Police said an explosion on a minibus in north-western Pakistan has killed at least 15 people.

Two suicide bombers dressed in burqas blew themselves up today in a camp for refugees fleeing military offensives in north-western Pakistan, killing 41 people and wounding 62, officials said.

Pakistan claims to have killed 18 Islamist militants today, as part of an escalating campaign against insurgents.

A suicide car bomber attacked an army convoy at a checkpoint in Pakistan’s northwest, killing at least 27 people.

At least 20 people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a military checkpoint in Pakistan’s troubled northwest today, officials said.

Security forces have killed 15 militants and detained 60 others, the Pakistan army said today, in the first major action against insurgents under the country's new government.

Gunmen have killed four Shiite Muslims in northwestern Pakistan.

Militants bombed a Pakistan army convoy then raked it with gunfire, killing 17 soldiers and continuing a wave of violence that has seen 41 deaths in the past few days.

A suicide car bomber attacked a police academy in northwest Pakistan today, killing up to six people, officials said.

Shia worshippers in three Iraqi cities today suffered bombings and ambushes, killing at least 39 people, during the climax of ceremonies marking Ashoura, the holiest day in the Shia calendar.

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.