Two people have died and a further 12 were injured after a car bombing in southern Russia’s Dagestan at a police checkpoint near the city of Derbent. Islamic State terrorists have claimed responsibility in a tweet. Preliminary reports say a Lada Priora approached the police checkpoint and the bomb was detonated. Of the 12 injured, six are police officers and the rest are civilians, TASS reports. Reports... 

Bombs Explode in South-West Russia almost everyday A bomb tore through a car in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus Saturday and seriously wounded a policeman, investigators said, confirming another blast that killed a woman in the same region a day before. Saturday’s bomb was fixed to the car of a police detective in the town of Tyrnyauz in the North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria,...