Bombings/Explosions

Sri Lanka hands jail terms of over 200 years to 15 convicted of 2019 Easter bombings

Sri Lankan Special Task Force personnel standing guard outside Colombo’s High Court on Sept 22, during the trial of those accused of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, which killed 279 people.

3 South Korean soldiers patrolling demilitarised zone injured in blast

The demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas is one of the world’s most heavily fortified and mined frontiers.

Death toll from attack at police HQ in Pakistan rises to 31

With fighting still ongoing, a police official reports at least 16 police personnel have died and over 100 people are injured.

Dynamite, ammonium nitrate found in trucks aboard Philippine ferry

At least 16 killed in suicide attack on police facility in north-west Pakistan

Pioneer soldier cleared WWII undersea mines and disposed of active bomb overseas

Until his retirement in 2018, Winston Wong, now 79, kept his roles as a pioneering member of the SAF’s bomb disposal and naval diving units relatively hush.

25 years after 9/11, America remembers as death toll from aftermath keeps rising

A woman visits the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York on Sept 11, ahead of the commemoration of the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Explainer: What’s happened to Al-Qaeda in the 25 years since 9/11?

Two killed in explosion at hydroelectric plant in Switzerland

The causes and exact circumstances of the explosion at the plant, which was undergoing renovation, are under investigation.

Fireworks blast in Mexico kills at least 10

A drone view showing the damage after a fireworks explosion that left at least 10 people dead at a village festival in central Mexico.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.