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March 14, 2004: Teenagers carry out double suicide bombing in Israel

On this day in 2004 ten people were killed and 16 wounded in a double suicide bombing at Israel’s Ashdod Port

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March 13, 2016: Gunmen target beach resort in Ivory Coast

On this day in 2016 at least 16 people were killed in a gun attack on a beach resort in southern Ivory Coast.

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March 12, 2016: Murder of park rangers in the DRC

On this day in 2016 two rangers were killed in Virunga National Park, a 7,800-square-kilometre area in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

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March 11, 1995: Car bomb targets police and their families in Algeria

On this day in 1995 a car bomb exploded in Algiers near housing for police officers and their families, wounding at least 63 people.

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March 10, 2012: Grenade attack at bus station in Kenya

On this day in 2012 at least six people were killed and more than 60 injured in an attack at a busy bus station in the Kenyan capital city, Nairobi

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March 9, 2016: Young girl killed by ISIS chemical attack in Iraq

On this day in 2016 Islamic State (ISIS) carried out a mustard gas attack on the town of Taza in the northeastern part of Iraq.

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March 8, 2016: Terrorist claims Allah called him to stab man in Uruguay

On this day in 2016 a Uruguayan businessman was stabbed to death in the city of Paysandu near the Argentine border by a convert to Islam

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March 7, 2005: Thai policemen killed by terrorists disguised as veiled Muslim women

On this day in 2005 two policemen were killed in a shootout when five gunmen disguised as veiled Muslim women stormed a police station in southern Thailand

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March 6, 2007: Sunni terrorists massacre Shiite pilgrims in Iraq

On this day in 2007 suicide bombers targeted Shiite pilgrims in the central Iraqi city of Hilla, killing 114 people and wounding 147 others.

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March 5, 2015: Man stabs US ambassador in South Korea

On this day in 2015 the US ambassador to South Korea was attacked by a knife-wielding man who said he opposed joint US-South Korean military exercises.