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Latest News
- Thailand: Police officer shot in Yala, two rangers injured by explosion in Narathiwat
July 6, 2025
A traffic police officer was shot dead by southern insurgents as he was directing traffic in front of a convenience store in Krong Pinang district of Yala province on Saturday ...
- Niger: 11 terrorists killed in the Tillabery and Dosso regions
July 6, 2025
The Nigerien army announced on Sunday that it had killed at least 11 terrorists in response to two coordinated attacks carried out on Wednesday and Thursday in the Tillabery and ...
- Ireland: Gardaí probe if Aughinish bomb linked to Russian attack on Ukraine
July 6, 2025
Gardaí are investigating if a “viable” bomb found near a Russian-owned alumina refinery in Limerick last Friday had been a direct reaction to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. On Friday afternoon ...
- Ukraine: Bomb disposal experts destroy Russian drone armed with two mines in Sumy region
July 6, 2025
In the Sumy region, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists destroyed the warhead of a Russian drone equipped with fragmentation mines. The Sumy Regional Police reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. ...
- Red Sea: Crew abandons cargo ship after drone, grenade attack
July 6, 2025
Crew members onboard a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned ship that was set ablaze in an attack in the Red Sea have abandoned the vessel and were rescued, according to a British maritime ...
- Israel: IDF investigation established Sgt Asaf Zamir killed by IED placed near tank
July 6, 2025
An IDF investigation published this morning (Sunday) reveals that the incident in which Sergeant Assaf Zamir was killed and four other soldiers were injured was not caused by an anti-tank ...
- India: Injured elephant dies after suspected Maoist IED blast in Jharkhand’s Saranda forest
July 6, 2025
A six-year-old wild elephant named ‘Gadru’, which was seriously injured in a suspected IED blast planted by Maoists in the Saranda Forest of Chaibasa, has sadly succumbed to its injuries ...
- 7/7 bombings: How the tragic events of July 2005 changed UK counter-terrorism forever
July 5, 2025
It is a date seared into the collective memories of all over a certain age. That morning on July 7, 2005, just before 9am, suicide bombers detonated devices on three ...
- Ukraine: SBU classifies Odesa car explosion as attempted terrorist attack
July 5, 2025
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has classified the July 5 car explosion in Odesa’s Kyivskyi district as an attempted terrorist attack. According to the SBU’s regional office in Odesa, the ...
- India: One killed, another injured in bomb explosion in West Bengal
July 5, 2025
One person was killed and another was injured in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place around 8.30 pm in ...
- Colombian National Army deals a powerful blow to the Jorge Suárez Briceño Bloc, with the destruction of 59 explosive devices in Puerto Rico, Caquetá
July 4, 2025
Within the framework of the Ayacucho Plus Campaign Plan and as part of the sustained operations to protect the inhabitants and neutralize terrorist threats, troops of the Twelfth Brigade, unit ...
- Connecticut: Seymour man arrested for alleged possession of homemade explosives
July 4, 2025
Police arrested a Seymour man during a domestic disturbance call after officers found homemade explosive devices in the home. While conducting the investigation for the reported domestic disturbance, police said they ...
- Nigerian troops uncover cache of 56 explosive devices planted by Boko Haram on Borno bridge
July 4, 2025
The Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement released on Friday, stating that the discovery was made during a targeted clearance operation. Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with members ...
- Pakistan: Three terrorists killed while assembling IED in Dera Ismail Khan
July 4, 2025
Three suspected terrorists were killed in a powerful explosion here on Thursday while preparing an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kot Kandiyan village, located in Kulachi tehsil. According to police officials, ...
- Cambodia: ERW casualties drop 31% in first half of 2025
July 4, 2025
Cambodia saw 24 casualties from landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in the first half of 2025, a 31% decrease from the same period last year, ...
- EDU turns 50: Celebrating the past and high-tech future of the BC RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit
July 3, 2025
2025 marks a milestone for the BC RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit (EDU), as the unit celebrates 50 years of service in British Columbia. Started with just two part-time members in 1975 ...
- Colombia Seizes Remote-Controlled Narco-Submarine Equipped with Starlink Antenna
July 3, 2025
Colombia has seized a remote-controlled, unmanned narco-submarine, designed for autonomous operations and equipped with a Starlink antenna. According to local authorities, it belongs to local Gulf Clan (Clan del Golfo) drug ...
- Ukraine: Former mayor killed, three others injured in explosion in Lugansk
July 3, 2025
Former head of Lugansk Manolis Pilavov has been killed by an explosion in the center of the city. Investigators classified the explosion as a terrorist attack. According to preliminary data, the ...
