23/05/2012 | Argentina

Uribe gives speech as planned following bomb scare, no incidents

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was able to give a leadership conference  following Tuesday’s discovery of a small explosive device hidden in the Gran Rex theatre. Security was amped as Police officers and private security personnell patroled the nearby areas.

24/05/2012 | Argentina

Oyarbide suspects bomb set for Uribe was tampered with

Judge Norberto Oyarbide said today that the explosive device supposedly set for former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe could have been tampered with, being changed for a lower powered version.  

23/05/2012 | Argentina

Uribe arrives at Gran Rex Theater after bomb threat

Colombian former President Alvaro Uribe is due to give a conference this afternoon at a theatre where police defused a small explosive device hidden in the stage.

23/05/2012 | Argentina

Oyarbide clarifies Uribe bomb scare

Judge Norberto Oyarbide today clarified that a small noise bomb discovered in a Buenos Aires theater where former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was due to speak was not a lethal device.

23/05/2012 | Argentina

Oyarbide slams Federal Police over bomb misinformation

Federal judge Norberto Oyarbide said he was “very sad” for the way the police had handled the case involving the discovery of an explosive device targeting former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe and warned that “there are strange things going on.”

01/05/2012 | Argentina

Explosion occurs outside EU branch in Buenos Aires

Explosive materials were set off outside the door of the European Union’s branch in Argentina, located in Barrio Norte neighbourhood. Early police reports said the explosion only caused superficial damage and that there were no injuries.

22/05/2012 | Argentina

Police find explosive device targeting Alvaro Uribe in Gran Rex theatre

An anti bomb squad closed off Corrientes Avenue outside Gran Rex Theatre today after a suspicious package was found at the interior of the theatre’s premises. The threat comes a day before Colombian former president Alvaro Uribe's conference to be held at the site.

22/05/2012 | Argentina

Uribe’s agenda to continue as planned after bomb threat

Despite the fact that a bomb was found in the Gran Rex theatre, sources close to the event organization told the BuenosAiresHerald.com that Colombia's ex President Álvaro Uribe “is in Buenos Aires and will carry on with his activities.”

30/12/2010 | Argentina

Bomb explodes in Greek BA embassy, no fatalities

An explosive device was set off early this morning in front of the Greek embassy to Buenos Aires. Several windows were shattered but no fatalities were registered.

10/02/2011 | Argentina

Bomb explodes outside judge's home

A group of unknown criminals threw handmade explosives at the home of Criminal Cassation judge Ricardo Borinsky in the early hours of the morning in Castelar, province of Buenos Aires.

18/08/2011 | Argentina

Ezeiza and Metropolitan airports out ot service

Ezeiza and Metropolitan airports are out of order. A LAN airlines airplane was evacuated in Ezeiza airport over a bomb threat. The plane was due to fly to Lima, Peru, whereas a plane lost a wheel while landing at the Metropolitan airport, thus the landing had to be cleaned up before flights could land and depart.

12/01/2013 | World

Pakistani Shi'ite keep second night of vigil over 96 bomb victims

Pakistani government officials met with Shi'ite leaders late on Saturday as thousands of protesters prepared for a second night in the cold rain, alongside the bodies of 96 people killed in one of the worst sectarian attacks in the country's history

23/01/2013 | World

Fourth attack in a week in Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 22 at Shi'ite mosque

A suicide bomber disguised as a mourner killed at least 22 people inside an Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim mosque today when he set off his explosives in the middle of a crowded funeral.

05/11/2012 | World

Bomb shakes Damascus, opposition holds unity talks

A bomb exploded near army and security compounds in Damascus, Syrian television reported, and fractured opposition groups seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad began unity talks abroad to win international respect and arms supplies.

13/12/2012 | World

Attack near Afghan base after Panetta visit

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car near a NATO base in southern Afghanistan today soon after a visit by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, killing two people and wounding 16, Afghan and NATO officials said.

19/12/2012 | World

Israel charges Tel Aviv bus bomb suspect

Israel charged an Israeli Arab citizen today over a bomb explosion on a Tel Aviv bus during Israel's November military offensive in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the Justice Ministry said.

06/10/2012 | World

Turkey strikes back at Syria after Erdogan warning

Turkey returned fire after Syrian mortar bombs landed in a field in southern Turkey today, the day after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned Damascus that the country would not shy away from war if provoked.

