Guardians at the Shi’ite Al-Zahra mosque in Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, managed to stop a young suicide bomber on May 1, moments before he could set his explosive belt alight during Friday’s prayer. Read more...

A raw video of the suicide attack that killed 15 people in Sri Lanka on Wednesday has been posted online. The cameraman captured images just a few metres from the explosion. Warning, some of the footage may be disturbing. See the footage...

One of our Observers in Pakistan, Awab Alvi, has published a note by the security services warning local authorities about the probability of an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team. The note, dating back to January 22, pointed to an Indian lead. Read more…

The day after India's worst ever terrorist attacks, there are already reports of fingers being pointed. Our Observers tell us that instead of looking for someone to blame, the people of Mumbai are simply scared. Meanwhile, webusers take it upon themselves to tell the story in images. Read more and see the photos...

A night of unforeseen terrorist attacks has left Mumbai devastated. Residents of three luxury hotels, including the Taj Maha Hotell, are still being held hostage. Meanwhile, a witness to the chaos has managed to post videos of the hotel online. Read more and see the videos...

An armed man walked into a religious school on Thursday evening and opened fire leaving eight dead and several injured. Our Observers in the region young Palestinian Rafe Jabari and Israeli Talmudic teacher Ariel Woolf react to the killing. Read more…

Our Observer in Israel responds to the media reaction to a suicide bombing that killed three (including two bombers) in Dimona, south Israel on Monday. The attack was the first in Israel for over a year. Read more...

Sri Lanka saw yet more bloodshed on Wednesday when thirty-one civilians were killed in an attack on a bus in the south-east of the country. The island is not unaccustomed to this type of violence, but this attack could prove to be a turning point in the war between the Tamil Tigers and the state army. Our Observer Kumar explains why civilian attacks - which had become a rarity in recent years - may be on the increase again. Read more...

Posted on the Sinhalese site ‘Master of News', 16 January 2008. Warning, you may find these images upsetting.

In the midst of growing uncertainties surrounding the cause of death of Benazir Bhutto, a new amateur video of the assassination was released by Channel 4 yesterday. According to Bhutto's supporters, the video proves that the ex-Prime Minister was in fact killed by a bullet, and not a by fracturing her skull as she tried to protect herself; the explanation given by the Home Minister on Friday. One of our Observers, Awab Alvi, tells us how the video was first posted on the online network Orkut before it was found by the British channel. Read more...

Images broadcast by Channel 4 on 30 December 2007

The Algerian capital was rocked by two car-bomb attacks yesterday morning, leaving around sixty dead (hospital source), and the Algerian people dismayed. One of them, who now lives in France, filmed himself with a message to the terrorists which he posted on YouTube: ‘I'm Muslim, don't kill in my name!' Read more...

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A bus, destroyed by the blasts in Ben Aknoun