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More than 60 children among 126 killed in Syria bus bombing

The death toll from Saturday’s bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo has reached 126 – at least 68 of them children – according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human…

Egypt

Tight security for Easter at Egypt's Christian churches

Easter means tight security for the Christian minority in Egypt, who are marking the occasion in sombre mood after last week’s murderous attacks on Coptic…

Syria

Syrian evacuation bomb blast death toll climbs

The death toll continues to climb after a bomb blast hit a convoy of evacuees waiting to enter Aleppo in Syria.

World News

Small blast near St Petersburg metro station

Ten days after the St Petersburg metro attack, a small explosion near a metro station in the Russian city on Thursday caused fresh alarm and left one person…

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Afghanistan

US drops 'mother of all bombs' on Afghanistan

The US drops the so-called mother of all bombs onto a cave complex in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

GBU-43: What is 'the Mother Of All Bombs'?

The United States has used its largest non-nuclear bomb on a series of ISIL caves and bunkers in eastern Afghanistan.

Turkey

PKK says it was behind Diyarbakir bomb blast

The PKK has said it was behind a bomb attack on a police compound in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday.

Turkey

Fatal blast at police compound in Diyarbakir an accident

Fatal blast at police compound in Diyarbakir treated as an accident

Egypt

Egypt: ISIL claims deadly attacks on Coptic Christians

At least 25 people are reported dead and dozens more were injured on Sunday in an explosion at a Coptic Christian Church in Egypt’s northern Nile Delta city of…

Russia

Seven arrested as part of St Petersburg bombing probe

Seven people have been arrested by police investigating the deadly metro bomb attack in St Petersburg.

Russia

Russia confirms identity of St Petersburg suicide bomber

The suspected suicide bomber who killed 14 people and injured 50 in the St Petersburg underground has been identified by Russian authorities as 22-year old Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Russian of Kyrgyz…

Russia

Kyrgyzstan fertile ground for would be jihadists

ISIL recruiters target Bishkek

Russia

Russia pays tribute to St Petersburg metro bomb attack victims

People have been paying tribute to the victims of the St Petersburg metro bombing.

Russia

Suspected St Petersburg bomber identified as Kyrgyz-born Russian

The man suspected of killing 14 people in a bombing on the St Petersburg underground has been identified as Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Russian citizen born in the former Soviet republic of…

Russia

Eyewitnesses describe horror following St.Petersburg blast

Video of aftermath of blast is published on social media showing people trying to help others out of damaged train carriage

Russia

EU foreign ministers voice unity with Russia following St Petersburg metro blast

European foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg reacted to Monday’s metro blast in St Petersburg, expressing horror over the apparent terror attack.

Russia

St Petersburg explosion: What we know

At 2:30pm local time, at least one explosion tore through the central St Petersburg Metro system.

Bangladesh

Twin bomb blasts claim casualties in Bangladesh

At least six people have been killed and dozens wounded in the attack, which has reportedly been claimed by ISIL.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan blast: one dead and nearly 20 injured in deadly minibus explosion

At least one woman has been killed and nearly 20 other people wounded after a huge blast in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Afghanistan

Patients, doctors and nurses among dozens killed in Kabul hospital attack

Gunmen dressed as doctors have attacked a military hospital in an area close to the US embassy in Kabul. They are fighting with security forces inside the building in the Afghan capital.