A Russia-backed politician was killed in a car bomb in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk on Wednesday (Nov 8), local media reported. Luhansk Information Centre, a news agency run by Moscow-installed officials in the region, reported citing the politician's son that "as a result of an explosive device that detonated in Mikhail Filiponenko's car, the People's Council deputy was fatally wounded.

Mikhail Filiponenko: Russia-backed politician killed in car bomb attack in eastern Ukraine

A powerful blast hit the centre of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday, local media reporters said. The explosion was due to a vehicle bomb attack near the house of interim Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi, stated security officers at the site.

Car bomb attack at Afghanistan defence minister’s house in Kabul, gunmen enter his house: Reports

The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb attack that took place in Libya on Sunday and killed two security officers. In a statement issued by IS' arm, Amaq, the group claimed it targeted a checkpoint of the "militia of the tyrant Haftar" through a suicide bomber.

Libya: Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly car bomb attack

Continuing the celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, Missions abroad highlighted the relevance of Gandhi by projecting his message in the form of an LED video displayed on iconic buildings in several countries.

Car bomb kills at least 30 in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province

A car bomb killed at least 17 people and wounded 20 others in the Turkish-controlled region of northern Syria on Tuesday, Turkey's defence ministry said. The attack took place in the Tal Halaf village west of the city of Ras al-Ayn, which is now controlled by the Turkish military after its offensive in October, the ministry said on its official Twitter account.

17 killed by car bomb in Turkey-controlled region of Syria: Ankara

A car bomb killed 19 people, 13 of them civilians, in the Turkish-controlled town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Saturday, a war monitor said. The bomb, which struck a bus and taxi station in the town, also wounded 33 people, some of them seriously, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

Car bomb kills 19 in northern Syria: Monitor

A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 others when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan, an official said. The blast in Zabul was just the latest in a string of deadly Taliban bombings across Afghanistan this week as violence intensifies after US President Donald Trump abruptly ended talks with the Taliban over an American withdrawal from the country.

Taliban car bomb attack kills at least 20 in southern Afghanistan: Official

U.S President Donald Trump has called off peace talks with the Taliban just after the terror group claimed responsibility of a car bomb attack

Trump calls off peace talks with Taliban

'Unfortunately, 10 others are wounded, and the number of casualties may rise,' said Shahpoor Ahmadzai, the spokesman for Logar's provincial police.

Car bomb attack kills 8 security force members in Afghanistan's south

A car bomb attack on a police cadet training academy killed 10 people and wounded 65 on Thursday in Bogota, making it the worst such incident in the Colombian capital in 16 years.

Ten killed in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy

Colombia' s government declared three days of mourning after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota police cadet training academy, and 68 were wounded -- the worst such incident in the city in 16 years.

21 dead in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy

At least eight people were dead on Thursday in an apparent car bomb attack on Colombian police school, said an official. The bomb went off in the General Santander Police School in the south of the capital, Mayor Enrique Penalosa told reporters.

Eight dead in car bomb attack on Colombian police school: Official

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack that rocked the former jihadist stronghold of Tal Afar in northern Iraq and killed two people.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Iraq car bomb attack

Pak court convicts ex-PM Nawaz Sharif in corruption case; sentenced to 7 years in prison Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, 68, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a Pakistan court in a corruption case.

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The death toll from a double car-bomb attack near the presidential palace in Somalia rose to 20 on Sunday, police said. Police on Saturday had said seven people were killed following the two blasts in Mogadishu, which were claimed by the jihadist Shabaab group.

Death toll rises to 20 in Somalia's car-bomb attack

Car bomb hits UK contractor's compound in Kabul

A car bomb attack Tuesday killed six people and wounded 26 more at a market in a town near the Islamic State group's former Iraqi capital of Mosul, medics said. Images of the scene posted on social media showed a devastated market in the town of Al Qayyarah, 60 kilometres (40 miles) south of Mosul, with wounded being evacuated as bystanders, watched on.

Six killed, 26 wounded in car bomb attack near Iraq's Mosul

It said the dead included a family of four, with the father, mother and 2 children killed in the blast on the outskirts of the Rukban camp

Car bomb kills 11 at Syria-Jordan border camp: Monitor

Islamic State claims responsibility for blast. Medical officials say death toll is expected to rise given the extent of critical injuries

At least 12 dead in Iraq's car bomb explosion

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