The multiple suicide bombing in Syria that left at least 55 dead and nearly 400 injured were of massive proportion. These came a day after a roadside bomb barely missed blowing-up the head of a UN observer team.

Described as one of the "strongest" waves to the hit the capital to date, you can see just how powerful the explosions were from the aerial photos seen here.

Violence in Nigeria continues with the most recent attack coming when a suicide bomber on a motorbike rammed into a police convoy in the eastern part of that country. 11 people were killed and 20 injured in the blast. This attack followed one day after gunmen killed 15 and wounded 20 at a university theatre used for church services in northern Nigeria. Although no one has claimed responsibility for these attacks, most suspect the Islamic militant group Boko Haram.

Former Libyan oil minister, Shukri Ghanem was found drowned Sunday morning (04/29) in the Danube only a short distance from where he lived. At this point, officials say there are no signs anyone else was involved in his death, but the investigation is on-going with toxicology reports expects later this week.

The hunt for Joseph Kony, notorious warlord and leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), continues with the addition of about 100 U.S. troops to help in tracking down Kony and other LRA leaders. Kony originally formed the LRA with the intent of overthrowing the Ugandan government, but since then his reign of terror has spread and according to one group he is responsible for killing 2400 people, maiming and mutilating countless villagers and abducting children and turning them into sex slaves and soldiers.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is offering a reward of two million hryvni (about $250,000) for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for four explosions in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk on Friday (4/27). No one was killed in the blasts, but some 30 people were wounded.

No group has claimed responsibility yet, and according to a report (link below) from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, there are at least three possible motivations for the attacks - someone is trying to discredit the Vanukovych government ahead of the European soccer championship, the blasts are connected to the trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a political opponent of Yanukovych, or maybe it's "terrorism", which is what President Vanukovych labeled the attacks.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reports a number of interesting events including the bombing of an oil pipeline by an "armed terrorist group," the kidnapping of four law enforcement officers by an "armed terrorist group," and seven bodies were found in a well, some of whom had been reported kidnapped by an "armed terrorist group."

A bomb blast that police are calling an act of terrorism, killed two and wounded 25 at a railway station in Lahore, Pakistan. Evidence recovered at the scene shows the device contained about 11 lbs of explosives and suggests it was a timed device planted in the waiting room. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing yet.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the North Korean army, Chief of General Staff, Ri Yong Ho, took the opportunity to pledge revenge on South Korea and to claim North Korea has the weapons to defeat the United States in a single attack. He further stated that the U.S. is plotting war against North Korea and threatened a "sacred war" to crush South Korea.