10/10/2012 | World

Turkey warns Syria against cross-border shelling

Turkey's military chief of staff said today his troops would respond with greater force if bombardments from Syria keep hitting its territory.

17/10/2012 | World

FBI arrests man in Federal Reserve bomb plot

The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man on charges he attempted to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed was a 1,000-pound (453-kg) bomb, a plot thwarted by an undercover sting operation, federal authorities said.

28/08/2012 | World

Warplane attacks on Damascus suburbs kill 60, activists say

Syrian fighter planes made rare sorties on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, killing at least 60 people in its eastern suburbs, the same day a Syrian military helicopter crashed while under rebel fire, activists said.

29/08/2012 | World

Amsterdam airport part closed by WWII bomb scare

Authorities evacuated parts of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport today after workers found an unexploded World War Two bomb, forcing airlines to delay and cancel some flights.

01/10/2012 | World

At least 14 killed in suicide attack on NATO patrol in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed 14 people, including three NATO soldiers and four police, and wounded 37 in Afghanistan's volatile eastern Khost province today, NATO spokeswoman and local officials said.

25/07/2012 | World

Al Qaeda announces 'start of a new stage of jihad' in Iraq

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq has claimed responsibility for scores of attacks across the country against mostly Shi'ite Muslim targets this week which killed and wounded hundreds of people.

15/08/2012 | World

Syria: bomb strikes Damascus near UN and army sites

A bomb exploded in central Damascus today near several military buildings and a hotel housing UN observers, wounding three people and sending a pillar of black smoke into the sky above the Syrian capital.

16/08/2012 | World

Bloody day of blasts in Iraq kills more than 70

A series of bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people across Iraq in a bloody day of attacks underscoring the country's struggle with a stubborn insurgency more than half a year after the US military withdrew.

12/07/2012 | World

Major tunnel linking US and Canada shut by bomb threat

One of the busiest border crossings between the US and Canada, the tunnel connecting Detroit with Windsor, Canada, was shut down after a bomb threat was phoned in to Canadian police, authorities said.

18/07/2012 | World

Two Syrian rebel groups claim Damascus attack

Two rebel Syrian groups claimed responsibility for an explosion in Damascus today that killed several top state officials, hailing it as successful strike at the heart of the government.

20/07/2012 | World

Syria: intelligence chief dies, refugees flood borders

A fourth member of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle died today from a bomb attack this week and his forces fought to recapture border posts and parts of Damascus from rebels who have converged on the capital.

13/06/2012 | World

Iraq bombs kill 70 Shi'ite pilgrims

Bombers struck at Shi'ite pilgrims celebrating a religious festival in Baghdad and across Iraq today, killing more than 70 people in one of the bloodiest days since the last US troops left the country in December.

03/07/2012 | World

Market bombs kill 44 before Iraqi Shi'ite ritual

A bomb in a small truck exploded in a market in the Iraqi city of Diwaniya today, killing 40 people, and a bomb blast killed four more near the city of Kerbala, police and officials said - the latest in a series of sectarian attacks.

10/07/2012 | World

Bomb kills 3, wounds 14 in Baghdad

A bomb in a bus killed three people and wounded 14 in Sadr City, a Shi'ite district in northeastern Baghdad, hospital and police sources said today.

06/06/2012 | World

Twin suicide bombings in Afghanistan's Kandahar kill 20 civilians

A pair of suicide bombers struck outside NATO's biggest base in southern Afghanistan today killing 20 civilians and wounding 50, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent weeks.

06/06/2012 | World

Italy holds suspect for school bombing

Italian police took into custody a 68-year-old man for last month's bombing in front of a school that killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded 10 others.

08/06/2012 | World

Bus bomb kills 19 in northwest Pakistan

A bomb exploded on a bus on the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing 19 people and wounding several, police officials said.

21/05/2012 | World

Bomber hits Yemen military practice, kills 63

A suicide bomber killed 63 soldiers at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa today, a police sources said.

24/05/2012 | World

Italian Red Brigades 'deny planting school bomb'

A letter purporting to be from Italy's radical left-wing Red Brigades denies that the group, responsible for numerous attacks in the 1970s, planted a bomb that killed a schoolgirl in Brindisi last week, a news agency said.

