Sri Lanka President's brother escapes bomb blast
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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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A top Palestinian security leader and relative of Yasser Arafat escaped unharmed when a car bomb exploded near his convoy in Gaza City, the latest sign of growing chaos as Israel's planned Gaza pullout nears. Israel, meanwhile, expanded its military operation in northern Gaza.
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Two people escape injury following a petrol bomb attack on a house in Ballymena, County Antrim.
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Two people were killed and at least 18 injured when a bomb ripped through Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan&#39;s mega concert in Colombo on Saturday night.
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A bomb detonated by suspected Tamil rebels derailed a train in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the military said, injuring at least four passengers a day before a Japanese peace envoy was to visit the troubled region.
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A DEPUTY to US-backed President Hamid Karzai escaped a roadside bombing in northern Afghanistan today, just four days after Mr Karzai himself was targeted as he attempted to hit
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[India News]: Srinagar, Oct 24 : National Conference Chief Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah today escaped unhurt when militants triggered a powerful blast as they reached a graveyard in Anantnag district to attend a ceremony for a slain party
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A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday killing nine people and wounding around 100, the military said.
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All four bombers who attacked Egyptian Red Sea resorts frequented by Israelis last week escaped on foot minutes before their vehicles exploded, the Egyptian government newspaper al-Ahram said on Wednesday.
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A top Palestinian security leader who is a related to Yasser Arafat escaped unharmed on Tuesday when a booby-trapped car exploded near his convoy in Gaza City.
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One of the men who conspired to kill President Pervez Musharraf has escaped
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A deputy to U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai escaped a roadside bombing in northern Afghanistan on Monday, just four days after Karzai himself was targeted as he tried to hit the campaign trail for landmark Oct. 9 elections.
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Bodyguards whisked Sri Lanka&#39;s prime minister away from a meeting with ethnic-Tamil tsunami quake victims Thursday after some victims hit journalists and a soldier with wooden poles.
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National Conference President Omar Abdullah and his father, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today escaped unhurt when militants attacked their convoy, in South Kashmir this morning.
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A member of the Palestinian militant  group Hamas escaped unhurt on Monday when a bomb blew up his  car in the Syrian capital Damascus, a Palestinian source said.
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A deputy to Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, escaped a roadside bombing in northern Afghanistan on Monday, just four days after a rocket was fired at Karzai&#39;s helicopter as he was heading to a campaign event for the Oct. 9 elections.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 18 -- Somalia's interim president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a suicide car bomber struck outside the parliament building, officials said. The blast and a subsequent gun battle left 11 people dead, including the president's brother.