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Security forces uncovered and safely defused an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 8.467-kilogram planted along a roadside at Wangoo Lamkhai Kaibung under Wangoo police station in Kakching district today. According to reliable sources, a joint team of Kakching district commandos Read More …
As a deadly new Ebola outbreak kills dozens in southern Congo, health authorities and organizations are sounding the alarm, warning they lack the funds and resources to mount an effective response to the crisis. The World Health Organization said Wednesday Read More …
The Israeli military said it struck military targets linked to Yemen’s Houthis in Sanaa on Thursday, a day after the group claimed a drone attack on a hotel in Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat. The Houthi general staff’s control Read More …
CINCINNATI – James River Phillips, 21, of Mason, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to illegally transporting explosive materials. Phillips was arrested in April 2025 by the FBI Cincinnati Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) after agents executed Read More …
There’s a new security headache for forces battling Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh: empty beer bottles. In an intriguing development, security personnel, on Monday, recovered and defused ‘bottle IEDs’ — crude bombs packed inside empty beer bottles. The bottles rigged with Read More …
Returning for its 12th edition this November, Defense & Security 2025 reaffirms Thailand’s role as ASEAN’s strategic hub for defense and security dialogue. Held biennially, the show has evolved into the region’s most influential tri-service defense and internal security exhibition. Read More …
The Ministry of National Defense announced this morning that Cambodia and Thailand have officially launched the Joint Coordinating Task Force (JCTF) to oversee humanitarian demining operations along their shared border. According to Lieutenant General Maly Socheata, spokeswoman of the Ministry Read More …
Norwegian police said on Tuesday they were investigating a blast on a street in central Oslo and later conducted a controlled detonation of a second explosive device found on the site, adding that a suspect had been apprehended for questioning. Read More …
Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in particular landmines, and boost their ignition. These landmines are similar to conventional antipersonnel landmines – Read More …
At least 14 terrorists and 10 civilians were killed in a powerful explosion at an improvised explosive device (IED) manufacturing facility in the Akakhel area of Khyber district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), late on Sunday night. According to the state-run Associated Press Read More …
FORT SILL, Okla. — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear—more commonly known throughout the military as CBRN—refers to the malicious use of hazardous materials or agents that can cause widespread illness, injury, or death. So why does the military train for Read More …
Several passengers were injured when three carriages of the Jaffar Express derailed in the Dasht area of Mastung, Balochistan, on Tuesday, following an explosion on the railway track, officials confirmed. Railway authorities reported that one of the carriages overturned, while Read More …
Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians worked in tandem with 17 allied nations during Northern Challenge 2025, a multinational counter-improvised explosive device exercise Sept. 9-18 across multiple training sites in Iceland. Hosted by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Northern Challenge is NATO’s Read More …
There was a time when militants published newspapers, periodicals, posters, magazines, and distributed CDs to fuel their propaganda machinery. In recent years, however, they have become as equipped in the use of digital media as state actors, if not more. Read More …
Authorities in Washington are seeking the public’s help after an improvised explosive device (IED) was found Thursday on a walking path near a high school campus. The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a walking path near Tonasket Read More …
The bomb squad was called to Watford over a firework attached to a motorcycle, police have confirmed. The force attended Dad’s Garage by Paulo, between Vicarage Road and The Hornets, at 8.40am on Saturday (September 20) following reports of a Read More …
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested 89 terrorists in 940 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) launched across Punjab over the past three months, the department said in a statement on Monday. During the three months, 14 terrorists were arrested in Lahore, 14 Read More …
On Sunday, two Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS) fighters were killed and an officer injured when an improvised explosive device detonated in western Al-Anbar province. According to the Service’s statement, a joint force from al-Anbar’s Intelligence and ICTS inspected a site Read More …
Police investigations into the explosion that occurred on Friday morning at the University of Patra are underway. According to local media outlet Tempo24, unidentified individuals placed an improvised explosive device with a butane cylinder, which exploded, causing damage to the Read More …
Two highway police vehicles were destroyed and a police kiosk in Sai Buri district of Pattani province sustained heavy damage when an improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to have been planted next to the kiosk by insurgents, was detonated late Read More …