Anthony Warner, the suspect in the Nashville bombing, recently told an ex-girlfriend he had cancer and started giving away his possessions in the weeks before what authorities have described as a suicide attack, The New York Times reported. Local outlets reported that authorities were investigating whether Warner was paranoid about […]
The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for a roadside bombing that killed two US troops in Afghanistan on Saturday,the Associated Press reported. Two others were also injured when the vehicle was struck. A spokesman for the Taliban said the attack occurred in the southern Kandahar province. The US military confirmed the […]
Najibullah Zazi, a man who plotted to bomb the New York City subway in 2009 after being trained to make explosives by Al Qaeda operatives, may soon be released from prison. For his crimes, to which he pleaded guilty in 2010, he was facing life in prison without parole, but […]
A shootout between soldiers and suspected militants in Sri Lanka has led to the death of 15 people, including civilians and children, police said. Police said that three of the dead were thought to be suicide bombers, but that civilians, including a woman who was passing on a rickshaw, were […]
Sri Lankan Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said at a news conference that officials believe the local militant group National Thowfeek Jamaath (NTJ) is responsible for the Easter bombings that killed nearly 300 people on Sunday. No group has yet admitted to carrying out the bombings, which hit churches and hotels […]
On Easter Sunday, eight bombs went off across Sri Lanka, killing at least 207 people and injuring more. 27 foreigners were killed in the attacks on churches and hotels, according to Sri Lankan Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene. So far, two people with US citizenship have been identified as fatalities in […]
The Sri Lankan government has reportedly blocked access to various social media sites after a wave of bombings left over 200 dead across the country. Although there is no known direct connection between Sunday’s attacks and social media at this time, Facebook and other social media have played a role […]
On Easter Sunday, a series of at least eight bomb attacks went off across Sri Lanka and the main targets were churches and hotels. The attacks reportedly killed at least 207 people. Here’s how world leaders responded to the attacks. On Easter Sunday, eight bombs went off across Sri Lanka, […]
A dash cam video circulating on social media appears to show the moment a bomb exploded at one of the churches that was targeted in Sunday’s bombings in Sri Lanka. Many were killed and even more injured at St Anthony’s shrine in the Kochchikade district of Colombo. It was just […]
Sri Lankan police reportedly issued a warning to top officials 10 days before a series deadly blasts struck churches and hotels in multiple cities across the country. The country’s police chief identified a known radical Muslim group as “planning to carry out suicide attacks targeting prominent churches.” Eight blasts were […]
At least 300 people are dead and dozens more were injured after a series of explosions hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. Churches were bombed as worshippers attended Easter Sunday service. The hotels targeted are among the most luxurious in Sri Lanka’s capital. 39 foreigners are among the dead, […]
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the US military has killed notorious al-Qaeda operative Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi, confirming earlier reports. Al-Badawi, who has been on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists, is said to have orchestrated the bombing off the USS Cole in 2000 that killed 17 […]
The US and its coalition partners are dropping a record number of bombs on Taliban targets and other enemy combatants in Afghanistan, according to new official data. The number of bombs falling on Afghanistan may be spiking, but victory over the Taliban remains elusive, as casualties for the US and […]
Local police officers and federal law-enforcement officials say the suspect in a string of deadly bombings in Austin, Texas, has been killed. Authorities identified the suspect, whom they believe to be responsible for all of the recent bombings, as 24-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt. President Donald Trump tweeted to congratulate law […]
The Austin police chief, Brian Manley, said that an explosion on Sunday night that injured two men was most likely caused by a trip wire and that the device showed “a higher level of sophistication” and skill. Preliminary evidence suggests there are similarities between the device in Sunday night’s explosion […]
On September 16, 2017, Ahmed Hassan was arrested by police officers in Dover, in southern England. Less than 24 hours before, a bomb had partially detonated on the London Underground, injuring 30 people.It had been Hassan who planted the bomb – and he was apprehended as he was waiting to […]
The US has issued a travel notice for Playa del Carmen after an explosion on a tourist ferry there late last month. The alert comes the same day as more explosives were found on another ferry in the area. The perpetrator remains unknown. A little more than a week after […]
