At least 11 people were killed and over 100 injured in a blast at a metro station in the Belarus capital Minsk during evening rush hours, dubbed by the authorities as a "terror attack".

Turkish security forces on Tuesday busted an Al Qaeda cell in Istanbul and arrested 41 militants, including a rebel leader, Xinhua reported. Raids were conducted simultaneously in 50 different locations across the country, including Istanbul's Bagcilar, Esenler and Kartal districts.