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Pakistan suspends railway services in the country's southwest after deadly train station bombing

Nov. 11, 2024 05:55 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff. The train services would be suspended...

A powerful suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 26

Nov. 09, 2024 08:00 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff, and wounding about 62 others, some critically, officials said. The attack happened when nearly...

Army says the US will restart domestic TNT production at plant to be built in Kentucky

Nov. 08, 2024 19:04 PM EST

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a key player...

Father and daughter win $58,000 in lawsuit against man who claimed Manchester Arena bombing was hoax

Nov. 08, 2024 13:36 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — A father and daughter crippled by a suicide bomber who killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert in England in 2017 were awarded 45,000 pounds ($58,000) Friday in a case against a former television producer who claimed the tragedy was a hoax. Martin Hibbert and...

4 security officers and 2 schoolchildren killed in bomb and mortar attacks in northwest Pakistan

Nov. 07, 2024 10:40 AM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing four officers and wounding five others, officials said Thursday, and the same day two schoolchildren were killed when a mortar exploded near them elsewhere in the...

A Pakistani guard wounds 2 Chinese workers in Karachi

Nov. 05, 2024 09:47 AM EST

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani guard shot and wounded two Chinese nationals working in a textile mill in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, but authorities said the attack was not related to militant violence. China has frequently demanded better security for its...

Greek police arrest third suspect over bombing as minister warns of new generation of extremists

Nov. 04, 2024 14:34 PM EST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police arrested a third suspect Monday in connection with an explosion in central Athens last week that authorities have blamed on an alleged aspiring domestic extremist group. The 30-year-old woman surrendered to Greek authorities Monday at Athens...

A grenade explosion in a busy market in Indian-controlled Kashmir wounds 9

Nov. 03, 2024 07:33 AM EST

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — An assailant threw a grenade at a marketplace bustling with shoppers in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, wounding at least nine people, police said. The attack comes a day after a suspected militant was killed in a daylong gunbattle in...

Colombian authorities arrest active and retired military personnel over weapons trafficking

Nov. 02, 2024 15:02 PM EDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in Colombia on Saturday arrested a group of nine active and retired military personnel over weapons trafficking accusations stemming from a wider investigation into a grenade attack last year in the capital. Colombia’s army in a statement said...

Bomb targeting police assigned for polio drive kills 9 people, including 5 children, in SW Pakistan

Nov. 01, 2024 17:57 PM EDT

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing nine people including five nearby children, and wounding 17 other people, officials said. ...