A powerful bomb detonated near a mosque at an event celebrating the birthday of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 52 people and injuring nearly 70 others, authorities say. The bombing occurred in Mastung, a district
A roadside bombing targeted Pakistani security forces Monday in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing a security officer and wounding nine people, including three civilians, police said. The Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack. The improvised explosive device went off
A Mexican drug cartel is being accused of dropping as many as 33 bombs on the rural community of El Caracol this month. Video out of the small town shows residents looking up into the sky as an explosion can be heard.
A roadside bombing in southern Syria on Wednesday killed a Syrian journalist and three soldiers, the country’s state news agency reported. The SANA agency said the bomb exploded when Firas al-Ahmad, a veteran correspondent for the local Sama TV station, was driving
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, 1945, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The bombings resulted in thousands of causalities in Japan. The decision to drop the bombs
The toll from a suicide bombing at a weekend rally held by a pro-Taliban Islamist party in Pakistan has risen to 63, marking one of the nation’s most devastating attacks in recent years. Following the attack, 123 individuals were treated for injuries
Pakistan’s prime minister on Tuesday asked neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to do more to prevent militants from crossing the border to stage attacks such as the massive suicide bombing earlier this week that killed dozens in a border region. The appeal came
Hundreds of Pakistani mourners attended the funerals of at least 54 people who lost their lives in a suicide bombing at an election rally for a pro-Taliban cleric. The attack, which occurred in Bajur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, left nearly 200 people
On Thursday, Kuwait confirmed the execution of five prisoners, among them an individual found guilty of orchestrating the 2015 bombing at a Shiite mosque that resulted in the deaths of 27 people. The attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group,
A suicide bomber on Monday targeted a military training academy in Somalia, killing 25 soldiers in the capital of Mogadishu, a senior army officer said. Al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa, the Somalia-based al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack. The officer said more