suicide bombings

The death toll from Tuesday's blast in Nangarhar province has more than doubled since initial reports. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack in Surabaya follows suicide bombings of three separate churches in the same city that the Islamic State claims to have carried out over the weekend.

The attack on a gathering of the mostly minority Shia community is the latest in an upsurge of sectarian violence in Afghanistan in recent months.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the latest attack in a wave of recent violence in Kabul.

Military helicopters flew overhead as the Pope celebrated Mass for some 15 thousand Catholics in a stadium.

A second suicide bombing occurred at a restaurant in the city's Rabweh district. The attacks, on the sixth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, are the latest to target the country's capital.

An attack on Medina has particular significance in a country whose ruler is known by the title Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.

Days after the first bus bombing in Jerusalem in years, Israel is investigating whether the young Palestinian man who carried the bomb on the bus acted on his own or as part of an organized effort.

Critics say Belgian forensics teams are taking too long to identify victims, leaving some families in the dark about their loved ones.

Officials say that the Saudi national flew into the neighboring Gulf nation hours before launching the attack that killed 27 worshipers.