Baghdad: Bombers struck at Shi'ite pilgrims celebrating a religious festival in Baghdad and across Iraq on Wednesday, killing more than 70 people in one of the bloodiest days since the last US troops left the country in December. The bombings appeared to be the work of Sunni insurgents who often hit Shi'ite targets to try to reignite the intercommunal violence that killed tens of thousands of people in 2006-2007. With...
01:46 AM, Jun 14, 2012
The US embassy has gone into lock-down amid a wave of coordinated attacks across Afghanistan. ...
09:59 PM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: US defence major Lockheed Martin has bagged a deal expected to be worth over Rs 100 crore for supplying laser-guided bombs (LGBs) for the Jaguar fighter aircraft fleet in the Indian Air Force (IAF). The IAF plans to induct more than 100 bunker-buster LGBs for its Jaguar warplanes to destroy strongly fortified enemy targets. "We have emerged as the lowest bidders in the deal for supplying LGBs to...
09:40 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Bangkok: Israeli officials ramped up accusations on Wednesday that Iran was launching covert attack plots, saying "sticky" bombs found in a Thai house rented by Iranians were similar to devices used against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the violence, while Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast called the allegations baseless and said Israel was trying to damage his country's relations with Thailand and...
08:31 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Zlitan: The Libyan government showed foreign journalists on Monday a destroyed flu clinic and food warehouses it said had been hit earlier in the day by NATO airstrikes, killing eight people. The attacks took place in the government-held town of Zlitan, 90 miles (140 kilometers) east of the capital Tripoli and not far from the country's front line where rebels are battling Moammar Gadhafi's forces. NATO denied, however, that it...
02:47 AM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: VIPs beware ! Do not accept gifts from strange and unknown persons as they could be explosives wrapped neatly. The Centre has sent an advisory to all states asking them to alert prominent persons in their areas not to accept any gifts from unknown persons as there may be explosives inside. The advisory was sent to the states following an intelligence input suggesting that terror modules were exploring...
01:42 PM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: Three crude bombs were recovered on Monday night inside a compartment of the Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express after the train reached Dhanbad station, police said. After getting information about the bombs, a police team searched the train thoroughly and recovered the crude bombs hidden under a berth in the D-4 compartment, SP (Railways) Praveen Srivastav told newsmen here. No arrests were, however, made. A bomb squad from Ranchi...
07:14 AM, Apr 26, 2011
Washington: Some five months before the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, India had warned the US about increasing 'white faces' in terrorist camps along Pak-Afghan border and the attempt by jihadi groups to acquire fissile material to 'fabricate a crude bomb beyond a dirty bomb'. According to a US diplomatic cable dated May 30, 2008,released by WikiLeaks the then National Security Advisor M K Narayanan had said this during a meeting...
05:39 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Washington: Airports across the US are on high alert after two parcel bombs heading for the US from Yemen were intercepted in Britain and Dubai. Both parcels contained an explosive called PETN. It is the same material used in the Christmas Day and shoe bomb attempts. The discoveries have prompted US authorities to screen cargo planes more thoroughly and tighten security at all US airports. US President Barack Obama has...
09:21 AM, Oct 30, 2010
The FBI has deemed the tip "not credible" ...
11:43 AM, Apr 19, 2010
Attack came two days after Government asked civilians to enter 'safety zone'. ...
12:08 PM, Feb 04, 2009
Israeli retaliation has bombed smuggling tunnels, rocket launchers. ...
08:49 AM, Feb 02, 2009
Cops have cordoned off Ahmedabad's Kalupur Darvaja area. ...
12:36 PM, Sep 29, 2008
Workers shredded to pieces as human bombs blew up as shift changed. ...
11:27 PM, Aug 21, 2008
The two had a quintal of commercial explosive ammonium nitrate on them. ...
02:10 PM, Aug 21, 2008
Blasts in Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Malegaon had a common carrier - the cycle. ...
03:15 AM, Aug 05, 2008
Police scanning city still a week after bombs were found in diamond hub. ...
04:23 PM, Aug 03, 2008
The diamond capital of the nation is under seige. ...
12:02 AM, Jul 31, 2008
