Somalia Mogadishu hotel attack: 15 dead, al-Shabaab claim assault Smoke rises from a hotel in Mogadishu after a car bomber rammed the gates and gunmen stormed the building in the Somali capital. 01/06/2016
Iraq Eleven dead in attack on Iraq gas plant Militants from ISIL reportedly began the assault in the early hours of the morning, when a car bomber targeted the main gate of the facility in Taji, allowing a vehicle to enter with six militants who 15/05/2016
Turkey Blast near military barracks in Istanbul Eyewitnesses say several people have been injured 12/05/2016
Iraq Baghdad rocked by a series of car bombs Iraqi police say the devices were detonated in the north, west and Sadr City areas of the Iraqi capital. There are dozens of dead and injured. 11/05/2016
Iraq Dozens killed by Baghdad car bomb Iraqi police say the device exploded in the Shia district of Sadr City during the morning rush hour. ISIL says it carried out the attack. 11/05/2016
Iraq Shi'ite pilgrims killed in triple Baghdad bomb blasts Three bombs have been detonated around the Iraqi capital Baghdad killing as many as 25 people and wounding scores. 02/05/2016
Turkey Turkey: Police officers killed by deadly car bomb near Syria border Two police officers were killed in a car bomb explosion in southeast Turkey on Sunday. The blast targeted police headquarters in the city of 01/05/2016
world news Turkey: seven police killed in Diyarbakir car bomb Turkey says seven police officers have been killed and 13 injured by a car bomb in the city of Diyarbakir. The attack is said to have targeted police 31/03/2016
Syria Car bombing against Syrian rebels kills 18, says monitor Monitors from the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported at least 18 people were killed in a car bomb on Wednesday (March 02/03/2016
Turkey Turkish press says 'foreign powers' behind Ankara blast There is widespread agreement across the Turkish press that the Ankara bombing was a direct attack on the country and that so-called "foreign powers" are to blame. 18/02/2016
Somalia Car bomb kills three at Mogadishu airport Three people have died at Mogadishu airport in a suicide bombing just days after an explosion ripped through a Somali airliner, forcing it to make an emergency landing. 05/02/2016
Burkina Faso Security forces in Burkina Faso storm hotel to free hostages taken by suspected Islamic militants - reports of 20 dead Security forces in the West African country of Burkina Faso have launched an assault on a hotel in the capital where a number of hostages were being 16/01/2016
Iraq Baghdad: clearing up begins at Jawhara mall Counting the cost in Iraq after dozens die in three attacks over two days 12/01/2016
world news Popular French restaurant hit by car bomb in Kabul A suspected car bomb targeting a French restaurant has exploded in downtown Kabul. The site after a suicide car bomb attack at a French restaurant - 01/01/2016
Syria Syria: explosions in Homs leave at least 16 dead Syria has suffered another day of death and destruction. This time in the central city of Homs. At least 16 people were killed and scores more 12/12/2015
Egypt Egypt: bomb hits Cairo police building, six wounded A car bomb in a Cairo suburb has wounded at least six police officers and badly damaged a state security building. There are no confirmed dead. The 20/08/2015
Egypt Cairo car bomb wounds six police officers A car bomb near a state security building and a court house in a Cairo suburb has left at least six police officers wounded. There are no confirmed 20/08/2015
Afghanistan Taliban suicide bomber strikes near Kabul airport At least five killed in latest in a spate of attacks on the Afghan capital. 10/08/2015
Iraq Deadly car bombs hit Baghdad as Iraqi forces fight ISIL in Ramadi At least 10 people have been killed and 22 wounded in two car bomb attacks in predominantly Shi’ite neighbourhoods in Baghdad. Six people were killed 05/08/2015
Iraq At least 32 dead in explosions across Iraq Bomb attacks across Iraq have killed at least 32 people. The deadliest was a car bomb in a mainly Shi’ite area of Baghdad, which killed 16 people 22/07/2015
Yemen Yemen rocked by deadly car bombs Yemen has been rocked by deadly car bombs a day after an airstrike and fighting between rival froces killed almost 200 people across the country. The 08/07/2015
Egypt Egypt's top prosecutor Hisham Barakat killed by Cairo car bomb Egypt’s public prosecutor Hisham Barakat has died following a bomb attack on his car in Cairo. Security sources said the device was detonated 29/06/2015
Egypt Egypt state prosecutor dies after Cairo bomb attack Egypt’s public prosecutor Hisham Barakat has died following a bomb attack on his car in Cairo, according to the state news agency. Officials said the 29/06/2015
Syria ISIL militants launch counter-offensive and re-enter Kobani The self-styled Islamic State group has re-entered the key Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani, five months after they were driven out. The assault 25/06/2015
Yemen Bomb blasts rip through Sanaa - ISIL blamed More than 50 people are killed in a series of car bomb attacks in central Sanaa. ISIL militants claim they were responsible. 18/06/2015
Iraq Twin car bombs at top Baghdad hotels kill 10, wound 30 Car bombs exploded in the parking lots of two luxury hotels in central Baghdad late on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30. The 29/05/2015
