THE death toll from a car bombing at the United Nations’ Nigeria headquarters has risen to 23, a UN spokesman said.

The death toll has risen to 23, two days after a car bombing at the United Nations’ Nigeria headquarters, a UN spokesman said.

Nigeria’s president vowed to bring terrorism “under control” as he visited the bombed headquarters of the United Nations in his country, a day after at least 18 people died in an attack claimed by a radical Muslim sect.

A CAR laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the UN offices in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, killing at least 18 people and shattering part of the concrete structure.

A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations’ offices in Nigeria’s capital Abuja today, killing at least 16 people and shattering part of the concrete structure.

Muslim extremists may have planted a bomb which struck an army barracks in Nigeria’s capital, the country’s president said today, highlighting the dangers and confusion still gripping a nation beset by violence in recent weeks.

LASAGNA, veal and cake were on the menu yesterday as Pope Benedict XVI invited about 250 poor people to join him for a post-Christmas lunch and denounced as “absurd” new attacks on the faithful around the globe.

Lasagne, veal and cake were on the menu today as Pope Benedict XVI invited about 250 poor people to join him for a post-Christmas lunch and denounced as "absurd" new attacks on the faithful around the globe.

A radical Muslim sect used assault rifles to free more 750 prisoners in an armed attack on a Nigerian prison.

Islamic hard-liners in Indonesia broke up a religious tolerance rally today, beating demonstrators with bamboo sticks and calling for the deaths of members of a Muslim sect they consider heretical, witnesses said.

A suicide bombing ripped through a Shiite Muslim procession today in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 22 people, injuring dozens and sparking riots during the Muslim sect’s most important holiday.

An apparent suicide bombing ripped through a Shiite Muslim procession today in north-western Pakistan, killing at least eight people, injuring 40 and sparking riots during the Muslim sect’s most important holiday.

A suspected suicide bomb ripped through a Shiite Muslim procession in north-western Pakistan, killing six people, injuring 40 and sparking riots during the Muslim sect’s most important holiday.

A Pakistani paper has reportedly carried a cash prize offer to any readers who killed an American.