South Korea's defense ministry and spy agency on Wednesday questioned whether the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had tested a hydrogen bomb given the tiny size of seismic activity caused by the hydrogen device detonation.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Wednesday that it has successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb explosion, the fourth nuclear test of the country. Following is a review of the country's previous nuclear tests.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday condemned a hydrogen bomb test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying the test was a "significant threat," according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK.
A suicide car bomb that rocked U.S. military base in Bagram airbase, 50 km north of Kabul, inflicted casualties on Monday, an official with the U.S. Forces public relation office said.
Beijing called on Thursday for constructive efforts to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea has turned into a "powerful nuclear weapons state ready to detonate a hydrogen bomb," leader Kim Jong-un claimed Thursday.
Harvard University said on Monday it had received "unconfirmed" bomb threat which prompted the university to evacuate four buildings on its campus.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said there was a "possibility" that the crashed Russian passenger jet in Egypt was caused by a bomb aboard the plane.
The Nigerian government on Monday said 26 of the 39 victims of the Nyanya and Kuje bomb blasts are still receiving treatment in hospitals across the Federal Capital Territory.
A car bomb blast rocks a pro-government district of Syria's central city of Homs on Tuesday, leaving unknown number of casualties, state-run TV reported.
At least 10 people were killed and 43 others injured when a bomb exploded at a bus stop in Pakistan's east Multan city on Sunday night, officials said.
A key suspect in last month's deadly Bangkok bombing, which killed 20 people and injured more than 100 others, was taken to the crime scenes for re-enactment on Tuesday, police said.
At least 10 people were killed and dozens were injured in two bomb attacks in northern Cameroon on Thursday, an army source said.
At least 23 people, among them six policemen, got injured earlier Thursday in a blast that targeted a national security building in Qalioubiya province near Cairo, the Egyptian state TV reported.
Cambodian PM strongly condemns Bangkok bomb blast
Three killed in car bomb attack at Istanbul police station
Norwegian police on Thursday charged a security guard with perjury after he confessed to shooting himself and placing a bomb-like object at the University of Oslo that caused a bomb scare drama around the campus the day before, local media reported.
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