Explosions rock Damascus, Syria blames IsraelPowerful explosions struck the outskirts of Damascus early on Sunday, sending columns of fire into the night sky, and Syrian state television said Israeli rockets had struck a military facility north of the capital. Israel decline More… |
15 dead after fire and blast at Texas plantA fiery explosion tore through a fertilizer plant and leveled dozens of homes in a small Texas town late on Wednesday, killing as many as 15 people, injuring more than 160 others and spewing toxic fumes that forced evacuations. Po More… |
Hundreds believed injured in Texas plant blastA fiery explosion ripped through a fertiliser plant near Waco, Texas, on Wednesday night and damaged or destroyed numerous buildings including a school and nursing home, and hundreds of people were likely injured in the blast, authorities said. More… |
Bahrainis in Boston 'safe'All Bahrainis in Boston are safe and no "bad news" has been reported, a top official has confirmed, referring to two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon last night, which killed two people and injured 23 others. More… |
Explosion at Mexican oil giant Pemex HQ kills 25A powerful explosion rocked the Mexico City headquarters of state-owned oil giant Pemex on Thursday, killing at least 25 people, injuring more than 100 and trapping others inside. The mid-afternoon blast in a neighboring building More… |
Explosions across Iraq kill 10, wound 46Explosions killed at least 10 people and wounded 46 across Iraq on Monday, police said, underlining sectarian and ethnic divisions that threaten to further destabilise the country a year after US troops left. Tensions between Shi& More… |
Blast near Indian Embassy in BahrainA homemade explosive device blew up in a rubbish bin near the Indian Embassy in Bahrain last night, but no injuries or damages were reported. Residents called the police after hearing a "loud noise" at around 10pm, accor More… |
Oil soars on Tel Aviv bus explosionBrent crude oil rose by more than $1 per barrel on Wednesday after an explosion on a Tel Aviv bus intensified concerns that the clashes between Gaza and Israel could lead to a wider regional conflict that would disrupt oil flows. More… |
At least 10 killed by Riyadh building blastAt least 10 people were killed when a fuel truck crashed into a flyover in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Thursday, triggering an explosion that caused the collapse of an industrial building, a witness and television reports said. More… |
19 killed in Venezuela refinery blastA gas leak caused an explosion that killed at least 19 people at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery on Saturday and wounded more than 50 in the Opec nation's worst industrial accident in recent memory. The deadly blast follows a s More… |








