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'Attacker' killed in 'suicide' bombing in Indonesia's regional police HQ

A suspected suicide bombing outside police headquarters in Indonesia's city of Medan in North Sumatra killed the perpetrator and wounded some officers on Wednesday, police say.

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 13 in Nigeria: officials

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 13 other people in an attack on a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu in Borno state, officials say.

Suicide car bomber kills 11 in Pakistan's Quetta: Police

A suicide car bomber kills at least 11 people, including four police officers, in an attack near a checkpoint in the volatile southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say.

IS claims Pakistan hospital attack

Islamic State claims responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, the group's Amaq news agency reported.

Istanbul shopping area hit by suicide bomber

A suicide bomb attack at a busy shopping area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed at least four people, officials say.

56 killed in Nigeria camp bombings

At least 56 people are killed in a double suicide bombing at a camp sheltering people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria.

Pakistan suicide bombing 'kills 10' in Peshawar

At least 10 people have been killed by a suicide bomber riding a motorbike close to a police checkpoint in north-western Pakistan, police say.

French air strikes bomb Islamic State in Syria as police hunt for attacker they let go

France launches "massive" air strikes on the Islamic State group's de-facto capital in Syria, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials say the attacks on Paris were planned.

Seven to die over Kuwait mosque attack

Kuwait sentences seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least 27 people were killed.

November 13, 2019
November 13, 2019

'Attacker' killed in 'suicide' bombing in Indonesia's regional police HQ

A suspected suicide bombing outside police headquarters in Indonesia's city of Medan in North Sumatra killed the perpetrator and wounded some officers on Wednesday, police say.

December 2, 2017
December 2, 2017

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 13 in Nigeria: officials

Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 13 other people in an attack on a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu in Borno state, officials say.

June 23, 2017
June 23, 2017

Suicide car bomber kills 11 in Pakistan's Quetta: Police

A suicide car bomber kills at least 11 people, including four police officers, in an attack near a checkpoint in the volatile southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say.

August 9, 2016
August 9, 2016

IS claims Pakistan hospital attack

Islamic State claims responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, the group's Amaq news agency reported.

March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016

Istanbul shopping area hit by suicide bomber

A suicide bomb attack at a busy shopping area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed at least four people, officials say.

February 11, 2016
February 11, 2016

56 killed in Nigeria camp bombings

At least 56 people are killed in a double suicide bombing at a camp sheltering people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria.

January 19, 2016
January 19, 2016

Pakistan suicide bombing 'kills 10' in Peshawar

At least 10 people have been killed by a suicide bomber riding a motorbike close to a police checkpoint in north-western Pakistan, police say.

November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015

French air strikes bomb Islamic State in Syria as police hunt for attacker they let go

France launches "massive" air strikes on the Islamic State group's de-facto capital in Syria, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials say the attacks on Paris were planned.

September 15, 2015
September 15, 2015

Seven to die over Kuwait mosque attack

Kuwait sentences seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least 27 people were killed.

August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015

Suicide attack at Kabul airport kills 5

A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to the international airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing five people.