Monthly Archives: December 2014

Concerns of more attacks in India after Bangalore hit by deadly blast

After weeks of numerous warnings of impending attacks, another bomb blast struck a major Indian city. During the evening hours of December 28, a low-grade Improvised Explosive Device (IED), filled with shrapnel, exploded in Bangalore’s commercial district, on Church Street. … Continue reading

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India and Pakistan again trade shelling in disputed Jammu and Kashmir region

With tensions running high in Pakistan following the recent Peshawar killings, and India on high-alert for jihadist attacks emanating from Pakistan, Indian and Pakistan forces have again traded cross-border fire in the restive and disputed Jammu and Kashmir regions for … Continue reading

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Violence erupts in eastern India as ethnic Bodo militants reportedly kill close to 70 people in coordinated raids

Another wave of bloodshed has rocked India’s restive northeast. Coordinated attacks by suspected ethnic Bodo militants from the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) left at least 55 people dead, including many children, in India’s northeastern Assam State on December … Continue reading

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Rocket attack from Gaza prompts first Israeli air strike since summer war

Rocket sirens blared in Israel’s Eshkol region on the morning of December 19. Shortly thereafter, an explosion was heard. After security forces canvassed the border area, an impact site was located in an open field. No casualties were recorded. It … Continue reading

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Insurgency in Pakistan escalates as militants slaughter students at school in Peshawar

During the morning hours of December 16, seven jihadist gunmen reportedly dressed in military fatigues and wearing suicide vests stormed a military-run school, the Army Public School and Degree College, in northern Peshawar. Their spokesman said they scaled the school’s … Continue reading

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