Presstv.ir reported that, at least four people have been killed and six others injured after a car bomb attack rocked the western area of the Syrian capital, Damascus, local media report. The blast took place on Thursday near a research and testing center affiliated with the Syrian Ministry of Industry in Damascus’s Sumaria neighborhood, the official SANA news agency reported. Read Article
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(Reuters) – The Egyptian interior minister survived an assassination attempt unscathed on Thursday when a car bomb blew up his convoy and he said afterwards that a wave of terrorism by opponents of the military-installed government was just beginning. The minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, had been involved in overseeing a violent crackdown on supporters of Mohamed […]
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As reported by Oregonlive.com, Syed Wali desperately wants to immunize his three young children against polio but fears the Islamic militants who banned the vaccine from this remote area in northwest Pakistan will catch him if he tries to smuggle it in. “I can afford to bring the vaccine for my children, but what answer […]
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According to an Al Jazeera report, Suez Canal authorities have said that a “terrorist” staged an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the canal. The attack was said to be an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through the waterway. The Suez Canal is a key global shipping lane, and secured by […]
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Thousands of Israelis continued to queue up for gas masks or ordered them by phone, spurred on by fears that any Western military response to last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria could ensnare their own country in war. A shortage of gas masks caused a mini-melee among panicky moms pushing strollers here Wednesday, […]
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As reported by Dailymail.co.uk, genocide in Syria as 1,300 people including hundreds of women and children are wiped out in nerve gas attack say Syrian rebels as Hague warns use of chemical weapons would mark ‘shocking escalation. Read Article
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As reported by Gov.uk. “The FCO now advise against all travel to the southern suburbs of Beirut.” Read article
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Dailymail.co.uk reported that, Heathrow Airport is on high terror alert amid fears female terrorists might use breast implants as bombs, it emerged today. Experts believe there is a ‘credible’ threat that al-Qaida could target flights out of London using explosives hidden in the chests of its operatives. Specialists believe women could have had breast surgery […]
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Hurriyet Daily News reports that five planes of Turkey’s flag carrier airline, Turkish Airlines (THY), were searched for explosives at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport on the evening of Aug. 14 after a bomb warning. All five planes searched by police experts were flying to German cities – Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Stuttgart – Doğan news […]
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As reported by Foxnews.com, a cameraman for British broadcaster Sky News and a Dubai-based newspaper reporter were killed during violence in Egypt Wednesday, their employers said. Sky said Mick Deane, 61, was shot and wounded while covering the violent breakup of protest camps in the capital, Cairo. It said he was treated for his injuries […]
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