A series of rockets or mortars has struck Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government headquarters.

There has been an explosion at an army base in East Timor shared by Australian and New Zealand peacekeepers. Earlier this week, East Timorese rebels fired at Australian troops southwest of the capital, Dili. The rebels are led by fugitive East Timor army Major Alfredo Reinado. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports.

At least 27 people have been injured in three explosions in southern Thailand, where Muslim separatists are fighting for an Islamic state. The bombs exploded in the parking lots of two hotels and at a discotheque in the town of Sungai Kolok, near the Malaysian border.

At least 16 people killed and 37 wounded as the Tamil Tiger rebels exploded a bomb at the entrance of a department store in a Colombo suburb.

Iraqi police say a bomb exploded in a crowded animal market in central Baghdad Friday, killing at least 13 people. Authorities say the blast wounded at least 40 others, including four police officers.

Five people were killed near shelter used as a police recruiting center in northeast Baghdad in a roadside bomb explosion on Thursday.

Eight peolple were killed and scores of others seriously injured as a result of explosion in a shopping mall. The blast broke through three floors of the mall in Manila's financial district Friday. Police and troops are on alert.

At least six people were killed and 30 others injured in a suspected bomb attack in a packed cinema hall in northern India, police and witnesses said.

A powerful explosion has destroyed a crowded army bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 27 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians. Police at the scene initially said it was a suicide bomb attack, but one official said it could have been caused by a large land mine.

The European Union is urging a speedy investigation of the deadly attack in the centre of Kosovo's capital, Pristina, early Monday, an EU spokeswoman said. A bomb explosion struck a shopping area on Bill Clinton Boulevard, killing two people and injuring at least 11.

A car full of explosives found early Friday morning in central London could have caused carnage if it had exploded, the head of Scotland Yard's counter terrorism branch said Friday.

A bomb exploded Friday under an oil pipeline south of Baghdad, spilling crude oil and sparking a huge fire, Iraqi police said.