KABUL—Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said on Monday. Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards as he approached…
2 Russian Embassy Staff Dead, 4 Others Killed in Suicide Bomb Blast in Kabul
Florida Utility Gets $500,000 Fine, Probation for Fatal Blast
TAMPA, Fla.—A Florida utility has been fined $500,000 and placed on three years’ probation for a 2017 deadly explosion at a coal-fired power plant that killed five workers. The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release Friday that Tampa Electric Co. also must adhere to a new safety compliance plan. The fine is the…
Huge Explosion Hits Kabul Mosque, at Least 21 Dead
KABUL—A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday, as the United Nations expressed concern over a growing number of civilian casualties from explosions. Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that another 33 people had been injured in the blast, which witnesses told Reuters…
Armenian Fireworks Warehouse Blast Death Toll Rises to 16
Rescuers have recovered more bodies from the site of a fireworks warehouse blast in Armenia, raising the death toll from Sunday’s accident to 16, Armenia’s emergencies ministry said on Tuesday. Seventeen people remain missing, it said in a statement, after blasts ripped through the warehouse in a shopping mall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan…
Bomb Blast in Kabul Kills 8, Injures More Than 20
KABUL—A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight people and injured 22, hospital officials and witnesses said. The bomb exploded in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shi’ite Muslim community regularly meet. ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack,…
Taliban: 2 Civilians Killed in a Bomb Blast in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD—A bomb hidden in a cart went off on Friday near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing two civilians and wounding another three, a Taliban official said. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the attack happened in western Kabul, in the Sar-e Karez…
Blast Tears Through Kabul Mosque, Killing at Least 5
KABUL—A blast tore through a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday evening, killing at least five people, authorities and hospitals said, the same day deadly explosions hit passenger vehicles in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. A spokesman for the capital’s commander said at least two people were injured in the blast on a mosque in…
Roadside Blast Near Karachi Kills 1, Injures at Least 10
A roadside bomb exploded near a police van in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, killing a woman passerby and wounding about a dozen others, according to oficials. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion fell on separatist terrorists in Baluchistan who have been waging a low-level insurgency there. “Explosive…
5 Feared Dead After Chemical Plant Explosion in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia—An explosion and fire at a chemical plant in southeast Slovenia has left five people missing and feared dead, officials said Thursday. Emergency officials said another two people were hospitalized in critical condition with severe burns after the blast, which was reported around 8.30 a.m. (0630GMT) in the town of Kocevje. The Melamin factory…
Blast Kills More Than 50 at Kabul Mosque, Its Leader Says
KABUL—A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The blast hit the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the west of the capital in the early afternoon, said…
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