Somalia: Defence, Security Ministers Approve National Plan to Counter IED Threats

Somalia’s Ministers of Defence and Internal Security on Monday took part in a high-level meeting to endorse the country’s new National Counter-IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) Strategy, aimed at curbing the deadly use of homemade explosives by armed groups. Also in Read More …

Northern Ireland: PSNI carry out controlled explosion on ‘WW2-style device’

The PSNI has carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious object in Co Londonderry. Army Technical Officers (ATOs) were called to the scene of the incident in Coleraine on Monday following reports of a suspicious object in the area. Read More …

Thailand: More than 2,400 mines, live shells found near Cambodian border

Bomb disposal experts have found 2,470 mines and other unexploded munitions on Thai soil near the border with Cambodia since the bilateral ceasefire agreement took effect on July 29. Col Siwa Wang-kat, spokesman for the Thailand Mine Action Centre, said Read More …

Pakistan: Thirteen terrorists killed in IED blunder

At least thirteen terrorists were killed when explosives stored in one of their hideouts in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) went off on Sunday. In a separate incident, another terrorist was eliminated during a gun battle in Dera Ismail Khan. Read More …

India: Bathinda twin blasts, bomb disposal teams struggle with explosive residue cleanup

Two minor blasts take place during cleanup drive in Jeeda village; none hurt; a 19-year-old radicalised law student, Gurpreet Singh, was booked on Thursday for assembling high-intensity explosives. Four days after twin blasts rocked a house at Bathinda’s Jeeda village, Read More …

Cameroon: One killed, four injured in Batibo bar explosion

At least one person was killed and four others injured on Sunday when an improvised explosive device detonated in a bar in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone Northwest region, security sources said. The blast took place in Batibo, a locality of the Read More …

Pakistan: Terror attempt foiled as IED defused in Bajaur’s Inayat Kalay Bazaar

A major terrorist attack was narrowly avoided when security forces successfully defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in the crowded Inayat Kalay Bazaar of Bajaur district. Acting swiftly on a tip-off, bomb disposal squads from the Pakistan Army and Read More …

Utah: Two men arrested for allegedly planting, lighting bomb under news media vehicle

Two men allegedly planted a bomb underneath a news van in Utah on Friday and tried to ignite it, sparking a massive evacuation and federal probe. Adeeb Nasir, 58, and Adil Justice Ahme Nasir, 31, were each arrested Sunday when Read More …

Philippines: Army slams NPAs for stockpiling IEDs near Butuan community

The Philippine Army’s 48th Infantry Battalion (48IB) denounced the communist New People’s Army (NPA) for endangering residents by stockpiling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) close to a community in Butuan City. The 48IB troopers recovered the explosives in Purok 6, Barangay Read More …

UK: Residents evacuated while explosive item ‘made safe’ in Yorkshire neighbourhood

Residents of a Yorkshire neighbourhood who had been evacuated from their homes, while police investigated an explosive substance, have been able to return to their homes. Police have now reduced cordons on Lingmore Street in Leeds, after the bomb squad Read More …

Iraq: Roadside bomb wounds two Iraqi soldiers in Diyala

Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Saturday when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in Diyala province, a source told Shafaq News. No further details were provided. Iraq remains heavily contaminated with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) Read More …

Texas: An inside look at Mesquite’s bomb squad and the high stakes work they do

CBS News Texas reporter Bo Evans joined the Mesquite Fire Department’s bomb squad to give viewers an inside look at how firefighters handle explosive threats. Wearing a full bomb suit designed to protect vital organs, Evans walked through the delicate Read More …

UNOCT: Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) will launch the project: “Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)”, on 11 September 2025. By improving the application of legislative frameworks and building capacities of national authorities Read More …

Utah: 22-year-old Utah man arrested in connection with Charlie Kirk shooting

The man accused in the Charlie Kirk assassination had earlier expressed to family his opposition to the viewpoints of the conservative activist, the authorities said Friday in announcing an arrest in a targeted killing that raised fresh alarms about political Read More …

Republic of Georgia: State Security Service blames Ukraine for bringing explosives into Georgia

State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) says explosives were brought into the country on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence services. Deputy Head of the SSSG, Lasha Magradze, made the statement at a briefing held today, September 12. On September 11, Read More …

Egypt discovers Israeli attempts to kill Hamas leaders on its soil

Egypt has discovered Israeli plots to target Hamas leaders in Cairo and has warned Israel that any attack will be responded to with force, senior Egyptian officials told Middle East Eye. “Intelligence reports suggest that Israel has been plotting to Read More …

Russia: UAV attacks Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, no damage, radiation levels normal

A Ukrainian military drone last night targeted the operational power unit of the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, according to a statement from Rosatom. The incident occurred on September 12, 2025, at 3:52 a.m. Moscow time (GMT +3), when a combat Read More …

Somalia receives UK-donated vehicles and C-IED equipment to bolster army capabilities

Somalia’s Minister of Defence, H.E. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, accompanied by Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, attended a ceremony marking the handover of modern vehicles and equipment aimed at countering improvised explosive devices (C-IED) from the United Kingdom. Read More …

Israel: Two IDF soldiers injured in explosion at Nitzanei Oz crossing near Tulkarm

Two IDF paratroopers were lightly injured Thursday afternoon by an explosive device that detonated near the Nitzanei Oz crossing near Tulkarm in Samaria. A UAV was dispatched to pursue the individual who placed the device, and in parallel, the IDF Read More …

India: Two CRPF personnel injured in IED blast in Bastar

Two personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured on Thursday in a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in Bastar division. The incident took place around 10:30 am near Saatdhaar bridge Read More …