About 20 dead in Thai fireworks factory blast; no survivors found

01/18/2024

BANGKOK — A blast at a fireworks factory north of Bangkok on Wednesday claimed the lives of approximately 20 individuals, according to the police. Despite ongoing inspections by authorities, no survivors have been located at the site…

Death toll in US chocolate factory explosion rises to three

Agence France Presse 03/26/2023

WASHINGTON — The death toll from an explosion at a chocolate factory in the US state of Pennsylvania rose to three Saturday with four people missing, local officials said, as rescuers raced against the clock to find…

Ukrainian mother shielded baby from blast as civilian toll mounts

Reuters 03/21/2022

KYIV — Olga, a 27-year-old Ukrainian woman seriously wounded while sheltering her baby from shrapnel blasts in Kyiv, recalled the shock as she saw blood covering her child after a missile strike that shattered glass across the…

Duterte tells troops: Fight hard ‘hanggang magkaubusan na’

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 08/31/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — In the wake of the deadly explosions in Jolo, Sulu last week that left at least 15 dead and 75 wounded, President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to government troops to keep fighting until terrorists…

Rocket hits near US embassy in Baghdad: security sources

AFP 05/19/2020

BAGHDAD, Iraq – One rocket hit near the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday morning, security sources told AFP, the first to land in the high-security zone in weeks. The blast could be heard across the Iraqi…

3 killed in central Mali roadside bomb blast

04/10/2020

BAMAKO, Mali — Three people, including a government official, were killed Thursday in a roadside bomb attack in central Mali, the government said, as fresh violence hits the war-torn West African state. A regional government official was…

Police identify suspect in Initao College grenade blast

Consuelo Marquez 11/28/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Police have identified the suspect who threw a grenade that exploded at the Initao College in Misamis Oriental on Thursday morning, killing a police officer and injuring 11 other people. A report from the…

ENDING THE YEAR WITH A BALLOON BLAST

MAO BA? 12/30/2018

Environment-concerned netizens took their sentiments to social media as Cove Manila is set to break the world record for the largest balloon drop on New Year’s eve. Jonie Garin said, “RIP mother nature. More more plastic/rubbers.” Jaja…

Japan police investigate cause of blast that hurt 42

AFP 12/17/2018

JAPANESE police were investigating Monday the cause of a powerful blast that ripped through a restaurant in the country’s north overnight, injuring 42 people and damaging surrounding buildings. The explosion in the city of Sapporo on Sunday…

Police chief makes ‘what are needed’ list after M’daue blast simulation

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/13/2018

MORE K-9s or bomb sniffing dogs, a post blast investigator, a bomb suit and more handheld radios. These are the list of items that the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) would seek to have to at least…

PNP PROBES CORDOVA BLAST

Nestle L. Semilla 06/09/2018

Police authorities assured no terror group has entered Cebu Police authorities yesterday assured the public that there was no report of the presence of any terrorist group in Cebu in the wake of the explosion of an…

Landmine blast hits truckload of soldiers in Compostela Valley

Inquirer.net 01/07/2018

DAVAO CITY — A landmine blast nearly hit a group of soldiers on a military truck in Monkayo town, Compostela Valley on Sunday, authorities and witnesses said. Maj. Ezra Balagtey, the spokesperson of the military’s Eastern Mindanao…

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