Oslo: A bomb ripped through Oslo's central government district on Friday killing seven people, police said, and hours later a gunman opened fire at a youth camp on a nearby island. One witness said he saw 20 dead at the youth camp, but police said they had no confirmation of deaths on the island. "I've seen it with my own eyes, at least 20 dead people lying in the water,"...
07:28 PM, Jul 22, 2011
Srinagar: At least six people were injured on Wednesday when an explosive device went off in south Kashmir's Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. "Six people have been injured in the explosion but all of them are out of danger. The explosion has probably been caused by a grenade left in the area after a recent encounter," Senior Superintendent of Police for Pulwama Amit Kumar told PTI. Two...
03:18 PM, Jul 13, 2011
New Delhi: A low intensity blast was reported from the parking lot outside gate number 7 of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday - one of the most well secured areas in the capital. The explosion was caused by a crude explosive packed in a polythene placed right next to a Ford car which belongs to a lawyer. Delhi Police said that it was low intensity blast and crude explosive...
02:04 PM, May 25, 2011
San Juan de Sabinas: A gas explosion in a coal mine in northern Mexico on Tuesday killed three miners, injured one and left 11 others trapped deep underground. Officials said chances were slim that anyone could have survived the massive blast. Dozens of weeping relatives of the miners gathered outside the small, recently opened mine in San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila state, about 85 miles (135 kilometers) southwest of Eagle...
09:27 AM, May 04, 2011
Karachi: At least 19 people were killed and around 45 injured in an explosion at an illegal gambling den in Pakistan's commercial capital, which was also attacked by some armed men, in one of the city's old areas, Ghas Mandi. The health minister of the Sindh province, Sagheer Ahmed put the number of casualties at 16 but "Express" news channel reported 19 people had been killed in the explosion. A...
09:20 AM, Apr 22, 2011
Karachi: A powerful explosion outside a gambling den in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday killed at least 12 people have been killed and injured 20. The explosion occurred within the compound of a building in Ghasmandi area in the old quarters of Karachi. A gambling den is located in the ground floor of the building, local residents said. Express 24/7 news channel reported that the blast was...
11:05 PM, Apr 21, 2011
Jerusalem: A bomb exploded near a bus stop in a Jewish neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Wednesday, injuring at least 30 people, police and medics said. Police described the explosion as a "terrorist attack", Israel's term for a Palestinian strike. It was the first such bombing in Jerusalem in seven years. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which police said was caused by a bomb planted close...
08:32 PM, Mar 23, 2011
The Japanese government has issued an advisory to a village near Fukushima Daiichi plant not to drink tap water, due to elevated levels of radioactive iodine. ...
07:48 AM, Mar 21, 2011
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit northern Japan on Saturday, broadcaster NHK said. The epicenter was not far from Japan's stricken nuclear power plant. There was no tsunami threat and no immediate reports of injuries or damage, NHK added. Kyodo agency reported that a change in the sea level may occur following the quake, but no damage is expected. Japan has been hit by hundreds of...
04:56 PM, Mar 19, 2011
Oslo: Health risks from Japan's quake-hit nuclear power reactors seem fairly low and winds are likely to carry any contamination out to the Pacific without threatening other nations, experts say. Tokyo battled to avert a meltdown at three stricken reactors at the Fukushima plant in the worst nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, triggered by Friday's tsunami. Radiation levels were also up at the Onagawa atomic plant. "This is...
10:29 PM, Mar 13, 2011
City of Tripoli remains under control of Gaddafi Government. ...
12:42 PM, Mar 02, 2011
London: The Earth could soon have a second sun, at least for a week or two. The cosmic phenomenon will happen when one of the brightest stars in the night sky explodes into a supernova. And, according to a report, the most stunning light show in the planet's history could happen as soon as this year. Earth will undoubtedly have a front row seat when the dying red super-giant star...
05:57 PM, Jan 23, 2011
Peshawar, Pakistan: Police say an explosion on a minibus in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 15 people on Monday. Local police chief Islamuddin Khan says it is unclear whether Monday's explosion was caused by a bomb or the gas cylinder used to power the bus. The bus was traveling between the cities of Hangu and Kohat when the blast occurred. Islamist militants frequently carry out attacks in this area...
11:00 AM, Jan 17, 2011
Moscow: Three people were killed and 44 others injured on Saturday after a Russian jet with 116 passengers and nine crew members on board burst into flames before take-off at a Siberian airport. At least three people have died and 44 were injured after an ensuing explosion and fire of a Russian Tu-154M passenger jet that made an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Surgut due to an engine...
12:20 AM, Jan 02, 2011
Cairo: An explosion went off in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early on Saturday killing at least seven people, officials said. After the blast, enraged Christians emerging from the church clashed with police and stormed a nearby mosque, prompting fights and volleys of stone throwing with Muslims, police and witnesses said - a sign of...
07:46 AM, Jan 01, 2011
Wellington: About 60 family members of the 29 men who died last month in a New Zealand coal mine explosion made an emotional Christmas Day visit to the site where the bodies remain entombed. Although the Pike River mine remains hazardous, police ferried the relatives in minibuses close to the entrance for a short memorial service, news reports said. Laurie Drew, father of 21-year-old Zen Drew, who died, told Radio...
10:24 AM, Dec 25, 2010
Stockholm: A car explosion and what appeared to be a suicide attack injured two people, killed the apparent bomber, and caused panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm. Stockholm Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said a car exploded near Drottninggatan, a busy shopping street in the centre of the city. Shortly afterward, a second explosion was heard higher up on the same street, and a man was found injured on the ground....
08:40 AM, Dec 12, 2010
Beijing: At least six people were killed and 37 others injured when an explosion ripped through an internet cafe in southwest China's Guizhou Province, officials said on Sunday. The explosion occurred at around 10:30 p.m. local time last night in the downtown area of Kaili City in Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Qiandongnan, Guizhou's provincial public security department said. Rescuers said after completing search operations that six bodies have been pulled...
10:02 AM, Dec 05, 2010
There was reportedly an explosion before the fire broke out. ...
12:42 PM, Sep 10, 2010
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In another incident, five workers were killed in an explosion at a shipyard in east China's Jiangxi Province. ...
08:52 AM, Jul 18, 2010
