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Latest News
- Northern Ireland: Teenager among three people arrested over Lurgan police station car bomb attack
May 6, 2026
Three people, including a teenage boy, have been arrested in connection with the investigation into an attack on a police station in Northern Ireland in March. The device, which was the ...
- India: Wild elephant injured after stepping on a suspected Maoists’ IED in Saranda forest
May 5, 2026
Believe it or not, an IED (Improvised Explosive Device),a “homemade” bomb, concealed in debris, dirt and under a mud -road to ambush convoys of security forces by the Maoists, has ...
- Nigeria: Police uncover, neutralise IED in Borno
May 5, 2026
Operatives of the Borno state police command on Tuesday detonated an Improvised Explosive Device concealed in a backpack at Layin Logo, Moduganari area of Maiduguri, Borno state The Public Relations Officer ...
- Pakistan: One killed, 15 injured in foiled suicide attack in South Waziristan
May 5, 2026
An attempted suicide attack on a security forces’ post near Azam Warsak Bazaar, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan area, was foiled on Monday evening, officials said. According to security sources, the ...
- UK: Two arrested for arson after fire at Golders Green memorial wall
May 4, 2026
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of arson over a fire at a memorial wall in Golders Green, police have said. A 46-year-old man and a ...
- Clams and grenades? Tales from the Rhode Island Bomb Squad
May 4, 2026
It could be the quintessential Rhode Island Bomb Squad story, because it involved grenades and clams. It happened a few years ago when a Rhode Island fishing boat hauled in ...
- Maryland: Army Biologists Advance Warfighter Readiness through Hands-On Training
May 4, 2026
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – Trainers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently completed a deep-dive instructional session with Soldiers from several Army ...
- South Africa: A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people
May 4, 2026
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, ...
- Oregon: Man drives car full of explosives into Portland athletic club
May 3, 2026
A man is dead after he drove a car full of explosives and propane into a popular Portland, Oregon, athletic club on Saturday in what police described as an “isolated” ...
- Myanmar: Child injured in IED explosion in Lashio Township of Shan State
May 3, 2026
On 30 April 2026 at 8:05 PM, a report stated that a child with shrapnel injuries was admitted to Lashio Township Public Hospital in Shan State. When security personnel arrived ...
- Nepal: Eighty six explosives found buried inside police office premises in Salyan
May 2, 2026
A total of 86 bombs of various types have been discovered inside the premises of the District Police Office, Salyan. The devices were found buried underground during excavation for the foundation ...
- Yemen says oil tanker hijacked off Shabwa coast, heads towards Somali waters
May 2, 2026
Yemen’s coast guard said on Saturday that the M/T EUREKA oil tanker had been hijacked off the coast of Shabwa province by unidentified armed men who boarded the vessel, seized ...
- India: Four police personnel killed in explosion in Chhattisgarh
May 2, 2026
Four police personnel were killed in an explosion while trying to dispose of a gunpowder dump of Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Saturday, officials said. This was the first explosion ...
- UN: Global demining work strained by rising conflicts and shrinking aid
May 2, 2026
Demining experts from around the world have been sharing their collective shock at the widespread and growing threat from unexploded ordnance, the new head of the UN Mine Action Service ...
- Nevada: Traffic stop leads to arrest after explosive device discovered in vehicle
May 1, 2026
A man was arrested after a traffic stop led to the discovery of an explosive device on Thursday night, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say that during the ...
- Cambodia: Farmer killed in mine blast as ERW casualties rise
May 1, 2026
A farmer was killed Wednesday when an explosive remnant of war (ERW) detonated on his land in Battambang province, taking the number of blast casualties to 21 since the start ...
- UK National Threat Level raised to SEVERE
May 1, 2026
The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) yesterday (30 April 2026) raised the UK National Threat Level from SUBSTANTIAL, meaning an attack is likely, to SEVERE, meaning an attack is highly ...
