A compound housing foreign contractors in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has come under attack from Taliban fighters. A huge explosion was heard across the city about 01:25 local time on Monday (20:55 GMT Sunday). Kabul police chief Abdel Rahman Rahimi told the BBC a lorry bomb went off at the gate of the North Gate compound and...
The Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday made a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State, Bavarian authorities say. The man threatened a "revenge attack" on Germans in the video, they said. Germany's federal prosecutor's office has taken on the case due to...
The Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday made a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State, Bavaria's interior minister says. Joachim Hermann said two phones, multiple SIM cards and a laptop were found with the body of the 27-year-old asylum seeker or at his accommodation....
The man who set off an explosive device near a music festival in the German city of Ansbach, injuring at least 12 and killing himself, was a Syrian who had been denied asylum, the Bavarian interior minister said. The 27-year-old suspect, who came to Germany two years ago, had been on police radar for crimes in the past,...
A man was severely injured in an explosion in New York's Central Park today, but it was not yet clear what caused the blast, police said. Three men were walking in an area of the park not far from the entrance to the Central Park Zoo when the explosion occurred, severing the foot of one of them, an New York Police...
At least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion at an ammunition store in the western Libyan town of Garabulli. Local officials said the store was in a camp controlled by an armed militia from the city of Misrata, but the group had left after clashing with residents. The explosion reportedly happened as...
A large explosion at an oil facility in the south-east Mexican state of Veracruz has killed at least three people and injured 136 more. The blast hit a facility owned by Mexico's state oil company, Pemex, in the port city of Coatzacoalcos. Hundreds of people have been evacuated and schools closed. Footage showed a large...