Suicide bomber kills 25 at Pakistan election rally

Suicide bomber kills 25 at Pakistan election rally

06 May 2013 18:06 - Reuters
A suicide bomber has targeted an election rally organised by a religious party in Pakistan, killing 25 people, officials say.
Human Rights Watch: Syrian airstrikes

Video | Human Rights Watch: Syrian airstrikes

06 May 2013 10:07
VIDEO: Footage by Human Rights Watch in Syria shows the government allegedly blowing up civilian hospitals and bread lines.
Bomb attacks increase in Pakistan as latest blast kills 8

Bomb attacks increase in Pakistan as latest blast kills 8

29 Apr 2013 10:16 - Jibran Ahmad
A bomb has killed eight people in Pakistan, including the son of an Afghan cleric, and wounded about 45 in the city of Peshawar, officials have said.
1 MIT shooting suspect killed after hijacking

1 MIT shooting suspect killed after hijacking

19 Apr 2013 10:11 - Reuters, AFP,
A suspect in the shooting of an MIT guard is dead, and a manhunt is on for another - both of whom are believed to be involved in the Boston bombings.
Boston Marathon bombings: Stories of the dead, injured

Boston Marathon bombings: Stories of the dead, injured

17 Apr 2013 11:19 - Sapa-AP
The bombs at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 170. Here are the stories of those killed and some of the injured.
Marathon bombs possibly made from pressure cookers, say FBI

Marathon bombs possibly made from pressure cookers, say FBI

17 Apr 2013 07:32 - Mathieu Rabechault
The explosives detonated at the Boston Marathon were homemade devices full of nails, possibly packed into kitchen pressure cookers, say US officials.
Boston Marathon bombing

Slideshow | Boston Marathon bombing

16 Apr 2013 09:01
Two bombs have gone off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring over a hundred. Two South Africans have been hurt.
Runner Kalmer says SA athletes are safe

Runner Kalmer says SA athletes are safe

16 Apr 2013 07:07 - Staff Reporter
SA athlete Rene Kalmer says she has not heard of South African casualties at the Boston Marathon after blasts at the finish line killed three people.
Explosion kills 12 in Aleppo

Explosion kills 12 in Aleppo

18 Jan 2013 18:42 - Erika Solomon, Alexander Dziadosz,
Twelve people were killed when an explosion rocked a government-held district of the disputed Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitoring group said.
Malians seethe over desecration

Malians seethe over desecration

06 Jul 2012 07:19 - Monica Mark
The attacks by Islamist hardliners on tombs and mosques is ratcheting up the pressure in the south of Mali. Monica Mark reports.
Mamman Nur masterminded UN attack, says Nigeria

Mamman Nur masterminded UN attack, says Nigeria

31 Aug 2011 18:47 - Camillus Eboh
Nigerian authorities say the man behind the attack on UN headquarters in Abuja last week is the al-Qaeda-linked Boko Haram sect's Mamman Nur.

Bombs target police in Iraq's Kirkuk

19 May 2011 10:35 - Staff Reporter
A series of attacks against police in the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday killed at least 25 people and wounded 79 others.

Kenyan police ramp up patrols after blast

21 Dec 2010 12:18 - Staff Reporter
Kenyan police intensified security following an explosion at a Nairobi bus station which killed three people and injured dozens of others.
Okah faces new bomb claims

Okah faces new bomb claims

12 Nov 2010 10:22 - Lionel Faull
An announcement this week linking Henry Okah to a car bomb explosion in Warri in March could deal a fresh blow to his bail application in SA.

Dozens killed in Pakistan bomb attack

05 Jun 2009 13:35 - Zeeshan Haider
A bomb blast killed about 40 worshippers attending Friday prayers at a mosque in a restive area of north-west Pakistan.