Bombs targeting Iraqi Sunnis kill 67
Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 18, 2013
Bombs targeting Sunnis, including two near a mosque and one at a funeral procession, killed 67 people in Iraq on Friday, officials said, after dozens died in two days of attacks on Shiites.
Two blasts at Iraqi Sunni mosque kill 43
Reuters | Saturday May 18, 2013
Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence.
Twin blasts kill three in northwestern Pakistan, say officials
Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013
Twin bomb blasts killed at least three people Friday in a remote area of northwest Pakistan, close to the restive tribal districts along the Afghan border, officials said.
Boston bombing suspect wrote message in boat: report
Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2013
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message describing the attack as retribution for U.S. wars in Muslim countries, CBS News reported on Thursday.
Suicide attack on NATO convoy in Kabul kills six civilians
Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013
A powerful suicide car bomb targeting a NATO military convoy in Kabul killed six Afghan civilians on Thursday in the first major attack in the capital for more than two months.
Sanjay Dutt to surrender before special TADA court today
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With PTI inputs) | Thursday May 16, 2013
Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 bomb blasts case, has withdrawn his plea to surrender at the Yerwada Jail in Pune.
Sanjay Dutt withdraws plea to surrender at Pune's Yerwada Jail
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With PTI inputs) | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 bomb blasts case, has withdrawn his plea to surrender at the Yerwada Jail in Pune. Mr Dutt will now be surrendering before the special TADA court in Mumbai tomorrow.
Sanjay Dutt alleges threat from fundamentalists, asks court to allow him to surrender in jail
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 bomb blasts case, told a TADA court on Tuesday that he was facing threat to his life from fundamentalist groups and should be allowed to surrender before Yerwada Jail in Pune instead of the special court in Mu...
Motorcycle bomb at Afghan market kills three, says official
Associated Press | Tuesday May 14, 2013
An Afghan official says a bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle has ripped through a crowded bazaar in a remote region of the southern Helmand province, killing at least three people and wounding seven.
Blast in Afghanistan kills 10 people, say officials
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 13, 2013
A bomb killed 10 civilians including women and children in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, in the latest violence since the Taliban launched their annual "spring offensive".
Putting blast behind, German Bakery reopens in Pune
Press Trust of India | Sunday May 12, 2013
German Bakery, the eatery that came into focus after a bomb blast that killed 17 patrons and injured over 60 others in 2010, has been formally reopened at the posh Koregaon Park area in Pune with the owners hoping to erase the terrible memory.
Turkey: Nine detained in connection with car bombings
Associated Press | Sunday May 12, 2013
Authorities detained nine Turkish citizens believed to have links to the Syrian intelligence agency in connection with two car bombs that left 46 people dead in a Turkish border town, officials said on Sunday, as Syria rejected allegations the countr...
Syria-linked group blamed in Turkey blasts which killed 43
Associated Press | Sunday May 12, 2013
In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group linked to Syria, and a deputy prime minister ...
Car bombs kill 40 in Turkey near Syrian border
Reuters | Saturday May 11, 2013
Twin car bombs killed around 40 people and wounded many more in a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Saturday and Turkey said it suspected Syrian involvement.
Car bombs kill 20 in Turkish town near Syrian border
Reuters | Saturday May 11, 2013
Twin car bombs killed at least 20 people near Turkey's border with Syria on Saturday, increasing fears that Syria's civil war was dragging in neighbours and drawing a swift warning from Ankara not to test its resolve.
