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Elite policemen from the Special Action Force (SAF) arrested a suspected bombmaker of the Dawlah Islamiyah- Hassan Group during an operation in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., acting chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Read More …
Three Syrian soldiers were injured while carrying out demining operations in the countryside of Homs near the Syrian-Lebanese border and in the town of Kafr Nabouda in Hama countryside, military source said Tuesday. “Three soldiers from the engineering units of Read More …
About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said. The Read More …
A man who was found with a large amount of dangerous chemicals in his garden shed has been convicted of various offences linked to explosive and poisonous substances. Harry Whittaker, aged 31, was arrested on 6 May 2024 after Bedfordshire Read More …
Nine Levies officials and a pedestrian were injured in a roadside explosion that targeted the convoy of the Kech deputy commissioner in Turbat on Monday. In a separate incident, dozens of armed men invaded a town in Kacchi district and Read More …
The US military conducted strikes against four more boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 14 people on board the vessels, with one survivor, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. It marked the first time multiple strikes Read More …
The Garda Emergency Response Unit observed a week-long simulated counter-terrorism naval exercise organised by Sweden and the EU police agency Europol. Ten member states took part in the various exercises, and three states — including Ireland — were there as Read More …
A man who left “sophisticated graffiti art” outside the US Embassy as a “gift” has denied making a hoax bomb threat. Daniel Parmenter, 44, who lives with his mother in Bayswater, west London, had left a collection of items – Read More …
A senior al-Shabaab commander and founding member of the militant group was killed in a Somali government airstrike in Middle Jubba, the Defence Ministry announced Monday. The ministry said the strike, conducted on the night of October 26, targeted Bu’aale, Read More …
On Monday, 27 October 2025, as part of its ongoing efforts, the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA) Slemani Office, through the Committee for the Handover of Cleared Minefields, officially handed over a piece of land that was formerly a Read More …
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal met in Kyiv with Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ivan Anušić, thanking him for providing 13 military aid packages worth over EUR 200 million. “We expect the 14th aid package to arrive soon Read More …
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board will investigate the explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort that killed 16 people. “This is one of the deadliest industrial incidents in our country in years,” said Steve Owens, the chairperson Read More …
We are pleased to announce that Autumn 2025 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy, Subject Matter Experts in C-IED and Read More …
enya’s Elite Special Operations Group (SOG) officers have stopped eight Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attempting to plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Garissa County. In a statement issued by the Kenya Counter Terrorism Policing on Sunday October 26, the SOG Read More …
At least 12 militants were killed in a series of security operations in Bajaur, Hangu and North Waziristan districts between Friday night and Saturday, officials and local sources said. Separately, a station house officer (SHO) was injured in Hangu during Read More …
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Chinese national in connection with the recent improvised explosive device (IED) blast that rocked a CCTV camera shop on Kodesho Street, Ikeja. Sources told Zagazola Makama that detectives from the State Criminal Read More …
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to cease all hostilities at the disputed border area and release captured soldiers, as part of what United States President Donald Trump hailed as a “peace deal” and an “incredible job for humanity”. Trump presided Read More …
A man was arrested in Modesto on Oct. 20 by the Modesto Police Department for multiple charges, including two counts of possessing explosive devices near a pubic school. Investigators seized multiple loaded firearms, ammunition, and two explosive devices during the Read More …
A 10-year-old boy, Sern Sovann, died, and his father, seriously injured, when a cluster bomb exploded in Village 8, Sraem commune of Choam Ksan district in Preah Vihear province on Saturday. It is not clear yet if the cluster bomb Read More …
RAF aviators from a wide range of professions are leading the charge at NATO’s premier air-focused Counter-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (C-CBRN) training event, Exercise Toxic Trip. Hosted this year by the Royal Norwegian Air Force at Ørland Air Base, Read More …