At least 50 killed as blast rocks Beirut; thousands injuredA huge explosion in port warehouses near central Beirut killed more than 50 people, injured over 2,750 and sent shockwaves that shattered windows, smashed masonry and shook the ground across the Lebanese capital, Reuters reported. More… |
Sri Lanka blast death toll rises to 290The death toll in yesterday's wave of blasts in Sri Lanka soared to 290 today. Police said that 24 people have been arrested, but it is not yet known who carried out the attacks. The blasts had target More… |
140 killed in Sri Lanka blasts on Easter dayAbout 140 people were killed and about 400 injured in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police and hospital sources said. At least six explosions have been reported in the country; three churches More… |
Deadly blasts hit Chinese kindergarten, 7 killedAt least seven people were killed and 66 were injured, including children, in a blast on Thursday near a kindergarten in eastern China, reported CNN citing Chinese state media. Two people died at the scene and five died a More… |
German soccer team bus hit by blasts, key player injuredThree explosions have hit a bus carrying a top German soccer team Borussia Dortmund to their home Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. In a news conference, the head of Dortmund police said it was a targeted attack More… |
German soccer team bus hit by blasts, key player injuredThree explosions have hit a bus carrying a top German soccer team Borussia Dortmund to their home Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. In a news conference, the head of Dortmund police said it was a targeted attack More… |
Thailand risks losing 200,000 visitors after blastsThailand could lose up to 200,000 foreign visitors and $293 million in tourism revenue this year, the head of its tourism authority said on Monday, after a series of deadly blasts in tourist towns last week. The wave of attacks in More… |
Thai tourist sector braces for impact of deadly dayOn what should be a bonanza long weekend for the tourist industry in a seaside playground favoured by Thailand's royal family, shops and restaurants are shuttered, streets are empty and security forces are advising people to stay in their ho More… |
8 killed as car bomb blasts hit Damascus suburbAt least eight people were killed and scores wounded in twin suicide and car bomb blasts on Saturday in a Damascus suburb that contains Syria's holiest Shi'ite Muslim shrine, state television said. State media, which flash More… |
Bombs kill 140 in Syrian govt-held citiesBomb blasts killed scores of people in Jableh and Tartous on Syria's Mediterranean coast on Monday and wounded many others in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said. More… |