Bombings/Explosions

Man takes hostages and threatens to bomb a bank in California

Two people were released after negotiators communicated with the hostage-taker by phone, police said.

Sri Lanka slaps travel ban on ex-president over Easter bombings

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced to resign halfway into his presidency in July 2022 after months of street protests.

Witnesses tell of devastation from Myanmar village explosion that killed dozens

Dozens of villagers were killed and hundreds of people were injured by the blast.

Suspected World War II ordnance explodes in Indonesia, five dead

At least 5 killed, 2 injured in explosion at Hanwha Aerospace facility in South Korea

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace said the company was investigating the situation.

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Ukrainian servicemen taking part in a military exercise between combat missions, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on May 29.

Blast in rebel-held Myanmar kills dozens: Rescuers

A screenshot from a video posted online purporting to show the May 31 blast in Shan state’s Namhkan district, Myanmar.

Eleven confirmed dead in Washington state chemical accident, all bodies recovered

The ruptured tank contained about 3.4 million litres of white liquor.

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launchpad in a setback for bid to catch Musk’s SpaceX

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off on April 19. Blue Origin has spent billions of dollars and roughly a decade developing New Glenn, a rocket 29-stories high.

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Lebanese civil defence workers search through the rubble of a building following an Israeli strike at dawn near the coastal city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on May 26.

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