at shopping centre cages of death Chilling images reveal the hellhole prisons where ISIS captives were BURNED ALIVE as the jihadis fled Fallujah GOTCHA SAS soldiers shoot and kill three British ISIS extremists during 30 minute gun battle in Libya HOSTAGE DRAMA ISIS release gloating pictures of Bangladesh terror siege victims as its revealed all 20 killed were foreigners FREED TO KILL ISIS mastermind of Istanbul massacre ' dodged extradition to Russia because it breached HUMAN RIGHTS ' It will be carrying 15 Sukhoi Su-33 fighters and 15 MiG-29 warplanes , as well as 30 attack choppers . Airstrikes from coalition forces - including the UK and the US - have already left ISIS on the brink of collapse , and it is hoped Russia ’s latest attempt will succeed at destroying what 's left of the caliphate .
The blast shattered windows up to 1.6 km ( one mile ) away . The Associated Press quoted a police officer as saying it was one of the most powerful explosions he had ever heard , and he could not see or hear anything for 20 minutes after . It appears the initial blastconflict.attack.bombingcleared the way for Taliban fighters to enter the area — a commonly used tactic . Advertisement - Continue Reading Below ( Interesting .
The suspected explosive device was found on Saturday in New York City near the site of a blastconflict.attack.nain the Chelsea neighborhood , Harry J. Wedin , chief of the New York Police Department 's Special Operations Division , said in a message on Twitter . The police warned people to avoid the area of explosion . A possible secondary device has been located @ 27th Street , 6th — 7th Avenues .
At least 80 people were killed and 231 injured when a huge blastconflict.attack.narocked a mass demonstration in the Afghan capital , Kabul , the Interior Ministry has announced . The attack was claimed by terrorist group Islamic State . The numbers were confirmed to Afghan TOLOnews network and Pajhwok agency , as well as to Reuters .
Moscow is also dropping what appear to be fuel - air bombs , described by one arms expert as “ a mini nuclear bomb ” next to residential areas . Former British Army explosives expert Major Chris Hunter called it “ a very , very irresponsible act ” . Thermobaric weapons generate a high - temperature explosion followed by a blastconflict.attack.bombingwave that lasts far longer than a conventional explosive . “ It is a breach of the Geneva Convention to use these weapons off the battlefield , ” Major Hunter said . “ The effect on civilians is horrific . ”
The first one was bigger . It blew out all the windows . ” Most of the wounded in the subway blastconflict.attack.bombingwere evacuated to the Rue de la Loi , outside the station , which serves the area that hosts most of the European Union ’s core institutions . Brian Carroll , 31 , a communications consultant from Washington , said he was on a subway car near Maelbeek en route to a conference in downtown Brussels when he heard a loud blast . “ As we were pulling into the station , there was suddenly a loud explosion , ” he said in a phone interview .
Photos : World War II in pictures Hide Caption 34 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures A patient suffering severe radiation burns lies in the Hiroshima Red Cross hospital in August 1945 . Many of those who survived the initial blastconflict.attack.bombingon August 6 died of severe radiation - related injuries and illnesses . Hide Caption 35 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over Nagasaki , the result of an atomic bomb dropped on August 9 , 1945 .
Hide Caption 35 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over Nagasaki , the result of an atomic bomb dropped on August 9 , 1945 . An estimated 60,000 to 70,000 were killed in the Nagasaki blastconflict.attack.bombing. Six days later , a little after noon local time on August 15 , Emperor Hirohito 's announcement that Japan had accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration was broadcast on radio . Japan had surrendered .