A local police official says that they are currently investigating the blast, which appeared to be a suicide bombing. No one has claimed responsibility so far.
A member of the Islamic State, recruited in Turkey by one of the leaders of the terrorist organization, the bomber was detained by Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers.
Recently, an uptick has been observed in the attacks on the security forces by the militants in the tribal districts despite a ceasefire committed by Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan.
Karachi suicide bomber Shari Baloch’s death may be an act of terrorism but it rips through the silence that the Pakistani State had enforced about Balochistan.
Attack took place in Gwadar, a port city in Pakistan's restive Balochistan area. One Chinese sustained minor injuries while two children playing nearby were killed in the bombing.
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said the govt could only take action if the terrorists were operating within Sri Lanka. The govt also revised the death toll of the attacks to 253, citing a calculation error.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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