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A woman being filmed in her wedding dress on Tuesday was knocked to the ground by a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, but she survived.

Tehran police have arrested one person in connection with an explosion at a medical clinic that killed at least 19 people, Radio Farda reported Tuesday.

A brave Oklahoma boy saved his two cousins and is suffering from multiple burns after the boat they were on exploded.

The death toll rose to 17 on Monday in the aftermath of Sunday’s explosion at a gas processing plant in Lagos, Nigeria. According to emergency services, the explosion caused a fire to break out in a suburb of Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, resulting in further damage.

Denmark will temporarily reinstate border controls with Sweden and step up police work along the border after a series of violent crimes and explosions around Copenhagen that Danish authorities say were carried out by perpetrators from Sweden.

HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish police say they have detained three people in connection with an explosion in an apartment building in the southern city of Malmo.

An Iowa woman died Sunday after she was struck by debris from an explosion at a gender reveal party.

A police station in the Swedish city of Staffanstorp was targetted by an explosive device, with witnesses describing the blast as loud and powerful. The explosion occurred in the early hours of Monday morning and caused damage to the main door

Police in Denmark say they have arrested a 23-year-old man as a suspect in an explosion that damaged the headquarters of the Danish Tax Agency and injured a bystander last month.

An explosion occurred Monday night at a Russian biological research laboratory where samples of the smallpox virus are stored, reports said. 

One of two suspects arrested in Gothenburg for possessing explosives has been revealed to have convictions for rioting at a political event.

A teenager who is accused of attempting to attack Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson with a large firecracker will face charges in court.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Police say an explosion outside a neighbourhood police station in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, has damaged the outside of the building but there were no injuries.

A liquid-fueled rocket engine exploded at a military test site in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia on Thursday, killing two people and wounding four others. The Russian Defense Ministry initially denied that any form of contamination was released in the explosion, but later said that a “short-term spike in radiation levels” was detected in the nearby city of Severodvinsk.

The Tax Authority at Østerbro in Copenhagen was the site of a large explosion Tuesday night with authorities investigating the possibility of a deliberate attack.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov said on Tuesday that a string of spectacular explosions at the Kamenka ammunition depot in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk region was probably the result of “human error,” but added that “investigative authorities and prosecutors will tell for sure.”

A gas explosion at a shopping center in Plantation, Florida, on Saturday left at least 20 people injured, according to multiple reports and officials at the scene.

Following a wave of explosions and acts of violence in the city, the local government in the city of Malmö, Sweden has sent out tips to workers on how to avoid the violence.

Södertälje is the latest city in Sweden to see yet another explosion, with police describing the blast as being strong enough to be heard 100 yards away.

Police in Malmö have announced increased security measures around local police stations following a series of explosions in the Swedish city.

The southern Swedish city of Malmö saw three explosions within a 24-hour period earlier this week with multiple venues targetted including a residential area and a nightclub.

A man was shot by Swedish police Monday morning, and his bags destroyed by the bomb squad after an incident at Malmo Central railway station.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A powerful explosion ripped through two adjacent apartment buildings in a southern Swedish city on Friday, slightly injuring 25 people, officials said. The cause of the blast wasn’t immediately known.

A 12-year-old in the southern Swedish city of Malmö was injured following an explosion as police say the number of incidents nationwide is growing.

A massive explosion at a pesticide plant in Yangcheng, China killed 47 people and injured 640 others on Thursday, with more fatalities expected as rescue workers comb through the rubble. Sensitive to growing public outrage over a series of industrial accidents, Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered an investigation of the accident on Friday. Several employees of the plant were immediately detained by police.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek police officer and a church caretaker were injured in an explosion as they investigated a suspicious package outside a church in central Athens early Thursday.

Police are treating the bombing of a residential building in Anderstorp in southern Sweden as attempted murder.

The leader of the Russian-backed separatists fighting in Ukraine’s Donetsk region was reportedly killed Friday by an explosion at a cafe.

A Malaysian CEO was killed after his mobile phone allegedly exploded while charging, according to a report.

London police have arrested a man on suspicion of causing an explosion after a small blast at Southgate station caused a stampede, injuring five. The 23-year-old male was arrested Wednesday and held on suspicion of an act likely to cause an

Local and federal authorities are investigating an apparent explosion outside of a church and school campus in Beaumont, Texas.

BRUSSELS (AP) — A small blast caused a brief panic at the busy Brussels Midi train station and forced two platforms to close.

LONDON (AP) — Five people have died of injuries from an explosion that caused the collapse of a building in the central England city of Leicester, police said Monday.

A customer at a Chinese electronics store came face-to-face with an exploding smartphone battery shortly after he decided to bite it to test its authenticity.

Rescue efforts have been suspended in the East China Sea after a stricken Iranian oil tanker exploded following days of fires onboard the vessel.

Surveillance footage captured the moment a small pipe bomb exploded in a New York City subway passageway near the Port Authority Bus Terminal Monday morning.