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Syria

Car bomb attack near al-Bab in Syria kills over 40

ISIL says it killed at least 35 civilians in deadly carbomb attack in former fief lost to Free Syrian Army on Thursday.

Colombia

Explosion near bullring in Colombia's capital kills one

An explosion near Bogota's bullring killed one and injured at least 30 people, most of them police officers.

Somalia

Somalia: Deadly car bomb rocks Mogadishu market

A car bomb attack on a market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, left dozens dead and injured on Sunday.

Pakistan

Shrine bombing raises tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Security forces in Pakistan have killed dozens of suspected militants. It comes a day after ISIL said they were behind a suicide bombing that killed more than 80 worshippers at a Sufi shrine.

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Pakistan

Pakistan: suicide bombing in religious shrine kills at least 72, including children

At least 72 people have been killed and 250 wounded in the fourth bombing to strike Pakistan in as many days.

World News

Car bomb in Sadr City brings internal Shi'ite tensions back to the boil

Suicide car bomb kills and maims in Sadr City

Pakistan

Taliban claims responsibility for deadly Lahore blast

A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens more in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday.

Afghanistan

Suicide bomb 'kills 20' outside Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul

At least 20 people have been killed and almost double that number injured by a bomb outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Cult

'Jihad' - a play which follows the odyssey of three young Muslims who go to Syria

A play called ‘Jihad’ has been on stage in Brussels and France.

Jordan

Suspected car bombing in Jordan refugee camp

At least four people are dead after an explosion in a refugee camp in Jordan on the border with Syria.

Pakistan

Deadly bomb blast hits market in northern Pakistan

At least 21 people have been killed in a bomb blast in a market in northern Pakistan.

Mali

Suicide bomber kills dozens in attack on army camp in Mali

A suicide bomber has detonated a vehicle packed with explosives in an army camp in northern Mali.

Syria

Syria: several dead in Damascus suicide bomb

A suicide bomber has struck a heavily policed district of Damascus, killing at least seven people according to state television.

Afghanistan

Afghan Taliban claims deadly twin blasts in Kabul

The Afghan Taliban claims responsibility for deadly twin blasts in Kabul, which officials believe targeted MPs.

Iraq

Iraq: car bomb at Baghdad market kills over a dozen

ISIL has claimed an attack in which a car was detonated after being driven into a vegetable market in a Shi'ite area.

Turkey

Deadly car bomb in Izmir - the latest

Officials in Turkey say have described how suspected Kurdish militants clashed with police before detonating the device in the western city of Izmir.

Syria

Car bomb wreaks havoc in Syrian president's stronghold

At least nine people have been killed and dozens more hurt by a car bomb in the Syrian government-held town of Jableh.

World News

Three die in Somali militant attack

Suicide bombers have attacked the main peacekeeping base in the capital of Somalia. Police say at least three Somali security officers have been killed.

Iraq

Deadly car bomb attack in Baghdad claimed by ISIL

Blast comes as the French President Francois Hollande visits the Iraqi capital

Italy

Police officer loses hand and eye in Florence bomb blast

A police officer has been seriously injured while trying to defuse a bomb in the Italian city of Florence.