Nov 2 - By Associated Press
Fort Bragg officials say a civilian killed in an explosion at the North Carolina Army post was scavenging for scrap metal when he stepped on a round and it exploded.
Oct 5 - By Associated Press
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned a suicide bombing at the U.N. food agency's Pakistan headquarters that killed five people.
Oct 4 - By Associated Press
The United Nations says it has temporarily closed its offices in Pakistan following the attack on the World Food Program office in the capital of Islamabad.
Sep 24 - By Russ Bynum, Associated Press Writer
Imperial Sugar Co. and managers of its Georgia refinery ignored known dangers of explosive dust for decades before a chain of dust-fueled fireballs erupted at the plant last year and killed 14 people, investigators said in a report Thursday.
Sep 12 - By Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press Writer
Suspected Islamic militants set off a powerful bomb blast Saturday in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing three people and wounding at least seven others, police said.
Aug 26 - By Zarar Khan, Associated Press Writer
Suspected militants opened fire on a vehicle carrying Pakistan's religious affairs minister Wednesday, wounding him and killing his driver in a brazen attack in the heart of the capital.
Aug 22 - By Riaz Khan, Associated Press Writer
A suicide bomber hit a Pakistani security checkpoint Thursday at the main border crossing for convoys ferrying NATO supplies into Afghanistan, killing at least 18 border guards, police said.
Jul 22 - By Associated Press
Security forces guarding an Asian security conference on this resort island Thursday destroyed a motorcycle they suspected was loaded with explosives. It was later determined that the bike was not armed, an army official said.
Jun 20 - By Associated Press
Doctors in eastern China were trying Monday to save the life of a 2-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a weekend factory explosion that killed 16 people, state media reported.
Jun 16 - By Russ Bynum, Associated Press Writer
Imperial Sugar has restarted its Georgia refinery to resume making crystal sugar for the first time since a deadly 2008 explosion devastated the plant near Savannah.
Jun 16 - By Associated Press
The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine believed triggered by a gas leak rose to 31 after rescuers unearthed more bodies Wednesday, officials said.
Jun 9 - By Rohan Sullivan, Associated Press Writer
Pakistan's army launched airstrikes and ferried in tanks and artillery as it confirmed Tuesday that it was preparing a major offensive against insurgents in al-Qaida and the Taliban's safest haven along the Afghan border.
Jun 5 - By Associated Press
An underground explosion in downtown San Francisco on Friday sent black smoke pouring out of a manhole and cut power to 8,600 people. There were no reports of injuries and no forced evacuations.
May 26 - By Associated Press
A bomb exploded in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, badly damaging buildings housing police and the country's main intelligence agency, and causing a large number of casualties, officials said.
May 22 - By Hadeel Al-Shalchi, Associated Press Writer
Seven people suspected of ties to an al-Qaida-linked cell have been arrested in connection with the bombing of a Cairo bazaar that killed a French teen, Egypt said Saturday.
May 3 - By Associated Press
A gas explosion tore through a Siberian apartment block early Sunday and sparked a fire that engulfed the building, killing eight people, including two children, Russian media reported.
May 2 - By Associated Press
An Italian woman has died and her 4-year-old grandson is in critical condition after a hyberbaric chamber exploded at a South Florida clinic.
Apr 20 - By Russ Bynum, Associated Press Writer
Attorneys for one of the nation's largest sugar producers accused a whistleblower Monday of faking a report that he says he sent to company executives warning them of the dust hazard at a Georgia refinery days before a blast there killed 14 workers.
Apr 6 - By Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press Writer
Three explosive attacks struck India's restive northeastern state of Assam, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens Monday, a day before an election campaign visit by the prime minister.
Mar 16 - By Associated Press
Three people were hospitalized after a natural gas explosion destroyed a truck and sent a flaming tank hurtling into the air near a busy street.
Mar 16 - By Associated Press
A suicide bomber blew up at a busy bus terminal near the Pakistani capital Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding 18 more, officials said.
Mar 10 - By Associated Press
Authorities say one man is dead and three others have been seriously injured in a blast at a south Louisiana oil facility.
Feb 22 - By Maggie Michael, Associated Press Writer
The crude bomb that killed a French teenager and injured 24 others at a famous Cairo bazaar was packed with gunpowder and nails and detonated by a washing machine timer, according to a report by Egyptian authorities on the attack.
Feb 19 - By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Writer
When 150 pounds of highly unstable commercial-grade dynamite went missing, officials knew just what to do: Blow something up to demonstrate how dangerous high explosives can be.
Feb 18 - By Associated Press
An explosion in an underground electrical vault has caused evacuations at four downtown Los Angeles buildings. No injuries have been reported.