Pakistan: 26 Killed, 50 injured in bomb blasts in Balochistan province ahead of general elections
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: At least 26 people were killed and 50 others injured Wednesday Feb 7, 2024 in two separate explosions targeting election candidates in restive Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, just a day before general elections in Pakistan. A three-day mourning period has been announced by Chief Minister of Balochistan […]
3 Chinese, their driver killed in bomb attack in Pakistan’s coastal city Karachi
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed while several others sustained injuries in a van explosion in the premises of the University of Karachi in the Southern Sindh province. The explosion occurred at 1:52p.m in a van near the Confucius Institute — a Chinese language teaching centre […]
[Indonesia Report] Police detains 9 Al Qaeda Indonesia terrorist suspects
Indonesian police named 9 terror suspects declared themselves as group of Al Qaeda Indonesia, according to report by Kompas.com. They are now being detained in Indonesian Mobile Brigade Corps Headquarter, Kelapa Dua, Depok in West Java Province. The 9 suspects were arrested on the anti-terror raids last week held by Indonesian Counter-terrorism Squad, Detachment 88, in several […]
Row Of Bombings In Iraq Claim Scores Of Victims
People inspect a bomb scene a day after an explosives-laden vegetable truck ripped through a crowded market in Diwaniyah, 80 miles (120 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. For the second day, a row of bombings across Iraq have killed and wounded scores of people, police said. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
Israeli Diplomat’s Car Balsts in India
The remains of an Israel diplomat’s car is seen at the site of of car blast near the Prime Minister’s Residence in New Delhi, India on Feb. 13, 2012. The Indian government has confirmed the blast which hit a car of an Israel diplomat was caused by bomb and pledged to bring the culprits to […]
Syria Aleppo Blasts, 28 Dead
Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2012 shows the explosion site of a law-enforcement force in Hanano area in Aleppo, northern Syria. Twin deadly blasts caused by car bombs hit two sites of Syrian government forces in northern Aleppo province Friday, leaving 28 people killed and other 235 injured, said Syria’s official media, blaming the attacks […]
Syria Suicide Attack, Killed 40
Bystanders and ambulance workers carry bodies of the suicide attack victims in central Damascus, Syria, Dec. 23, 2011. Two suicide bombers blasted two security centers in central Damascus Friday, leaving at least 40 people dead and over 150 others injured, Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi told Xinhua. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
Iraq, Back-to-Back Explosion···57 Killed
Iraqi armored vehicles partol around one of the blast sites in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2011. The death toll from spate of bomb attacks which ripped through Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Thursday morning rose to 57 and 176 people wounded, a Health Ministry source said. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhang Ning> news@theasian.asia
Burma Bomb Explodes, One Woman Killed
Security force cordons off the blast site in Yangon, Myanmar, Dec. 21, 2011. One woman was killed and two men injured in a time-bomb explosion occurred in a public toilet near the Hledan Market, Yangon, at 11:10 a.m (local time) Wednesday, Myanmar officials said. <Photo: Xinhua/U Mya> news@theasian.asia
Bangladesh Blasts···One Person Killed
A passenger bus was set on fire in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on Dec. 18, 2011. One person was killed in a small bomb explosion in Dhaka Sunday morning, police said. The blast in Dhaka’s Motijheel commercial district was the result of a clash between the police and activists of Bangladesh’s main oppositional Nationalist Party, […]