Tag: Explosion

Pakistani citizen dies from compressor explosion in Saudi Arabia

AL-BAHAH, SAUDI ARABIA: A Pakistani citizen died after a compressor exploded in Al-Bahah, a city in the southwest of Saudi Arabia on Monday. According to media...

Two security officials martyred, three others injured in Sibi IED blast

SIBI: Two security officials embraced martyrdom on Wednesday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Sangan area of Sibi, Balochistan. The martyred security officials were identified...

Explosion in Chinese port city kills at least two people

BEIJING: A factory explosion in a port city south of Shanghai on Sunday killed two people and injured at least 30 others as it...

Three security officials among five injured in Bannu blast

BANNU: At least three security personnel and two civilians have been reported injured as a result of an explosion in Bannu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. As...

16 people scorched as steel mill furnace explodes

HATTAR: At least 16 people were injured when a furnace exploded in a local steel mill in Hattar Industrial Estate on Wednesday, owing to heavy...

15 labourers injured in Haripur factory gas blast

HARIPUR: At least 15 labourers were injured on Wednesday due to a gas leakage blast in a factory in Haripur. According to the police, the...

Death toll rises to 72 in Kabul mosque attack

KABUL: Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 72 people including children, officials and witnesses said. One bomber walked into...

Explosion in Indian firework factory kills seven

NEW DELHI: An explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in eastern India killed seven workers and injured nine others in the hours before Thursday’s Diwali...

Explosion damages Swedish police station, none injured

STOCKHOLM: An explosion overnight in the southern Swedish town of Helsingborg caused extensive damage to the entrance of a police station, authorities said on...

Quetta civil hospital bombing ‘facilitator’ killed: CTD

QUETTA: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday claimed to have killed one facilitator of the Aug 8, 2016, Civil Hospital suicide bombing that claimed...

Three labourers injured in gas cylinder explosion

LAHORE: Three labourers were injured after a gas cylinder exploded in a factory here on Tuesday. Rescue sources said that the incident took place inside a...

Motorbike explodes outside Jordan military mission in Paris: Jordan Foreign Ministry

BEIRUT: A motorbike exploded in front of Jordan’s military mission in Paris on Wednesday morning, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by...

Four Turkish troops killed in attack blamed on Kurd rebels

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: A bomb planted by Kurdish militants ripped through a military vehicle, killing four soldiers and wounding four more, as they travelled in...

Suicide bomber blows up near Shia mosque in Kabul, kills 6

KABUL: A suicide bomber posing as a shepherd blew himself up near a Shia mosque in Kabul on Friday killing at least six people, police...

British police arrest 18-year-old in hunt for London train bomber

LONDON: British police hunting those behind a bomb which injured 29 people on a London train on Friday said they had arrested an 18-year-old man...

Several wounded after blast hits bus in Turkey’s Izmir

ANKARA: Seven people were wounded when an explosion hit a shuttle bus carrying prison guards in the Turkish coastal province of Izmir on Thursday, and authorities were investigating...

13 people killed, many injured by car bomb explosion in Afghanistan

KABUL: As many as 13 people, including both Afghan army soldiers and civilians, were killed and 18 wounded by a car bomb in the southern...