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Tripoli was rocked by a series of airstrikes by NATO forces in the early hours of the morning Sunday.

Reports say a building exploded in rural upstate New York, injuring at least five people. The explosion in Salem, about 40 miles northeast of the state capital of Albany, occurred around noon Wednesday.

A massive explosion ripped through a military base in southern Cyprus, witnesses said on Monday, with the official news agency reporting at least eight people dead.

A building at Boston College has been evacuated after reports of a chemical explosion inside a classroom.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not hurt Tuesday after an explosion at an oil refinery that he was visiting, Iran's FARS news agency reported.

An electrical transformer exploded early Sunday on the Las Vegas strip, knocking out power to parts of some hotels and touching off a smoky blaze that snarled traffic, authorities said.

The toll in the Belarus subway bombing rose to 12 dead and more than 200 wounded Tuesday and authorities said several people have been detained in what they are calling a terrorist attack....

An explosion struck a subway station in the Belarus capital of Minsk on Monday, Russian state media reported.

At least 40 people were killed and 90 wounded in an explosion at an ammunition factory in Yemen on Monday, medical and security officials said.

A bomb exploded near a bus stop in a Jewish neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Wednesday, injuring at least 30 people, police and medics said.