A suicide bombing in Peshawar A powerful suicide bombing ripped through a mosque in a highly secured part of Peshawar yesterday. It was Pakistan’s worst attack in months: The death toll stands at 59 people, but may rise. At least 157 people were injured. Here is a short video of the aftermath. The explosion interrupted a […]
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Libyan Charged in 1988 Lockerbie Plane Bombing Is in FBI Custody
WASHINGTON — A Libyan intelligence operative charged in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, was arrested by the F.B.I. and being extradited to the United States to face prosecution for one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history, officials said on Sunday. The arrest of the operative, Abu Agila Mohammad […]
Deadly Bombing in Istanbul Is Being Investigated as a Terrorist Attack
ISTANBUL — A bomb attack struck a bustling pedestrian thoroughfare in central Istanbul on Sunday, killing at least eight people, in what officials said could be a terrorist attack, and shattering a sense of calm as Turkey’s tourist industry works to recover from the pandemic. The attack was the deadliest in Turkey in more than […]
Russia Claims Ukrainian Woman Fled for Estonia After Car Bombing Attack
Kyiv has denied involvement in the death of Ms. Dugina, the daughter of a nationalist ideologue who backed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.