Suicide bombing

China denounces deadly Islamabad mosque attack, pledges support to Pakistan

An attacker opened fire at the gates of the mosque before setting off a suicide bomb and killing at least 31 people in the deadliest attack of its kind in Pakistan's capital in more than a decade.

People mourn as they attend a funeral for victims following the suicide explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 7, 2026.
Pakistani paramilitary federal forces stand guard next to a crowd of people gathered near the site of a deadly explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 6, 2026. Picture taken with a phone.

At least 31 killed in Islamabad Shi'ite mosque bombing, Islamic State claims responsibility

A Syrian police officer carries flowers behind his shield during the celebration of the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, at Ummayad Square in Damascus, Syria, December 8, 2025.

Suicide bomber kills at least one, wounds security forces in Aleppo attack

Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing i

Why are tensions flaring again between Afghanistan and Pakistan? - explainer


Three suicide bombers attack Pakistan paramilitary force headquarters, police say

Law enforcement isolated the area due to the suspicion that terrorists may have hidden within the building.

Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) commandos stand guard at an explosion site after a suicide blast

Suicide bomber kills 12 outside court in Pakistan capital

A suicide bombing outside Islamabad’s district court killed 12, leaving several others critically wounded. Police are investigating the attack’s motives.

A police officer stands at the site of a blast outside a court building in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 11, 2025.

Pakistan arrests university lecturer accused of plotting foiled Balochistan suicide attack

Balochistan has long experienced violence from separatist groups, including the BLA. 

Dr. Usman Qazi, lecturer at the Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences.

Russia recruiting unknowing suicide bombers as part of shadow war against Ukraine - report

Russia has begun to recruit young Ukrainians as unwilling suicide bombers amid the third year of the Ukraine-Russia War.

 Firefighters work at the site of a warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 3, 2025.

Israeli Christian leaders condemn church suicide bombing, urge Syria to act against terror

Christian leaders in Israel called for peace after a suicide bomber detonated himself inside a Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus, killing 20 people.

 Civil defence members inspect the damage after a blast rocked the Mar Elias Church according to witnesses, in the Dweila neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria June 22, 2025.

Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills at least 20, bomber member of Islamic State

A blast rocked the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus in Syria.

 A civil defence member inspects the damage after a blast rocked the Mar Elias Church according to witnesses, in the Dweila neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria June 22, 2025

Blast targeting school bus kills four children in Pakistan's Balochistan, government official says

Around 40 students were in the bus that was headed to the army-run school, Iqbal said, adding that several were injured in the incident.

 Pakistani school children light candles and pray to mark the second anniversary of terrorists attack on Army Public School attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, December 16, 2016.

Pakistan rescues 190 hostages in deadly train siege, army eliminates attackers

At least 30 attackers were killed in the operation, which was led by Pakistan Army’s elite commandos and involved the Pakistan Air Force’s drone technology.

 Paramedics treat an injured passenger at the Mach railway station, which has been turned into a makeshift hospital, after Pakistani security forces freed nearly 80 passengers following a security operation against armed militants who ambushed the train in the remote mountainous area, in Mach, south

Female suicide bomber kills one, injures four in southwestern Pakistan

One of the groups, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has previously used female militants to stage attacks, a departure from most suicide bombings in the region that largely involve male perpetrators.

 Locals wait as the road is blocked after railway tracks collapsed, a day after separatist militants conducted deadly attacks, in Bolan district of Pakistan's restive province of Balochistan, Pakistan August 27, 2024.

Suspended UW student group calls Sbarro bombing terrorist a ‘heroine’

UW student group SUPER sparked outrage by praising Sbarro bombing terrorist as a "heroine." Despite the suspension, they continue campus activism.

Ahlam Tamimi female terrorist hamas sbarro 390