Bomb Kills Sri Lankan Minister
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A Sri Lankan government minister was killed in a roadside bombing near the capital that was blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said.
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A roadside bomb exploded during the evening rush hour near Sri Lanka's capital on Monday and killed seven civilians, the military said.
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A bomb tore through a Sri Lankan bus packed with schoolchildren killing 23 people and wounding dozens on Wednesday, the military said, as a 6-year ceasefire formally expires between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Government minister killed by roadside bomb near Colombo, according to the country's military
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A roadside bomb blast hit an election candidate's car in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding three others, the police and interior ministry said.
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An opposition lawmaker died at a hospital shortly after he was wounded in a shooting near the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on Tuesday, a hospital official said.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead a military informer near the Sri Lankan capital, police said.
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Suspected Tamil Tigers killed four people with a roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Monday while government planes bombed a rebel base, the military said, as a Japanese envoy sought to revive a collapsed peace process.
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A suspected Islamic militant has shot dead a female provincial minister known for promoting women's rights at a political meeting in central Pakistan.
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A suspected Islamist zealot  opposed to women in politics shot dead a Pakistani provincial  government minister at a political meeting on Tuesday,  officials said.
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Former Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister wounded by bomb placed under his car in Beirut, driver killed. BEIRUT - A Lebanese minister who resigned recently in a dispute over Syria&#39;s domination of the country
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A Sri Lankan government minister was killed in a powerful roadside bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels, followed hours later by a powerful blast in the heart of the capital Colombo, police said.
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A roadside bomb tore through a Sri Lankan bus killing 24 people and wounding dozens on Wednesday, officials said, as a six-year ceasefire between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels formally expires.
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's brother Gothabaya, who is also the island's defense secretary, narrowly escaped a suspected suicide bomb attack in the island's capital on Friday, officials said.
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At least five people are killed in a suspected suicide attack on the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed a Sri Lankan minister with a roadside bomb north of the capital on Tuesday, officials said, the second MP killed in a week as a protracted civil war escalates.
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - A suspected Islamist zealot opposed to women in politics shot dead a Pakistani provincial government minister at a political meeting on Tuesday, officials said.