Opinion: My Sri Lankan relatives had a lucky escape from the bombings - I'm struggling to keep my hopes for peace alive
After a decade of peace, I had hoped that our troubles were behind us, writes Dil Wickremasinghe.
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After a decade of peace, I had hoped that our troubles were behind us, writes Dil Wickremasinghe.
The attack on two pubs came at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Amy Bracken looks at the bombing of Campile on 26 August 1940, one of the less-remembered bombings of Éire during the Second World War.
The head of police has warned residents not to touch any unexpected packages left at their homes.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack left a pool of blood and body parts strewn at the site, an AFP correspondent reported.
There are no indications that any Irish travellers were caught up in the attacks.
Police believe he accompanied two likely suicide bombers.
The fighting lasted for at least two hours.
Over 50 people have been killed in the attacks.
33 people died in the bombings, with hundreds more injured.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to the death penalty over the killings.
Bombers have attacked mosques in Yemen’s capital, killing scores and wounding more than 300 people.
“We affirm that avenging Egyptian blood and retaliating against killers is a duty we must carry out.”
He was accused of being involved in the bombings of US embassies in Africa in 1998.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces the death penalty over the April 2013 attacks.
Just days ago, a senior cleric at the mosque issued a call to arms against Boko Haram.
Paramilitary style assaults are also on the rise, according to figures from the PSNI.
The President added that “a strategy of amnesia is simply not an option”.
There will be three events over the next two days to commemorate the 33 people killed in the bombings.
A small bomb struck outside a police training hours before the rallies were due to start.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are targeting oil facilities, foreigners and security forces.
Car bombs in cities across Iraq killed at least 48 people today, officials have said.
The violence wounded more than 320 people and has been roundly condemned.
Enda Kenny met with the survivors and families of the victims at government buildings this evening.
19-year-old Tsarnaev, making his first court appearance, arrived earlier under heavy guard.
After living in Afghanistan, I got to see first-hand what the people of that country go through, writes Noel Scanlon, who says he wishes he could be more optimistic about the country’s future.
Families will today remember the victims of the 1974 bombings, which marked the greatest loss of life in a single day during the Troubles.
At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in the attack in the Afghan capital.
11 bombings struck Baghdad, as well as the cities of Kirkuk and Tarmiyah.
Keith Luxon is running in his 72nd long-distance event today.
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Sunday.
Barack Obama will attend an interfaith service in Boston tomorrow, as details emerge of the victims – including an 8-year-old.
We should be over our outrage at petty jibes by now, writes John Verling. Both countries have grown up.
The 40th anniversary of car bombings in Dublin which killed three busmen and injured 127 people hears how relatives of the dead still waiting for justice.
Justice for the Forgotten will mark the occasion with a wreath-laying ceremony at 11.30am tomorrow. The bombs were the first car-bombs to explode in the Republic of Ireland.
Meanwhile, media group reports shooting dead of TV presenter in Mosul.
Gun and bomb attacks north of Baghdad have left a five-year-old girl dead and 10 others wounded.
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, 61, is believed to have plotted the 2008 attacks in which at least 166 people were killed.
Civilians and security forces attacked in several cities ahead of Arab League summit in Baghdad.