Explosions

"It was a river of blood," said N.A. Sumanapala, a shopkeeper near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Boiling water, steam, mud and rock can be spewed up to 1.2 miles into the air.

Four firefighters and two police officers who arrived following the first explosion were killed by a second blast.

There have been some 20 explosions over the past few months.

The strange events were identified by a project set up to investigate dark energy, an unexplained force that scientists think is accelerating the universe's expansion.

Take a deep breath, the scientists are sure a "quarksplosion" can't be weaponized.

Criminals blew up 79 ATMs across the country in 2016.

Security footage reportedly showed a bomber following a Hasidic Jew inside the terminal.

People were trying to siphon fuel from the overturned truck when it blew up.

Motorist sparks huge blaze after hitting a gas main, authorities say.

Belgian police raid Brussels apartment and arrest man on charges related to extremism.

The Paris attacks suspect refused to respond to questions from the judge in his first court appearance.

Belgian media reports say security services became aware of ties between Paris attacks ringleader and brothers.

Copenhagen police have been called over exhibition that plans to show the other side of "martyrs."

Abrini was filmed at a gas station with the lone surviving Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam.

The unidentified third suitcase bomber, who failed to detonate his device, is seen running from the airport.

Charles Michel calls for greater cooperation between EU states after deadly suicide bombings.

A breakdown of what we know about the Islamist network at the heart of the Brussels attacks.

The Brussels Museums Council says museum attendance has been low since the city's "lockdown" in November.

The worker told the caller that Israel should be known as Palestine.

The Paris attack suspect has dropped his opposition to extradition to France from Belgium.

Britain needs strong leadership to ensure society remains level-headed, writes ex-MI6 chief Richard Barrett.

One suspect was shot in the leg and screened by a bomb disposal robot in Schaerbeek.

British citizen David Dixon also died in the attacks, it has been confirmed.

A senior Belgian nuclear official was secretly filmed by jihadis in 2015.

Reda Kriket was found guilty in absentia in Belgium for planning to travel to Syria.

The raids came ahead of the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday.

The militant group also uses comments by Donald Trump as part of its propaganda.

A mother of twins, a law student and a government worker were all killed in the bomb blasts.

Knee-jerk reactions to the tragic Brussels attacks are counter-productive, writes Adam Walker.