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Car explodes in busy Berlin street at rush hour

Police launch a murder investigation, say they do not think the blast is connected to terrorism.

Turkey

Turkey: Dozens killed and injured in Ankara car bomb

*NB An updated version of this story taking account of Monday’s events is available here.* A large explosion – thought to have been caused by a car

United Kingdom

Belfast police warn of further attacks after bomb blast injures prison officer

Police in Northern Ireland have warned of a severe threat to security forces after a prison officer was hurt by a bomb exploding under his van in

United Kingdom

One dead as decommissioned UK power station collapses

One person has been killed with three missing after a building collapsed at Didcot A Power Station in Oxfordshire, UK.

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Russia

Seven killed in Russian gas blast

A powerful gas explosion that destroyed an apartment block in Russia has left at least seven people dead including two children. Other people were

Ukraine

Ukraine: four dead as bus trips mine in divided Donetsk

At least four people have been killed after a bus drove over a mine in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

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.

Somalia

Passenger jet lands safely after hole blown in fuselage

Video shows what happens when a large hole gets punched in the side of your plane

Somalia

Al-Shabaab gun and bomb attack targets Somalian beach-side cafés

Militant group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a bomb and gun attack in and around beach-side restaurants in the Somalian capital

Afghanistan

Kabul: TV crew killed by car bomb

The Taliban has described Tolo TV station as a "military target"

World News

Space X rocket destroyed after successful EU satellite launch

Space X’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket has successfully put a European satellite into orbit, but what launch engineers described as a “hard landing”

Italy

Italy: five killed in suspected gas explosion

At least five people have been killed as the result of an explosion in north western Italy. The blast, believed to have been caused by a gas leak

Indonesia

ISIL claim responsibility for deadly Jakarta gun and bomb attacks

A series of gun and bomb attacks has caused terror in the centre of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, leaving several people dead – including a number

Turkey

Turkey on high alert following suicide blast in Istanbul

Turkey is once again reeling from a terror attack with the country put on hight alert as security forces launched a nationwide investigation into

Turkey

Most Istanbul blast victims 'were German', says Turkey

President Erdogan says 'Syrian suicide bomber' blamed for attack which killed 10 people

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Explosion in Istanbul's tourist district

A bomb has exploded in Sultanahmet Square, a popular tourist spot in Istanbul. The Istanbul governor’s office has said at least 10 people have been

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber strikes near Kabul airport

A suicide bomber has blown himself up near Kabul’s international airport in Afghanistan. It’s thought the attacker who was driving a car was the only

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 -

World News

Syria: at least 32 dead, 90 wounded in Homs explosions - reports

At least 32 people have died in explosions in Homs city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. The monitoring group says around 90 people

Russia

Explosion devastates Russian apartment building

An explosion blamed on gas has devastated an apartment building in the southern Russian city of Volgograd. The blast, which occured around midday on