Explosion News

Bomb disposal experts were called this afternoon to a smoking metallic device at the side of the road in Walberswick, near Southwold.

McDonalds 'target' of Athens bomb Members of the Greek anti-terrorist team inspect the area outside a cordoned-off McDonald's fast food in Athens early Friday, July 3, 2009.

Cpl. Nicholas Bulger, 30, killed in action Friday when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb while on patrol southwest of Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

Police say a roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded seven other people in central Baghdad.

Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 20 after a woman died overnight in the hospital.

Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. Photograph: Ministry of Defence/Crown copyright/PA The commander of a British regiment has been killed in Afghanistan , the first to have died in active service since the Falklands war 27 years ago.

Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 19, with 25 people injured.

Calgary-based EnCana, one of the major players in northern British Columbia's rapidly expanding oil and gas industry, has been targeted by a bombing for the fifth time in the past nine months, the RCMP confirmed Thursday.

Meanwhile, a prominent militant commander in the northwest reportedly agreed to halt attacks on security forces there, a move that could help the army in its efforts to eliminate the Taliban leadership in the region.

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Hours after U.S. troops handed over control of Iraq's cities to its domestic security forces, a car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 100 on Tuesday, police said.

Viareggio, Italy - Axle failure on a wagon carrying liquid gas caused this week's rail disaster in northern Italy, the country's transport minister told parliament on Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to 16.

NATO said an explosion Wednesday in southern Afghanistan killed two of its troops and wounded six others.

Two children have died after suffering severe burns in an explosion that followed a train derailment in northern Italy, bringing the death toll to 16, officials said Wednesday.

A former North Dakota National Guard soldier wounded in Iraq has received his second Purple Heart.

News reports say two children have died after suffering severe burns in an explosion that followed a train derailment in northern Italy, raising the death toll to 16.

A car bomb exploded in a crowded outdoor market in the northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people, police said, a deadly reminder of the challenges facing the Iraqi government even as it celebrated the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from cities.

NEWARK, N.J. - Police say a transformer explosion has caused an underground fire and power outage in a section of New Jersey's largest city.

Jun 30 - Firebrigade teams working at an explosion site in Italy have filmed dramatic video of the destruction caused after a freight train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded.

At least 14 people were killed and 50 injured overnight in Italy when a freight train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes, officials said on Tuesday.