04/06/2012 | World

Bomb hits Shi'ite site in Baghdad, 26 killed

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed car outside a Shi'ite Muslim office in central Baghdad today, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 190 in an attack bearing the hallmarks of Iraq's al Qaeda affiliate.

11/05/2012 | World

Syria says thwarts attempted suicide car bombing

Syrian forces foiled an attempted suicide car bombing in the northern city of Aleppo today, state television said, a day after two bombs in the capital killed at least 55 people.

14/05/2012 | World

Blast kills nine in Afghan north

Explosives planted on a bicycle killed nine people in the relatively peaceful Faryab province of northern Afghanistan on Monday, including a provincial council member, police said, amid an increase in violence across the country.

19/05/2012 | World

Bomb at south Italy school kills teenager, wounds six

A bomb exploded in front of a school in southern Italy killing a 16 year-old girl and wounding at least six others, two seriously, authorities said.

20/04/2012 | World

Roadside bomb kills 10 Syrian security personnel

Ten Syrian security personnel were killed today in a roadside bomb planted by "terrorists" in Sahm al Golan village in the southwest of the country, state television said.

02/05/2012 | World

Car bomb kills six after Obama leaves Afghan capital

A car bomb exploded outside a compound housing Westerners in Kabul today hours after President Barack Obama signed a security pact during a short visit to a city that remains vulnerable to a resilient insurgency.

07/05/2012 | World

US officials: Apparent airline bomb plot thwarted

The FBI is investigating an explosive device that could have been used by a suicide bomber on an airliner, and which was seized when the United States and its partners thwarted a plot believed linked to al Qaeda, US officials said on Monday.

01/02/2012 | World

UK Islamists admit London Stock Exchange bomb plot

Four radical Islamists admitted in court today plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange as part of a campaign of al Qaeda-inspired attacks across the British capital in the run-up to Christmas 2010.

18/03/2012 | World

Car bomb hits Aleppo; police crush Damascus march

A car bomb hit Syria's second city Aleppo, a day after blasts killed 27 in Damascus, and security forces arrested and beat activists at a rare anti-government protest in the capital.

10/04/2012 | World

Suicide attacks kill 19 in Afghanistan

Suicide bombers killed at least nineteen people in attacks across Afghanistan today, including 11 Afghan police, as insurgents ramped up violence ahead of the traditional summer fighting months.

11/01/2012 | World

Iran says bomb kills nuclear scientist, blames Israel

Iran said one of its nuclear scientists was killed today by a magnet bomb fixed to his car by a motorcyclist and blamed Israel for the attack, intensifying diplomatic tensions the West over Tehran's nuclear program.

24/01/2012 | World

Iraq: car bombs kill 13, wound 75 in Baghdad

Four car bombs exploded in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad today, killing at least 13 people and wounding 75, underlining a political crisis that threatens to revive sectarian strife in Iraq.

27/01/2012 | World

Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad attack

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a funeral procession in Baghdad, killing 31 people in the latest attack in a Shi'ite neighborhood amid rising violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December.

05/01/2012 | World

Bombs kill at least 67 in Iraq

Bomb attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 67 people on today, police and hospital sources said, ramping up fears of an increase in sectarian strife.

06/01/2012 | World

Suicide bomber kills several in Damascus, Syrian TV reports

A suicide bomber killed several people and wounded dozens in central Damascus today, Syrian state television said, showing footage of what appeared to be a damaged police bus.

10/01/2012 | World

Bombing kills 29 in Pakistan

A bomb killed at least 29 people and wounded 37 today when it exploded near a fuel station in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber region, one of the restive tribal areas where insurgents are battling government forces, regional officials said.

08/12/2011 | World

Germany arrests al Qaeda suspect over bomb plot

German anti-terrorism police arrested a 27-year-old man in the western city of Bochum suspected of links to a local al Qaeda cell and of planning an attack, the Federal Prosecutor said in a statement.

09/12/2011 | World

Italian letter bomb injures top tax collector

A letter bomb blamed on anarchists injured the chief of a state tax collection agency in Rome today, two days after a similar device addressed to a top banker was intercepted in Germany.

25/12/2011 | World

Suicide bomb kills at least 20 in northern Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people, including a member of parliament, and wounded 50 in Afghanistan's northern city of Taloqan today, police said, the latest in a series of attacks in a once-peaceful region.

