A rocket-propelled grenade hit the headquarters near here on Monday night, shattering windowpanes on one of the floors of the building. No one, however, was injured in the explosion
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A natural gas leak was the apparent cause of Friday's blast at the 96-room hotel.
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The Islamic Emirate's spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, on Twitter condemned the blast and said that the perpetrators will be arrested and punished soon
More than 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria's southern state of Imo, official and local sources said.
The incident occured in a house where the battery was being charged
More details are awaited; further probe into the matter is underway
An explosion Wednesday at a southwest Louisiana chemical plant has left at least six people with minor injuries. The explosion occurred at an empty ethylene dichloride storage tank shortly before 11 a.m., a spokesperson for Westlake Chemical South told news outlets Two of the injured were taken to Oschner Christus St. Patrick Hospital and three were taken to Lake Charles Memorial. One was treated at the scene, plant spokesperson Joe Andrepont told The American Press. Because the storage tank was empty, the fire was extinguished shortly after the explosion. A large plume of smoke was visible throughout the area. Several residents posted photos on social media. Andrepont said shelter-in-place orders that were issued after the incident have since been lifted because there were no associated environmental issues. He said it's too early to tell what caused the explosion, which is under investigation. He said the Calcasieu Office of Emergency Preparedness, Louisiana State Police, and Co
An explosion has shut down a pipeline in southeastern Turkey that carries oil from Iraq to world markets, officials and news reports said.
'Some people want to create disturbance in Punjab. Government is on alert,' says Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi
More than 40 people have died and dozens were injured after a fuel truck exploded in northern Haiti, media and government officials have said.
Several people were killed and many injured in an explosion at south Lebanon Palestinian camp on Friday
A mysterious explosion was reported in Delhi's Rohini Court on Thursday morning, fire officials said
Five people, including three women, were killed after three buildings collapsed following a cooking gas cylinder explosion in a house in Karungalpatti in the city early on Tuesday.
At least one civilian was killed and four others wounded when an explosion struck a bus in the western part of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday
The tanker exploded in a suburb of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, CNN reported
'The blast seems to have been triggered by an unstable explosive. We have to investigate it,' says Bengaluru Police official
Witnesses say a series of three explosions that targeted Taliban vehicles in the capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province has left at least three dead and 20 wounded.
An explosion at Romania's largest oil refinery outside the port city of Constanta on Friday killed one person and injured at least four, authorities said