Bombings

April 03, 2017 - 11:04 am

A timeline of major attacks in Russia in recent years

MOSCOW (AP) — If the subway explosion that killed at least 10 people and injured 50 others in St. Petersburg turns out to have been a terrorist attack, it would be the latest in a long line of attacks targeting Russia in recent years. Some of the deadliest include the following: — October 2015:...
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In this image taken from video footage, emergency services work outside Sennaya Square metro station in St Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. At least 10 people were killed Monday in an explosion on the subway in St. Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo)
April 03, 2017 - 11:01 am

The Latest: Russian media say security camera may yield clue

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (all times local): 5:55 p.m. Russian news reports say that a security camera has caught a person who could be responsible for a blast on St. Petersburg subway. The Interfax news agency is...
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In this image taken from video footage, emergency services work outside Sennaya Square metro station in St Petersburg, Russia, Monday, April 3, 2017. At least 10 people were killed Monday in an explosion on the subway in St. Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo)
April 03, 2017 - 10:22 am

The Latest: Russians say another bomb found, deactivated

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (all times local): 5:20 p.m. Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee says it has found and deactivated a bomb at another St. Petersburg subway station. 5:10 p.m. German Foreign Minister...
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Police patrol the River Thames prior to the annual university Oxford-Cambridge boat race along the river , London, Sunday April 2, 2017. Police have said the annual event will go ahead after a World War II era bomb was safely removed from the shallows of the river near to the start of the race at Putney Bridge in southwest London. (Andrew Matthews/PA Wire(/PA via AP)
April 02, 2017 - 10:37 am

Oxford-Cambridge boat race to go on after WWII bomb removed

LONDON (AP) — The annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race will proceed as planned Sunday after police removed an unexploded World War II-era bomb found near the start of the race on the River Thames. The bomb was discovered by a member of the public near Putney Bridge in southwest London, just meters (...
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April 02, 2017 - 8:13 am

Oxford-Cambridge boat race to go on after WWII bomb removed

LONDON (AP) — British police say the hotly contested annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race will proceed as planned after they removed an unexploded World War II-era bomb near the start of the race on the River Thames. The bomb was discovered by a member of the public near Putney Bridge in southwest...
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April 02, 2017 - 7:21 am

UK boat race likely still on despite suspected WWII bomb

LONDON (AP) — British police say the hotly contested annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race is likely to proceed as planned despite the discovery of what police suspect is an unexploded World War II-era bomb near the start of the race on the River Thames. The suspected bomb was discovered by a member of...
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March 31, 2017 - 10:33 am

Suicide bomber kills 24 near Shiite mosque in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful car bomb exploded near a minority Shiite Muslim place of worship in the northwest town of Parachinar on Friday, killing at least 24 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said. Mushtaq Ghani, a spokesman for the provincial government, said the attack took...
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A federal policeman takes a break from inspecting houses during fighting against Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
March 29, 2017 - 4:55 pm

Iraqi officials: Suicide truck bombing kills 15 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad on Wednesday night, killing 15 people and wounding 45, according to Iraqi officials. The bomber detonated the vehicle, an oil tanker laden with explosives, security and hospital officials said, speaking on...
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March 29, 2017 - 3:49 am

Reports: Kurdish militant dies as bomb explodes prematurely

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media reports say a suspected Kurdish militant was killed when a bomb he was preparing inside a car exploded prematurely. A second suspected militant inside the vehicle was wounded. The private DHA news agency said the explosion occurred early on Wednesday in the town...
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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 18, 2017 - 9:48 am

Trump sticks to unproved wiretap accusation against Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump defiantly refused to back down from his explosive claim that Barack Obama wiretapped his phones, and sidestepped any blame for the White House decision to highlight an unverified report that Britain helped carry out the alleged surveillance. In brushing off...
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