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7 Dead After Suicide Bomber Attacks Wedding in Pakistan
At Pakistan Wedding,
a Deadly Attack
Jan 24, 2026 10:30 AM CST

At Pakistan Wedding, a Deadly Attack

At least 7 are dead, 25 injured after suicide bombing in Dera Ismail Khan

(Newser) - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among guests at a wedding ceremony in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding 25, police said. The attack took place at the home of Noor Alam Mehsud, a pro-government community leader in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in...

After Deadly Suicide Bombing, Pakistan Blames India

Tensions high as back-to-back explosions rock the rivals' capitals

(Newser) - Pakistan is blaming India-backed terrorist groups for a deadly suicide bombing that killed 12 people and injured dozens more outside a courthouse in Islamabad on Tuesday, just a day after a car explosion in India was investigated as suspected terrorism. Though India has not accused Pakistan of involvement in the...

Church Bombing Kills at Least 9 Near Damascus
At Least 22 Killed in
Syria Church Bombing
UPDATED
Jun 23, 2025 12:00 AM CDT

At Least 22 Killed in Syria Church Bombing

Attacker opened fire, then 'blew himself up,' witness says

(Newser) - The death toll has risen to at least 22 after a suicide bomber in Syria opened fire and then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, the AP reports. Another 63 were injured.

Bomber Kills Military Recruits Waiting in Line to Register

Passersby are among the casualties at Mogadishu camp, witnesses say

(Newser) - A suicide bomber in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 people and wounding 21 others, witnesses said. A soldier who was part of the camp's guard unit told the AP that the recruits were...

Suicide Bomb at Pakistan Train Station Kills Dozens

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the attackers 'will pay a very heavy price'

(Newser) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including soldiers and railway staff, and wounding about 50 others, some critically, officials said. The attack happened when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to...

New Hamas Leader Restores Suicide Bombings

Intelligence officials say internal resistance disappeared when Yahya Sinwar took charge

(Newser) - "What a blessing it is that my bones become shrapnel that blow apart the usurping Zionist Jews," a suicide bomber said in a video released by Hamas this summer after his failed mission in Tel Aviv, which killed only him. But the attack signaled a change, the Wall ...

Female Bombers Kill 18 at Wedding, Funeral, and Hospital

Victims in northern Nigeria include children and pregnant women

(Newser) - Female suicide bombers targeted a wedding, a funeral, and a hospital in coordinated attacks in northern Nigeria that killed at least 18 people, local authorities said Sunday. The first bomber detonated during a marriage celebration in the northeastern town of Gwoza, Barkindo Saidu, director-general of the Borno State Emergency Management...

CNN Pushes Back at Pentagon Account of Kabul Airport Attack

Outlet says new evidence turns over narrative of a lone suicide bomber in Afghanistan

(Newser) - Few claim that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan almost three years ago went smoothly. Now, conflicting accounts of the war's final days are emerging that puts the Pentagon's narrative at odds with others.
  • Bombing: In the late afternoon of Aug. 26, 2021, a blast brought about by an
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MI5 Had 'Significant' Chance to Stop Manchester Bombing
MI5 Had Chance to
Stop Manchester Bombing
NEW REPORT
Mar 3, 2023 7:54 AM CST

MI5 Had Chance to Stop Manchester Bombing

But Director General Ken McCallum describes the opportunity as 'slim'

(Newser) - An inquiry into the 2017 suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in the UK has found British intelligence missed a "significant" opportunity to stop it. Influenced by the Islamic State, Salman Abedi detonated the bomb in the foyer of Manchester Arena as attendees left, killing 22 people and...

Bomber Slipped by Security With Police Uniform

He wasn't checked by security in Peshawar, police confirm

(Newser) - A suicide bomber who killed at least 100 people inside a mosque within a high-security police compound in Pakistan on Monday simply drove in on a motorbike. "Those on duty didn't check him because he was in a police uniform," Moazzam Jah Ansari, who leads the provincial...

No One Knows How Attacker Got So Deep in Cop Compound

Death toll in suicide bombing at mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, rises to 83

(Newser) - A Pakistani hospital spokesman says the death toll from Monday's suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar has risen to 83, the AP reports. Mohammad Asim, the spokesman, says more bodies were retrieved from the rubble of the mosque overnight and early on Tuesday, and...

Afghan Cleric Killed by Bomb Concealed in Prosthetic Leg

It's a 'very huge loss' for the country, Taliban official says of death claimed by ISIS

(Newser) - An Afghan cleric who supported the Taliban and went up against the Islamic State has been killed in a suicide bombing claimed by that same group. Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani died at an Islamic seminary in Kabul when a man detonated a bomb hidden in his prosthetic leg, reports Reuters . In...

Dozens Killed, 200 Hurt in Mosque Bombing

'Dust and bodies everywhere' as people gathered for prayers in Peshawar, Pakistan

(Newser) - A suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding about 200 others, hospital officials said. No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Both the Islamic State group and the Pakistani Taliban—...

Portrait of Liverpool Taxi Bomber Begins to Emerge

Police believe passenger Emad Al Swealmeen built the bomb

(Newser) - British police released four men who were arrested under terrorism laws while detectives investigate a homemade bomb explosion in a Liverpool taxi and work to understand the motives of the suspected bomber, who died in the blast. Police have named the bomber as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen, who came to...

Dozens Killed in Suicide Blast at Afghanistan Mosque

Taliban officials say Shiite minority was targeted

(Newser) - A blast went off Friday at a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan, killing or wounding at least 100 people, a Taliban police official said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which took place in Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz province, but militants...

Marine Pictured Cradling Baby at Airport Among Victims

Details of Nicole Gee and other American victims have emerged

(Newser) - A woman who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted on social media that she loved her job. A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s...

Details Emerge of Americans Killed at Kabul Airport

A young dad-to-be, a 20-year-old Californian, a future policeman

(Newser) - A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s deputy when his deployment ended. Heartwrenching details began emerging Friday about some of the 13 US troops killed in a suicide bombing...

US Bombs Afghanistan After Biden Vows to Retaliate

Unmanned airstrike hit ISIS target.

(Newser) - The US military struck back at the Islamic State on Saturday, bombing an IS member in Afghanistan less than 48 hours after a devastating suicide bombing claimed by the group killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at the Kabul airport. Per the AP , US...

Newlyweds to Blame for Palm Sunday Church Bombing: Officials

Suicide bombers in Indonesia were married 6 months before attack in Makassar, authorities say

(Newser) - A recently married couple with suspected militant links used pressure cooker bombs to blow themselves up outside a Roman Catholic cathedral during Palm Sunday Mass, Indonesian officials said Monday. The attack wounded 20 people, including four church guards, and broke windows at the church and nearby buildings in Makassar, the...

Bombers Killed a Man First so They'd Know 'What it Was Like'

Accomplice told investigators brothers picked a victim out on the street in 2014

(Newser) - Suicide bombers whose 2016 attacks left 31 people dead in Brussels first shot a man to death at random, investigators said, to learn what it was like to kill. Ibrahim El-Bakraoui carried out a suicide bombing at Zaventem airport, killing 11. His brother Khalid killed another 20 at a metro...

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