06/12/2011 | World

Blasts across Afghanistan target Shi'ites, 59 dead

A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Kabul today killing at least 54 people in unprecedented sectarian violence a day after Afghanistan's Western allies pledged long-term support once their troops leave.

06/12/2011 | World

Taliban condemns attacks

07/12/2011 | World

Roadside bomb kills 19 as Afghan violence escalates

A roadside mine killed 19 civilians and injured another five when it exploded in the southern Afghan province of Helmand today, the provincial government said

02/09/2011 | World

Police find bomb at IKEA store in Prague

Czech police defused an explosive package at an IKEA furniture store in Prague, in the latest in a series of attempted attacks on the Swedish group's outlets around Europe.

13/11/2011 | World

Israel says Iran closer to atom bomb than thought

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the full extent of Iran's nuclear programme was not reflected in a recent UN report, which said that Tehran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic bomb.

20/11/2011 | World

New York police arrest man trying to build bomb

New York officials said police had arrested a man trying to build a pipe bomb with instructions from an al Qaeda magazine which he planned to use against US soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

03/06/2011 | World

Yemen's Saleh injured in shelling, seven killed

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh blamed an 'outlaw gang' among his tribal enemies for a shelling attack on a mosque in the presidential compound that slightly injured him and several aides and killed seven people.

21/06/2011 | World

Bombs kill 25 at Iraqi governor's house

Two bombings killed at least 25 people today at a checkpoint outside a provincial Iraqi governor's house in the latest attack targeting local government and security forces.

26/08/2011 | World

Nigeria: At least 18 die in bomb attack on UN headquarters

A car bomb ripped through the United Nations' headquarters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, killing at least 18 people, in an attack reminiscent of a June blast claimed by a local radical Islamist group.

28/03/2011 | World

Blast at Yemen bullet factory kills at least 110

A blast at a bullet factory in south Yemen killed at least 110 people when residents broke in to steal ammunition a day after clashes between militants and the army in the town, doctors said.

31/03/2011 | World

Two hurt after parcel bomb explodes in Swiss nuclear lobby

Two people were injured when a parcel bomb exploded in the offices of the Swiss nuclear lobby, police said.

05/05/2011 | World

Suicide car bomber kills at least 17 in Iraq

A car bomber killed at least 17 people and wounded 65 at a police building in the mainly Shi'ite city of Hilla, an official said, as Iraq braced for revenge attacks after US commandos killed Osama bin Laden.

01/01/2011 | World

Obama offers help after attacks in Egypt, Nigeria

President Barack Obama condemned separate "outrageous terrorist bombing attacks" in Egypt and Nigeria and said the United States was prepared to assist both countries in responding to them.

10/02/2011 | World

Boy suicide bomber kills 31 at Pakistan army

A 12-year-old boy in a school uniform blew himself up at a Pakistani army recruitment center, killing 31 cadets, officials said, in an attack that challenges government assertions that it has weakened militants.

23/03/2011 | World

Bombing near Jerusalem bus stop kills woman, 30 hurt

A bomb planted in a bag exploded near a bus stop in a Jewish district of Jerusalem, killing a woman and injuring at least 30 people, in an attack police blamed on Palestinian militants.

24/12/2010 | World

Anarchists claim responsibility for Rome bombs

An Italian anarchist group claimed responsibility for parcel bombs that wounded two people at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, a reminder of Europe's home-grown threats at a time of political instability.

24/12/2010 | World

Italy on alert after Rome embassy attacks

Italy was on alert for new attacks a day after an anarchist group claimed responsibility for parcel bombs that injured two people at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome.

27/12/2010 | World

Suicide bombings kill up to 17 in Iraq's Ramadi

Twin suicide bombings rocked a government compound in Iraq's western city of Ramadi, killing 17 people, a deputy interior minister said.

16/12/2010 | Latin America

Bomb scare in Paraguay Judiciary

A bomb threat in the National Judiciary of Paraguay was evacuated because of a bomb threat, which resulted to be a false alarm.

15/05/2012 | Latin America

Bomb attack kills at least two in Colombian capital

In a rare attack in the Colombian capital Bogotá, a bomb targeting a former interior minister killed his driver and a police officer, President Juan Manuel Santos said.

20/05/2012 | Entertainment

'Battleship' bomb may hit studio's profits, analysts

"Battleship," Universal Picture's big budget science fiction film, is likely to dent the studio's profits after it opened with lower than forecast ticket sales, according to analysts.