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Evidence Reveals Bomb Took Down Russian Flight Over Sinai
Aviation experts now believe the Russia Airbus that crashed over the weekend was taken down by a bomb or a “force acting outwards from within.”
The Director General of the Royal United Services Institute, Michael Clarke, said it was more likely the aircraft was taken down by a bomb than mechanical failure, according to the BBC.
“Early reports said that the aircraft split into two and that suggests...
27 dead, dozens injured in Bucharest club explosion
At least 27 people have been killed and nearly 180 injured in an explosion and fire which happened during a concert accompanied by a pyrotechnics show at a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania.
Officials have confirmed the deaths of at least 27 people, while a further 180 suffered injuries and had to be rushed to nearby hospitals from Colectiv Club.
The death toll has risen to 27 with many of the injured...
Subway construction collapses into giant sinkhole in China
On August 13, a giant sinkhole appeared on the construction site of a subway station in the city of Dongguan, China.
According to The South China Morning Post, the sinkhole was originally 80 m2 before expanding to 300 m2. The contractor started pouring concrete into the hole to stop it from sinking further.
One person was killed as a result of the tragedy.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the recent...
44 Killed and 500 Injured in Huge Chinese Port Blast
The death toll from a series of explosions at an industrial area in the Chinese port of Tianjin in northern China has risen to 44, authorities say.
More than 500 people were also injured – 66 of them in critical condition – in the explosions, state media reported on Thursday.
Those killed, according to the official Xinhua news outlet, included 12 firefighters, who were trying to battle the fires...
Malaysia Airlines “Suspicious Cargo” Destroyed In Massive New Mexico Explosion
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (GRU) is reporting today that the “highly suspicious” cargo retrieved by the US from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that had been “disappeared” to one of the United States most secretive bases in the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia, was flown this past week to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico where it was then destroyed...
7 dead after explosion causes building collapse in Upper Manhattan
Officials said the cause of the blast was a gas leak, though there was no evidence of that yet.
NYC Mayor de Blasio confirmed that a gas leak triggered an explosion which destroyed two buildings in Upper Manhattan Wednesday morning at around 9:31 a.m. EST. Over half a dozen people have now been confirmed dead and over 74 injured.
More than 250 members from the New York Fire Department (FDNY) have been...
Suicide bomber kills 16 in Russia's Volgograd
Local CCTV video cameras were recording the railway station at the time of the blast.
At least 16 people were killed in a blast at a railway station in the city of Volgograd, southern Russia. A suicide bomber is suspected to have carried out the attack, says the National Anti-terrorism Committee.
“According to verified information, the explosion at the railway station in Volgograd has claimed 16...
Terrorist blast kills at least 5, injures over 20 in Volgograd, central Russia
An unknown explosive device has detonated in a bus in Volgograd, 1,000km to the south-east of Moscow, killing at least five people and injuring 20. A terrorist attack is now viewed as the cause of the blast.
A terrorist act has been confirmed by the National Anti-terrorist Committee.
“Today at 2:05pm Moscow time [10:05 GMT] in Volgograd inside a bus, as a result of an unknown explosive device going...
Oil pipeline blast injures seven people in central Mexico near capital
A firefighter walks away from the burning pipeline ignited by an explosion on July 21, 2013 near Tonanitla, Mexico.
Seven people have been injured in central Mexico in an oil pipeline explosion, which was ignited by an attempted theft of crude oil.
Mexican authorities say five police officers and two firefighters were hurt early Sunday when they responded to the explosion and fire near the municipality...
Belgium fire forces many to leave homes
A view of the scene of the explosion in a Belgian train on May 4, 2013
Many have been forced to leave their homes after several train cars containing chemicals derailed and caused a major fire near the Belgian city of Gent.
On Saturday, Belgian authorities evacuated nearly 300 residents living near the site of the accident after the blaze led to a series of explosions in the railway cars.
Infrabel,...
Powerful explosion rocks central Prague, dozens injured
A suspected gas explosion has damaged a building in the heart of the Czech capital Prague, injuring 35 people. Six of those injured were reportedly foreigners, and two people are said to have been seriously injured.
Rescuers had previously believed that three or four people were still trapped in the rubble and possibly dead, though Fire Chief Vladimir Pesek said that there are no indications that...
Death toll from blast in Mexican oil company HQ hits 32
Soldiers, Federal policemen and firefighter remove debris, and look for victims of a blast at the headquarters of state-owned Mexican oil giant Pemex in Mexico City, February 1, 2013.
The death toll from a powerful explosion, which had hit the headquarters of Mexico’s state-run oil company Pemex in Mexico City, has risen to 32 from an earlier figure of 25.
According to a statement released by...
Huge Mushroom Cloud in Louisiana Underground "Bunker Explosion"
Explosion Caught on Radar
Some sort of an explosion or something sent a plume of smoke 7000 feet into the air. This happened in Louisiana near Camp Minden on Monday night around 11:30pm. Multiple witnesses apparently reported that they saw something falling down from the sky towards the earth before the mushroom cloud was created.
According to the Shreveport Times, “ the source was traced to a more...
Bomb explosion destroys 22 NATO trucks in Afghanistan
Firefighters try to extinguish a burning NATO supply oil tanker following an attack by gunmen on the outskirts of Quetta, June 19, 2011.
A bomb explosion has destroyed 22 US-led NATO trucks carrying supplies for US-led forces in Afghanistan’s Samangan Province, an Afghan official says.
The incident took place on Wednesday after a magnetic bomb placed in a parking lot exploded, setting the supply...
Huge explosion rocks Norway dairy plant
Debris are seen on the site of a blast which occured in a dairy plant on April 23, 2012 in Fredrikstadt, some 100km south of Oslo
A huge explosion has rocked a dairy plant in Fredrikstad in south-east Norway. At least one person was killed while three others were seriously injured. A number are unaccounted for and are feared to have perished.
Police have confirmed one person has died in the blast,...

























