BOCA CHICA, Texas, April 20: SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after liftoff in an uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Thursday, cutting short a key step in Elon Musk's development of a rocket vessel to eventually take humans to the moon and Mars.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Chandra Bhandari, who was injured in a gas cylinder explosion along with his mother late evening on Wednesday, has been taken to India for further treatment. His mother Hari Kala Bhandari breathed her last on Thursday morning while undergoing treatment at Kirtipur Burn Hospital.

DANG, Feb 16: Two people were injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in Dang.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The Kirtipur Burn Hospital has recommended taking Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Chandra Bhandari and his mother, who were seriously injured in the gas cylinder explosion earlier last night, to India for further treatment.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: A cooking gas cylinder explosion at his residence in Shankhamul on Wednesday evening left Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Dr Chandra Bhandari and his mother severely injured.

KAPILVASTU, Jan 16: A balloon trader died when the gas cylinder used to inflate the balloons exploded at the Maghi festival site located in Kapil Dham, Banganga Municipality Ward No 9 of Kapilvastu.

KABUL, April 21: An explosion claimed by the Islamic State at a Shi'ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday killed at least 11 people, a health official said, one of a series of blasts around the country.

BIRATNAGAR, March 29: Two people were injured when an improvised explosive device went off at Nawajagriti Tol of Itahari Sub-metropolis-2 at around 10PM on Monday.

KARACHI, Dec 19: At least 15 people were killed and 16 others injured in an explosion on Saturday at a bank branch in Karachi's industrial area, police said.

BEIRUT, Aug 5: A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.

RAUTAHAT, Oct 20: The victims of the 2008 bomb blast in Rautahat district have started coming in the contact of Rautahat Police.

KABUL, Sept 17: An explosion near an election rally attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani killed 24 people and injured 31 others, a health official said, but Ghani was unhurt according to an aide.

ROLPA, Aug 26: An unidentified group on Sunday night torched Ward 2 Office of Pariwartan rural municipality and detonated an improvised explosive device.

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 10: A damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania Saturday as people were trying to siphon fuel out of it, killing at least 57, police said.

COPENHAGEN, Aug 10: An explosion damaged a police station in Copenhagen early on Saturday, in the second blast to hit the Danish capital in four days.

KABUL, July 31: A bus in western Afghanistan was hit by a roadside explosion on Wednesday that killed at least 34 passengers, including children, and injured 17, officials said.

KABUL, July 28: A powerful explosion hit central Kabul during evening rush hour on Sunday, wounding six people, Afghan officials said.

KABUL, July 25: Two explosions went off in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday, minutes after a bus carrying government employees was hit by a blast, killing five people, government officials said.

KABUL, July 19: An explosion on Friday near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital killed six people and injured at least 27 as students waited to take an examination, officials said.

DHANGADI, July 18: Five people have sustained injuries in an explosion in Dhangadi on Thursday evening.

An explosion on the set of the new James Bond movie has injured one crew member and damaged a stage at Pinewood Studios. The film’s official Twitter account said the accident Tuesday came from a “controlled explosion.” No one was injured on set but a crew member outside the stage sustained a minor injury. The exterior of a stage was also damaged at the studio facilities outside London.

KATHMANDU, May 28: A day after a series of bomb blasts were set off in different parts of Kathmandu Valley by the outlawed communist group of Netra Bikram Chand, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday asked the group leader to clarify what he wanted by promoting violence.

KATHMANDU, May 26: Two people have been injured in an explosion while transferring IED in a motorcycle in Nagdhunga.

KATHMANDU, May 26: One more person succumbed to injuries from the explosion while undergoing treatment at Om Hospital.

KATHMANDU, May 26: Police have confirmed that the improvised explosive device (IED) has been used for the explosions in Anamnagar and Sukedhara on Sunday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, May 26: Police have confirmed that the injured Rabindra KC as a cadre of student wings affiliated with Biplab-led group.

WAUKEGAN, May 6: Search and recovery personnel found the body of another worker Sunday in the rubble of a northern Illinois silicone factory that exploded and burst into flames two days earlier, bringing the death toll to three employees with one more body believed to be in the debris, a fire official said.

COLOMBO, April 21: Two explosions hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, wounding at least 50 people, witnesses said.

CHITWAN, April 18: Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have exploded at two places of Chitwan district in course of the Nepal banda called by Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav)-led group.

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BEIJING, March 31: A plant explosion in China’s Jiangsu province has killed seven people, state media reported on Sunday, 10 days after a blast at a pesticide plant killed 78 people in the province and triggered a nationwide safety inspection campaign.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, March 25: A gas cylinder explosion killed two laborers at Phulpingkatti of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality, Sindhupalchowk, on Monday. Two more workers from the site are missing.

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CHITWAN, March 13: A powerful cylinder bomb was detonated at the office of Bharatpur Metropolis-5, Torikhet this morning.

KATHMANDU, March 8: A bomb has gone off at a house belonging to Rohan Gurung, chairman of Nepal Association of  Foreign Employment Agencies, in Basundhara in the capital on Friday evening.

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: When Sim Prasad Gurung was passing by the Ncell headquarters gate at Nakkhu, Lalitpur he noticed a suspicious object. Concerned by it, he parked his car (Ba 20 Cha 1032) alongside the road and headed toward the gate to ask about it. Just as he stepped toward the object, it exploded. Shrapnel from the blast riddled his body. Gurung, 49, was returning home after visiting friends at Bhaisepati. He was a retired member of the Singapore Police.

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: On February 14, the day which marked one year of governance by the Nepal Communist Party, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in his address to the nation had claimed that peace and improved security were the major achievements of his government.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has instructed District Administration Offices to immediately launch investigation and take action against those involved in recent bomb explosions in various districts.

MEXICO CITY, Jan 19: The death toll from the explosion of a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves in central Mexico has risen to 66, the governor of the state of Hidalgo said on Saturday.

MEXICO CITY, Jan 19: At least 20 people were killed and 54 were injured on Friday when a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico as people were trying to fill up containers, the government of Hidalgo state said.

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BEIJING, Nov 28 : An explosion early Wednesday outside a chemical plant in northeastern China has killed at least 22 people and destroyed scores of vehicles.

MOGADISHU, Nov 10: The number of people killed when suicide bombers and gunmen struck a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital has risen to 39 from the initial 22, police said on Saturday.

JHAPA, Oct 11: Police have arrested two persons with explosive materials, weapons, and drugs from Kakadvitta in Jhapa.

SARLAHI, July 25: Former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal took the initiative to hand over two children injured in a bomb explosion in Rautahat to Sarlahi-based Conflict Vitim's Child Care Home.

CHINA, July 13: At least 19 people are dead and 12 injured after an explosion at a chemical plant in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, officials said.

KATHMANDU June7: At least 18 people were killed while over 90 others sustained injuries in a huge blast in Iraq's Sadr City district near a Shiite mosque on Wednesday, Iraqi media report

CHITWAN, May 13: Two people detonated bomb at the Bhatbhateni Supermarket, Bharatpur, Chitwan destroying front mirrored part.

BIRATNAGAR, April 23: Police has arrested two persons on the charge of their alleged involvement in detonating a bomb near the Indian Embassy's Temporary Office in Biratnagar.

PHILADELPHIA, April 19: U.S. airline regulators said Wednesday they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off and triggered a fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines jet.