's deputy chief Qari Hussain Mehsud, mastermind of many suicide attacks across Pakistan, sources claimed on Friday.
Those who have already joined the ISIS have the potential to create a network of similarly motivated youth. It is from this breed of self-radicalised, semi-skilled professionals that a potential attacker is likely to emerge, reports R S Chauhan.
A suspected Islamic State jihadist blew himself up in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, during a police raid, injuring four officers, one seriously, media reports said on Sunday.
At least 27 people were dead but the violence had slowed and voting picked up.
A similar attack Monday on the heavily fortified Green Zone--which houses Iraq's interim government and foreign embassies--had left 13 dead and over 70 injured.\n
The Pakistan-based Haqqani network is suspected to have carried out the brazen suicide attacks on western embassies and Parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi has said.
A Palestinian suicide bomber caught at a Gaza border terminal three weeks ago said on Tuesday he had planned an attack on an Israeli soccer stadium.
The suicide bomber exploded two embassy vehicles as they were entering the premises, sources said, the intensity of the blast blowing off the gates of the embassy. Some buildings inside were also damaged in the blast. Four Indian nationals were killed the suicide attack, Indian Ambassador Jayan Prasad said.
