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Blast near girls school in Afghan capital Kabul kills scores

Eyewitnesses said all but seven or eight of the victims were schoolgirls going home after finishing studies.

Deadly blast hits Afghanistan’s Logar, underscores uptick in violence

Initial reports put the death toll at 30 people after a car bomb blast targeted Afghan city of Pul-e Alam, the provincial capital of Logar province.

Somalia: Many dead in minibus explosion caused by landmine

The minibus en route from capital Mogadishu to Jowhar in Middle Shabelle region was blown up near Balad district, killing at least 15 people and injuring four others, officials say.

Deadly blasts in Equatorial Guinea kill at least 20, wound hundreds

Footage broadcast by the TVGE channel showed buildings burned and flattened in a wide radius around the Nkoa Ntoma camp in the economic capital Bata, with a thick plume of black smoke rising into the sky.

Lebanon appoints new lead investigator in port blast probe

Lebanon’s justice minister has appointed judge Tarek Bitar to lead the Investigation into the Beirut port blast.

Investigators search home in Nashville bomb probe

The operation in Antioch came as US media reports said a 63-year-old "person of interest" had been identified in connection with the explosion, which came from a parked motorhome that blared a warning minutes before it blew up.

Explosion rips through oil tanker off Saudi Arabia’s coast

Singapore-flagged BW Rhine says all 22 sailors on board have escaped without injury as shipping company blames blast on “an external source”.

Lebanon to demolish blast-hit Beirut port silos over safety concerns

The gutted silos, which had a storage capacity of more than 100,000 tonnes, have become emblematic of the catastrophic port blast, which took place on August 4 and has been widely blamed on government negligence.

Lebanon PM-designate steps down amid political impasse over govt formation

Lebanon's last government resigned in the aftermath of the colossal blast in Beirut port on August 4 that killed nearly 200 people, wounded thousands and ravaged swathes of the capital.

Afghanistan vice president escapes suicide attack in Kabul

Afghanistan Vice President Amrullah Saleh was on his way to work on when the attack on his convoy took place.

French FM urges Lebanese authorities to 'assume' responsibilities

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says Lebanon is at risk of 'disappearing' urging the implementation of crucial reforms.

NOC warns Libya at risk of more disastrous blast than one in Beirut

25,000 tons of ammonia gas is stored at the port east of the capital Tripoli, which witnessed the use of rocket-propelled grenades in clashes between two factions of forces loyal to warlord Haftar, according to Mustafa Sanallah.