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Afghanistan

Dozens killed in suicide attacks across Afghanistan

Dozens of people have been killed in Afghanistan in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in recent weeks.

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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

Iraq

Deadly double bombing at Baghdad market

Twin explosions in a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday killed over 27 people and injured dozens more.

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Egypt

Egypt: Sisi names Coptic Cathedral bomber as funeral is held

A 22-year-old suicide bomber was behind Sunday’s massacre at Cairo’s Coptic Christian Cathedral complex, Egypt’s President said on Monday.

Somalia

Somalia: deadly blast near Mogadishu port kills dozens

A huge suicide car bomb in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has killed at least 29 people, police say.

Iraq

Hundred Shi'ite pilgrims killed by Islamic State in Iraq

Around one hundred people, most of them Shi'ite pilgrims from Iran, have been killed in the Iraqi city of Hilla by a suicide truck bomber.

Iraq

Dozens of Shi'ite pilgrims killed in Iraq

More than 80 people, most of them Shi'ite pilgrims from Iran, have been killed in the Iraqi city of Hilla.

Afghanistan

At least four dead after suicide bomber strikes in Kabul

At least four people are reported dead in the Afghan capital Kabul, after a suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a vehicle carrying national security…

Turkey

Suicide bombers killed in a Turkish police operation near Ankara

Two militants suspected of planning a car bombing blew themselves up in an operation near Ankara after refusing to surrender to police.

Iraq

ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Baghdad bomb blast

A car bomb explosion near a hospital in central Baghdad has left at least nine people dead.

Syria

Wave of ISIL-claimed bombings in Syria kills at least 40

Six bombings claimed by the self-styled Islamic State hit government-held areas and a Kurdish-controlled province on Monday.

Yemen

ISIL-claimed suicide bomb attack kills at least 60 in Aden, Yemen

Hospital officials in the Yemeni port city of Aden say at least 60 people have died and dozens were injured in an ISIL-claimed suicide bomb attack on a military…

Iraq

'Kidnapped' boy wearing 'explosive belt' arrested by Iraqi police

Footage from Kurdish television purports to show a distressed young boy wearing an explosive belt.

Turkey

Turks hold government responsible for latest deadly attack

A suicide bombing which killed at least 51 people during a wedding in the Turkish city of Gaziantep sparked anti-government protests on Sunday.

World News

Al Shabab suicide bombers kill at least 20 in Puntland, Somalia

Somalia’s al Shabaab militant group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombs in the country’s Puntland region.

World News

Erdogan says Kurdish wedding suicide bomber was a "child"

At least 51 people are now known to have died when a suicide bomber attacked a Kurdish wedding in the south-eastern Turkish city of Gaziantep.

World News

Kurdish wedding devastated by bomb attack in SE Turkey

At least 50 people have died and dozens have been injured after a bomb ripped through a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, south-eastern Turkey.

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'30 dead' as bomb hits Kurdish wedding in southern Turkey

A bomb explosion at a Kurdish wedding in southern Turkey has left at least 30 people dead, according to local authorities.

Pakistan

Death toll rises to 70 in bomb attack on hospital in Pakistan

At least seventy people are now confirmed dead with over 100 injured following a suicide bomb attack at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.