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Turkey

Kurdish groups deny involvement as dozens held over Istanbul blast

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) both said they played no part in Sunday's explosion in Turkey's largest city.

Turkey

Istanbul explosion: Six dead, dozens wounded in shopping street blast

Turkish authorities have put a ban on media outlets broadcasting or publishing images from the scene of the incident.

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Baghdad tanker blast accident kills at least 9 people

A reported gas tanker explosion in Iraq's capital Baghdad killed at least nine people and injured around 13 others.

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Search for bodies in Somalia’s capital after two bomb blasts

People try to search for bodies in the rubble after two vehicle bombs killed at least 100 people in the Somalia capital Mogadishu in an attack claimed by Al-Shabab Islamists.

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Ukraine

Russia tightens security on Crimea bridge after huge blast

The crossing was built after Russia seized and annexed Crimea from Ukraine in violation of international law in 2014.

Bulgaria

Three workers die after explosion destroys Bulgarian arms factory

The blast occurred on Tuesday at an Arsenal group factory in the central town of Kazanlak.

Afghanistan

Students killed after suicide bomb attack at Afghan education centre

The blast occurred at an education centre in Kabul on Friday morning.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan mosque blast kills at least 18, including senior cleric

The explosion occurred in the western city of Herat during traditional Friday prayers.

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Illegal 100-metre 'twin towers' demolished near Delhi

Two residential towers in India were razed on Sunday after the country's highest court declared them illegal for violating building regulations.

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Firefighters douse the flames after an explosion in Yerevan

A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area tore through a popular market in Armenia's capital on Sunday, killing at least one person, injuring 36 others and setting off a large fire.

Cuba

Firefighters missing and 120 hurt in Cuban oil facility blast and fire

The government said it had asked for help from international experts in “friendly countries” with experience in the oil sector, following the blast in Matanzas.

Germany

Fire at Berlin's forest rages on as efforts to contain it continue

Some 10,000 square metres of one of the German capital's most extensive city forests have been affected, while the situation remains dangerous.

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Blast hits Sloviansk, mayor says cluster bomb used

Emergency services worked to treat the injured and clear the aftermath of a strike on the Ukrainian-controlled city of Sloviansk on Monday.

Bangladesh

At least 49 dead, hundreds injured in Bangladesh container depot fire

The cause of the fire at the depot, located near the country's main Chittagong seaport, 216 kilometres southeast of the capital Dhaka, could not be immediately determined.

Austria

Four employees sentenced over deadly 2017 gas explosion in Austria

The court found that the workers had "failed to comply with their safety obligations".

Slovenia

Several feared dead after chemical factory explosion in Slovenia

The blast was reported at around 08:30 CEST in the town of Kocevje.

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Suspected gas leak may have caused explosion in Cuba

A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least nine people and injured 40 when it blew away outer walls from a luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital. No tourists were staying at the 96-room Hotel Saratoga because it was undergoing renovations.

Spain

Explosion at Madrid building leaves two workers dead, 18 injured

At least 18 others were injured in the blast, including one person in a serious condition.

Afghanistan

Several worshippers killed in explosion at Shiite mosque in Kabul

No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.

Afghanistan

Explosions in Afghanistan kill at least 10 people and injure dozens

The worst of the three blasts on Thursday occurred at a mosque in northern Mazar-e-Sharif.