Austria: Man who planned to target people with knives and homemade explosives at Taylor Swift concert sentenced to 15 years

An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The state court in Wiener Neustadt, south of the capital, found Read More …

Iraq prepares national landmine clearance plan as 8.5 million still live under threat

Iraq’s Ministry of Environment has prepared what it calls a comprehensive national strategic plan to address landmines and unexploded ordnance using modern technologies, as the country remains among the world’s most heavily contaminated, with nearly 35,000 Iraqis killed or injured Read More …

Australia: Alleged Bathurst bomb maker charged with endangering someone’s life

A man accused of making bombs at a secret home laboratory near Bathurst has been charged with endangering someone’s life by negligently handling explosives. Bathurst Local Court today heard Paul Stephen Lowry had been charged with more than a dozen Read More …

WHO: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo collides with conflict and hunger

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” as a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak outpaces containment efforts in a region already battered by armed violence, Read More …

Poland provides $250,000 to support mine clearance in Syria

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Syria announced financial support worth $250,000 for mine clearance operations across Syrian territory in 2026. In a statement posted on its official account on X, the embassy said the Polish government had Read More …

Nigeria: Borno CJTF Commander Killed In ISWAP IED Attack

A prominent commander of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) was killed when suspected ISWAP terrorists detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which targeted his vehicle near Baga in Kukawa local government area of Borno State. Security sources said the Read More …

Cyprus: Larnaca police believe they stopped terror attacks after explosives find

Larnaca CID believes it has prevented attacks on Cypriot soil after arresting two men, aged 32 and 38, on suspicion of terrorism and finding significant quantities of explosive-making materials at two properties in the city. Investigators are working to establish whether the Read More …

Ukraine: Kyiv and Tokyo plan to create a venture fund and launch a commercial investment hub

Ukraine and Japan are strengthening their cooperation in the areas of economic and technological transformation, smart demining, and investment attraction. During negotiations, the countries’ representatives paid close attention to integrating Japanese technologies into Ukrainian production. First, they plan to apply this approach Read More …

Nigeria: Troops rescue 92 civilians, destroy IEDs in Borno

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, have rescued 92 civilians abducted by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists along the Buratai–Kamuya Road in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The rescue operation, carried out on Read More …

Kenya: Security Agencies Foil Suspected Terror Attack on Garissa-Dadaab Road, Recover IED

A multi-agency security team has thwarted a suspected terror plot along the Garissa-Dadaab Road, with police recovering an Improvised Explosive Device during a routine multi-agency patrol in the Haji Aden area. The suspect was intercepted on Saturday, May 23, after Read More …

Pakistan: 10kg home-made bomb defused in Bannu

In a timely and effective operation, Bannu Police foiled a major terrorist attack by successfully defusing a 10-kilogram remote-controlled bomb planted in a busy area of the district. Officials said the bomb was powerful enough to cause widespread destruction and Read More …

Iraq: 7 Counter-Terrorism personnel killed, injured in Nineveh

The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service announced on Sunday the killing of three of its personnel and the injury of four others following the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) left behind by ISIS mercenaries in the Al-Hadar desert, southwest of Read More …

Pakistan: At least 14 killed, 20 injured in suicide bombing targeting shuttle train in Quetta

At least 14 people were killed and several others were injured after a blast tore through a shuttle train in Quetta on Sunday morning, the Balochistan government said. State-run APP, citing railway authorities, said the shuttle train was heading from Quetta Read More …

South Carolina: Beachgoers stand clear after strange object washes ashore on Fripp

The Atlantic Ocean deposited a strange-looking canister onto the beach at Fripp Island Thursday, prompting a response from law enforcement and even the Marines. “Do not handle, contains phosphorous, contact police or military,” a label on the canister said. The Read More …

Latvia: Drone crashes into lake Drīdzis in Krāslava region

A drone is reported to have crashed into Lake Drīdzis in Krāslava region in eastern Latvia on Saturday morning at around 08:00. It detonated upon contact with the water. There were no injuries, the State Police reported. Police received information about this from Read More …

Suspected Ebola patients ‘escape’ health center in DR Congo

Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there Read More …