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Latest News
- Colorado: Police find dozens of explosives after grass fire in eastern Colorado Springs
March 23, 2025
A small grass fire was extinguished early Sunday morning, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Officers were reportedly dispatched to the 3600 Block of Oro Blanco Drive at 12:54 ...
- Kenya: Six police personnel killed by suspected al Shabaab fighters in Garissa
March 23, 2025
At least six police personnel were killed in Kenya while four were injured in an attack on a police camp by suspected Islamist militants in Garissa county in the country’s ...
- Pakistan: Three injured as IED goes off in Wana
March 23, 2025
Three people were injured when an improvised explosive device went off in Rustam Bazaar in Wana, Lower South Waziristan district, on Saturday. The blast occurred near the car of a local ...
- Ukraine: Explosion at police building in Odesa region, SSU opens terrorist attack case
March 23, 2025
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has classified the explosion at the police building in Odesa region as an attempted terrorist attack and opened a criminal investigation. According to investigators, the ...
- India: IED alert sounded as threat spikes with new camps in core areas
March 23, 2025
An alert has been sounded in the anti-Naxal operations theatre of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand following a “spike” in IED blasts and recoveries, including that of a device rigged with beer ...
- Niger: At least 44 killed in jihadist attack in Tillabéri Region
March 22, 2025
Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country’s defence ministry said. The attack occurred ...
- Nigeria: Four dead, four injured in IED explosion in Borno
March 21, 2025
Four people have lost their lives, and four others sustained injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated beneath a commercial vehicle in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The ...
- RFI: Eventual short-term FEMA contract to standardize, strengthen security systems
March 21, 2025
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO) intends to issue a short-term, two-year competitive Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) or other contract vehicle under a ...
- UK: Man arrested after explosive substance found
March 21, 2025
A man has been arrested after an explosive substance which poses “a threat to life” was found in a property in a Sussex seaside town, police said. Residents within a 100-metre ...
- California: Suspects used explosives to break into Target, ATM in Los Angeles
March 20, 2025
Police say explosives were used to break into a Target and ATM in the West Hills area of Los Angeles. The incident happened late Wednesday night on Fallbrook Avenue, according to ...
- Italy launches EUR 6 mln grant competition for landmine clearance in Ukraine
March 20, 2025
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) has announced a EUR 6 million grant competition for demining operations in war-affected frontline regions of Ukraine. The maximum funding per project is ...
- Belgium: Security checks failed to detect explosives in Charleroi airport luggage
March 20, 2025
According to several sources inside the airport, two security checks were organised in February. In both cases, the aim was to check whether the officers were able to detect explosive ...
- Ukraine: Explosion in central Rivne injures two people
March 20, 2025
A homemade explosive device detonated in a car near a shopping mall in Rivne, injuring the driver and a passenger, both of whom were hospitalized. The incident occurred at around ...
- Israel intercepts missile launched by Houthi rebels as US airstrikes hit Yemen
March 20, 2025
Israel’s military intercepted a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, the second to target Israel since the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire, as the United States’ intensifies airstrikes ...
- 3 people face federal charges in Tesla arson attacks in U.S. as 80 more vehicles damaged in Canada
March 20, 2025
About 80 Tesla vehicles at a car dealership in Canada were damaged, authorities said, as the U.S. attorney general announced charges Thursday against three people accused of using Molotov cocktails ...
- British bomb disposal expert injured in Gaza
March 20, 2025
A British bomb disposal expert has been injured in an attack on a UN facility in the Gaza Strip, the charity he works for has said. The 51-year-old, who was not ...
- Texas: New Braunfels Man who Planned Mass Murder Attacks Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Federal Prison
March 19, 2025
SAN ANTONIO – A New Braunfels man was sentenced in federal court today to 78 months in prison for a charge related to his planned mass murder attacks that were ...
- Iraq: ISIS suicide bomber detonates near army position in Salahaddin province
March 19, 2025
Two ISIS militants, including a suicide-bomber who self-detonated, were killed during clashes with Iraqi security forces in northern Iraq on Wednesday, according to Baghdad’s Security Media Cell. “After intensive monitoring and ...
