District Judge Francis Rafferty said: “He created a nail bomb to clear a drain?” The detective confirmed this is what Roach asserted, adding the devices were “tested” in a field near his home.

A fire at a Birmingham shop hit by a car sounded “like a bomb went off” according to local residents, as police investigate suspected arson. West Midlands Police said it understood a “vehicl ...

It was the first visit by a pontiff to the country and probably the riskiest foreign trip of his 11-year papacy. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it is aware of reports that a man believed to be Irish was arrested after threatening to blow up the courthouse of the town of Thessaloniki.

Lieut Gen Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection troops, was killed outside an apartment building along with his assistant when a bomb hidden in an ...

BRITISH spies foiled an attempted suicide bomb assassination of Pope Francis on his Iraq visit. UK intelligence services tipped off the Iraqi government about plans to kill the Pontiff during the ...

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According to the BBC, the trio allege Mr Adams “acted with others in furtherance of a common design to bomb the British mainland” and was “directly responsible” in various roles within the ...

THIS is the dramatic moment a colossal explosion erupted in Syria, marking the "heaviest strikes" to hit the region in over a decade - and even registering on the Richter scale. Astounding video ...

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Gardaí and Army bomb disposal experts were at the scene at lunchtime, after the alarm was raised at about 10.30am, and a security cordon remained in place in the event the package may be ...