PARIS—French rescue workers dug out the body of a man but rescued his baby and the child’s mother alive from the rubble of a three-story apartment building that collapsed Tuesday in a suspected gas explosion on southern France’s Mediterranean coast. Two other people are missing. The baby, around 10 months old, was located by sniffer…
Al-Shabab Blast by School in Somali Capital Kills at Least 8
MOGADISHU, Somalia—A large explosion outside a school in Somalia’s capital on Thursday killed at least eight people, including students, witnesses said. The extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. The al-Qaida-linked group controls large parts of rural Somalia and continues to frustrate efforts at rebuilding the Horn of Africa nation after three decades of…
UK Police Name Suspect in Liverpool Terrorist Attack
LIVERPOOL, England—British police have identified the suspect behind a suicide explosion that engulfed a taxi in flames outside a hospital in Liverpool on Remembrance Sunday. Authorities have declared the blast a terrorist incident. Police say 32-year-old suspect Emad Al Swealmeen, who is from the Middle East and was not , boarded the taxi in the northern…
Fuel Tanker Blast in Sierra Leone Capital Kills at Least 91
Ninety-one people were killed and over 100 wounded in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said. The government has not yet confirmed the death toll, but the manager of the central state morgue in Freetown said it had received 91…
Ninety-Nine Killed in Fuel Tanker Blast in Sierra Leone Capital
FREETOWN—At least 99 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the capital of Sierra Leone late on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, local authorities said. Fuel still appeared to be leaking from the wrecked tanker on Saturday morning as police and soldiers tried to clear large crowds of onlookers…
99 Killed in Fuel Tanker Blast in Sierra Leone Capital
FREETOWN—At least 99 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the capital of Sierra Leone late on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, local authorities said. Fuel still appeared to be leaking from the wrecked tanker on Saturday morning as police and soldiers tried to clear large crowds of onlookers…
Uganda’s President Says Deadly Blast Likely a Terrorist Act
KAMPALA, Uganda—An explosion at an eatery in Uganda’s capital was an apparent terrorist act, President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday. Museveni said three people entered the eatery in a suburb of Kampala on Saturday evening and left a plastic bag whose contents later exploded. He provided no more details in a series of Twitter posts…
Weekend Blast: Gas Now Shut Off to Georgia Apartment Complex
DUNWOODY, Ga.—Gas has been temporarily turned off at an apartment complex in an Atlanta suburb where a building partially collapsed during a weekend explosion, sending four people to the hospital. Atlanta Gas Light said inspectors have identified appliance and fuel line issues within the buildings. Officials said they have been directed by the Dunwoody City…
2 Killed, Several Hurt in Gas Blast in Russian Apartment Block
MOSCOW—A gas explosion on Wednesday in a nine-story block of flats in a city near the Russian capital killed two people and damaged apartments, a law enforcement agency said. Big holes in the outer walls of the building in Noginsk city, 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Moscow, could be seen in video footage. Debris…
Blast in Afghan Capital as Taliban Claim Attack on Minister’s Compound
KABUL—A blast near the office of Afghanistan’s main security agency wounded three people on Wednesday hours after a bomb and gun attack on a minister’s compound brought surging Taliban violence to the capital. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the late Tuesday car bomb and gun attack on the home of acting Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi….
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