Attack on Indian tourist town

Popular tourist restaurant bombed in India

An explosion has hit a popular bakery/restaurant in the western Indian city of Pune.

The blast at the German Bakery is believed to have killed at least nine people and injured many more.

Augmenting Traditional Airport Technology

Explosive detection technology can identify substance in latest airline bombing attempt

PETN has been confirmed as the explosive material that was used in the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airline flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day.

Spain

ETA attack severely damages Spain's tourism

Madrid - As the militant Basque separatist group ETA prepared to mark the 50th anniversary of its foundation on Friday, the Spanish government knew it might stage attacks around that date.

Pakistan

Pakistan: 11 dead in luxury hotel bombing

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Suicide attackers shot their way past guards and set off a massive blast Tuesday outside a luxury hotel where foreigners and well-to-do Pakistanis mixed, killing at least 11 peo

Yemen

Fresh attack on Koreans in Yemen

A suicide bomber has attacked a South Korean delegation visiting Yemen after a deadly attack on tourists on Sunday.

Officials said no one apart from the bomber was harmed in this attack.

Yemen Bombing

Yemen blames al-Qaida for latest tourist bombing

SAN'A, Yemen — Yemeni authorities on Monday said that al-Qaida was behind a suicide bombing that killed four South Korean tourists and their Yemeni driver at a historical site.

Egypt

Tourist killed, 22 people wounded in Cairo bombing

CAIRO — A bomb in a landmark Cairo bazaar killed a French tourist and wounded 22 people, most of them holidaymakers, on Sunday in the first deadly violence against Westerners in Egypt since 2006.

Mid-East Conflict

Tears for Gaza: Children, women and elderly among dead

Fighter plane squads intensify Israel's deadliest assaults ever on Palestinian militants, killing more civilians.

Gaza Strip Massacre

Israeli assault on Gaza kills at least 230, wounds 400

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli warplanes rained more than 100 tons of bombs on security sites in Hamas-ruled Gaza Saturday and early Sunday, killing at least 230 people in one of the Mideast confli

British Airways

BA suspends Pakistan flights after hotel bombing: airline

British Airways has halted all flights to Pakistan following the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, a spokesman for the airline said on Monday.

More Threats In India

Unknown Islamic group threatens more blasts in tourist India

JAIPUR, India (AFP) — A previously-unknown Islamic group claimed responsibility for a string of bombings that killed 63 people and warned of more attacks on Indian tourist targets, officials said on Thursday.

Tourism Bombed

Tourism hit after serial blasts in Jaipur

JAIPUR - It's a grim situation for travel agents in Rajasthan as tour operators are reporting unprecedented 30 to 40 per cent cancellations by tourists, across all cities in the state by way of hotel bookings and flights.

India Bombings

80 killed, 150 wounded in Jaipur blasts

JAIPUR - Terror struck yet again — this time in Jaipur, at the busiest market, at the busiest hour, aimed with chilling precision to kill, maim, terrify and cleave the country. At last count, the toll was 80 killed, and with over 150 injured, it could go up.

Sinai

Bombing of Sinai tourist site feared

Security forces have set up roadblocks and checkpoints in Sinai following reports that two terrorists plan to bomb a tourist site in the region. Egyptian intelligence reported that the two entered Egypt from Sudan and were traveling in a truck packed with explosives.

Airline Bombing Plot

FBI says airline plotters had no US link

BRIGHTON, England — The FBI said Wednesday the men accused of trying to blow up U.S.-bound airliners had no obvious links to support networks in the United States, but warned that the greatest terror threat for Americans still may lurk within their own borders.

Eleven U.N. staff among dead in Algeria bombs: U.N

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Eleven U.N. employees are believed to have been among those killed when car bombs hit U.N. and other buildings in Algiers on Tuesday and more U.N. staff were still unaccounted for, a U.N. spokeswoman said.