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Latest News
- Ireland: Bomb team respond to device in Limerick City
April 15, 2025
Gardaí in Limerick were alerted to a device at a residential property in Prospect at approximately 2:25am on Tuesday, 15th April, 2025. A cordon was established and neighbouring properties were evacuated. ...
- UK: Controlled explosion carried out on Portobello beach
April 15, 2025
A cordon was put in place near the junction of King’s Road and King’s Place. At that time officers advised local residents to remain in their homes and the public ...
- Pakistan: Three police officers killed, 16 injured as Balochistan Constabulary targeted in Mastung IED blast
April 15, 2025
Three policemen were martyred and at least 16 others were injured on Tuesday morning as a blast targeted a vehicle of the Balochistan Constabulary on Mastung district’s Dasht Road, officials ...
- France: Prisons targeted with gunfire and arson over a new anti-drug crackdown
April 15, 2025
French prosecutors said Tuesday they have opened an investigation alleging terrorist conspiracy and attempted murder after several prisons were targeted in incidents that included gunfire and arson. Top officials described the ...
- Lebanese Army receives bomb disposal equipment from France
April 15, 2025
A French military plane carrying bomb disposal equipment donated to the Lebanese Army landed Sunday at the Rafik Hariri International Airport, the army said on Tuesday. “The donation was received in ...
- Malaysia: Kepong MP calls for urgent police action after petrol bomb attack in Kepong Baru
April 14, 2025
Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has called for swift police action after a petrol bomb attack in Kepong Baru allegedly linked to a Singapore-based loan shark syndicate. In a statement today, ...
- Greece: Homemade explosive device detonates outside grill house in Patissia
April 14, 2025
A homemade explosive device detonated outside a grill house in the Athens neighborhood of Patissia in the early hours of Monday. No injuries were reported, but the blast caused damage to ...
- India: Bikers Throw Bomb On Moving Car In Prayagraj
April 14, 2025
In a shocking act of violence, unidentified assailants threw a crude bomb on a moving car in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj late Sunday (April 13) night. The incident, which took place in ...
- Bangladesh: Over 100 crude bombs explode as rival groups clash again in Shariatpur
April 14, 2025
Two people have suffered injuries after more than 100 crude bombs were detonated during a clash between the two rival groups in Shariatpur’s Zajira Upazila in a bid to assert ...
- Pennsylvania: A man has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to the governor’s residence
April 14, 2025
Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a Harrisburg man they say broke into Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence early Sunday and lit a fire while Shapiro and his family were sleeping. Shapiro, his ...
- Sweden: Suspected explosion caused car fires in Malmö
April 13, 2025
A suspected detonation occurred in a car in Malmö on Sunday night. When police arrived at the scene, the car was on fire, but the damage to the car makes ...
- Thailand: Four rangers injured by motorcycle bomb in Narathiwat
April 13, 2025
Four rangers were injured when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle with a sidecar went off near their housing unit in Rangae district on Sunday. Security cameras installed near the blast ...
- Ireland: Gardaí discover explosive device after shots fired at house in Limerick
April 13, 2025
Gardaí investigating a suspected firebombing of a car in Limerick on Sunday morning, discovered a suspect explosive device near the vehicle and were informed by residents of a nearby house ...
- Yemeni forces raid al-Qaeda hideout in southwestern province
April 13, 2025
Yemeni government forces launched a security operation on Sunday targeting an al-Qaeda hideout in the southeastern oil-rich province of Shabwa. The raid, carried out jointly by pro-government counter-terrorism units and the ...
- Nigeria: A roadside bomb kills 8 bus passengers in Borno
April 13, 2025
A roadside bomb suspected to have been planted by Islamic extremists in northeastern Nigeria struck a passenger bus, killing eight people and wounding more than a dozen others, authorities said. The ...
- India: Jawan killed while trying to defuse IED
April 13, 2025
A Jharkhand Jaguar jawan was killed and a head constable of 203 battalion of CoBRA sustained injuries while trying to defuse an IED planted by Maoists in West Singhbhum’s Saranda ...
- UK: Bomb squad removed ‘unexploded device’ from house in Hartlepool
April 13, 2025
Residents in Milton Road, Hartlepool, were urged to either “evacuate their property or to remain inside and away from the windows” after the alarm was raised on Saturday afternoon. Hartlepool Police ...
- India: Punjab police arrest two with RDX-laden IED
April 13, 2025
In Punjab, the counter intelligence wing of the state police in Ferozepur has arrested two persons with a remote controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) containing 1.6 kilogram RDX. Akashvani correspondent reports ...
