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FBI release Boston Marathon bomb details
Law enforcement officials in the US say they have recovered forensic evidence that suggests the two explosive devices which ripped through participants of the Boston Marathon on Monday may have been inside heavy black nylon bags. Investigators who found pieces of black nylon at the scene suspect the bombs used in the attack were in dark-colored bags.. More -
Quake in Iran claims lives in Pakistan
A powerful earthquake centered on a border area of southeast Iran has killed at least 34 people and injured 80 others in neighboring Pakistan, reports say. The earthquake on Tuesday measured at 7.8 magnitude and described as the strongest to hit Iran in more than half a century, shook buildings from the Gulf to South Asia. Al Jazeera's correspondent.. More -
Syrian warplanes launch 'attacks' in Damascus
Syrian regime warplanes have carried out several air raids on opposition-held areas in and around Damascus, while fresh clashes between troops and opposition forces have erupted in the eastern and southern suburbs of the capital, according to an activist group. The regime also used fighter jets to bombard the opposition-held towns of Yabroud, Douma.. More -
Deadly explosions hit Boston Marathon
Security has been stepped up around the US after twin blasts near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon left three people dead, including an eight-year-old boy, and at least 139 injured. A White House official said the explosions occurred just before 3pm (18:50 GMT) on Monday and would be handled as an "act of terror". The FBI has taken.. More -
GCC calls for Iran nuclear plant inspection
The Gulf Co-operation Council has called for international inspectors to be sent to Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant over concerns of possible radiation leaks after an earthquake hit the area. The body demanded the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "send a specialized technical team to inspect the Bushehr nuclear plant and investigate potential.. More -
'Children killed' in Syria air raids
Syrian regime warplanes have carried out airstrikes on an opposition-aligned neighborhood of the capital, Damascus, as well as a village in the country's northeast, killing at least 25 people, including 12 children, activists have said. On Sunday, government jets bombed opposition-held areas in the predominantly Kurdish village of Hadad in the northeastern.. More -
Many dead in Iraq serial blasts
At least 19 killed, over 100 wounded in string of attacks across the country ahead of next week's provincial elections. A wave of bombings across Iraq have killed at least 19 people and wounded more than 100 others, officials said, just days before the country's first elections since US troops withdrew. Most of the deadly attacks on Monday morning.. More -
Dozens killed in Syria in army assault
Six children are among at least 57 people killed in southern Syria after the regime’s army launched an all-out assault on two towns in Deraa province, according to a London-based activist group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) identified the towns on Thursday as Sanamin and Ghabagheb. "At least six children, seven women,.. More -
All safe after Indonesia plane skids into sea
All 108 passengers and crew survived when a Lion Air plane missed the runway on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali and landed in the sea. More than 40 people were treated for injuries including broken legs, head wounds and shock, though most were discharged from hospital on the day of the crash, hospital officials said. The brand new Boeing 737.. More -
Yemen president orders military shake-up
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has ordered the removal of top security officials from government, in a major shake-up directed at allies of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hadi removed Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh as head of the elite Republican Guard, appointing him ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, the country's.. More -
Dozens die in quake near Iran nuclear plant
A powerful earthquake has struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station, killing at least 37 people and injuring 850 more as it devastated small villages, according to state media reports. Tuesday's 6.3 magnitude quake totally destroyed one village, a Red Crescent official told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), but the nearby Bushehr nuclear.. More -
South Korea raises military alert status
South Korea has raised its military alert status, a senior military official has said, as tensions remain high on the Korean peninsula. The Combined Forces Command in Seoul has raised its "Watchcon 3" status, a normal defense condition, by one level in order to step up monitoring, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. The.. More -
Donors meet in Doha to raise money for Darfur
Hundreds of delegates are meeting in Doha for a donor conference to raise support for a multi-billion dollar project to rebuild Sudan's Darfur region after a decade-long conflict. The two-day conference beginning on Sunday was agreed under a July 2011 peace deal that Khartoum signed in the Qatari capital with an alliance of rebel splinter groups. "Peac.. More -
Afghanistan “condemns” deadly NATO airstrike
At least 11 children have reportedly been killed in a NATO airstrike in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. The children were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation against Taliban fighters in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province bordering Pakistan late on Saturday. Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, "strongly condemned the.. More -
Children among dead in 'Aleppo airstrike'
A Syrian regime airstrike on a heavily contested neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo has killed at least 15 people, including nine children, activists have said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the air raid hit Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, which opposition forces seized parts of last weekend after days of.. More
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