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Latest News
- UK: Isle of Wight man accused of making improvised explosives
December 26, 2024
The case of George Swain, of Mary Rose Avenue, Wootton Bridge, was heard before Portsmouth magistrates on Saturday, November 30. The 26-year-old is accused of two counts of making an explosive ...
- Yemen: Israel strikes Sanaa airport, Hodeidah power plant
December 26, 2024
Israel’s military says it struck multiple targets linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, including Sanaa International Airport and three ports along the western coast. The attacks carried out on Thursday ...
- Ukraine: Bomb disposal experts neutralize unexploded Russian Kh-59 missile in Kharkiv
December 26, 2024
Explosive technicians from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service have neutralized a Russian Kh-59 cruise missile that fell on a private household in Kharkiv. The State Emergency Service announced this on Facebook. Bomb ...
- Cambodia: First Police DNA laboratory inaugurated in Phnom Penh
December 26, 2024
The first National Police DNA laboratory was officially inaugurated in Phnom Penh yesterday, providing an important tool in solving crimes. The inauguration was presided over by National Police Chief General Sar ...
- Russia: FSB foils series of assassination attempts on senior Russian defense officials
December 26, 2024
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a series of assassination attempts on the lives of senior Russian defense officials in Moscow and their family members plotted by Ukrainian intelligence ...
- Nigeria: Boko Haram Terrorists Bomb Nigerian Army Base With Drones In Borno On Christmas Eve
December 25, 2024
At least six soldiers have been confirmed injured after a drone strike by suspected terrorists on a military base in Borno State. SaharaReporters gathered that the terrorists attacked the Forward Operating ...
- Netherlands: Explosions and bomb threats investigated across Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout
December 25, 2024
Authorities are investigating a series of explosions and the discovery of an explosive device in three Dutch towns over consecutive nights, raising concerns about public safety. Police have linked the incidents ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban Ministry of Defense vows to respond to Pakistan’s airstrike
December 25, 2024
The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense strongly reacted to the overnight Pakistani airstrike on Barmal, Paktika, stating that the attack would not go unanswered, emphasizing that defending their land and sovereignty ...
- Vietnam to raise awareness on mine accident prevention and support of victims
December 25, 2024
By the end of last year, about 5.6 million hectares in Việt Nam were still littered with bombs, mines and explosives left from the resistance wars, equivalent to 17.7 per ...
- Pakistan: Turbat blast kills at least two, injures four
December 25, 2024
An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the Dasht area of Balochistan’s Turbat district on Wednesday, claiming the lives of at least two people and injuring four others. According to ...
- Israel: IDF commander wounded in West Bank vehicle explosion
December 25, 2024
The commander of the IDF Menashe Brigade, Col. Ayub Kayouf, was moderately injured when an explosive device hit an IDF vehicle during a counterterrorism operation in the West Bank city ...
- Cambodia: EU commits to enhancing security collaboration
December 25, 2024
The European Union (EU) has committed to enhance collaboration on a host of measures to maintain the Kingdom’s security. This was communicated during a work discussion meeting between Deputy Prime ...
- Russia: Oboronlogistics company blames loss of its ship Ursa Major on terrorist attack
December 25, 2024
A terrorist attack has been committed against the Russian ship Ursa Major in the Mediterranean Sea, the press service of the Oboronlogistics shipping company has told TASS. “Oboronlogistics believes that on ...
- Israel: IDF unveils Hezbollah’s massive weapons arsenal
December 25, 2024
IDF forces confiscated at least 85,000 weapons and intelligence items, with additional findings still being uncovered along the Lebanon border. Tens of thousands of other pieces of weaponry were destroyed ...
- UK: Bomb disposal unit sent to scene of two car fires
December 24, 2024
Police are investigating after two cars were set alight in east Devon in an incident which saw bomb disposal experts attend. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service sent a ...
- Turkey: 12 killed in explosion at explosives factory in Balikesir province
December 24, 2024
Turkish Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu said that five people were also injured in the blast, which occurred in the Karesi district. Regarding the latest situation, Balikesir Governor Ismail Ustaoglu said Turkish ...
- Israel: Three IDF soldiers killed in Gaza IED explosion
December 23, 2024
The IDF announced Monday evening that three soldiers from the Kfir Brigade’s 92nd Battalion (Samson) were killed overnight in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza. The ...
- UK: Arson probe after car hits shop before fire
December 23, 2024
A major fire that broke out in a Birmingham shop is being treated as arson after a vehicle is believed to have hit the building before being set alight, police ...
- South Korea: 3 people injured in explosion at military base in Gimhae
December 23, 2024
Three civilians were injured in an explosion at a military base in this southeastern city on Monday, authorities said. The explosion occurred during an inspection of a recently constructed tank facility ...
