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At least six people have been wounded when a suicide bomber targeted the Bagram Airfield in Parwan province on Wednesday, an Afghan official said. Mohammad Asem, the provincial governor for Parwan, said the attacker was riding a motorcycle and detonated his explosives Read More …
A muslim extremist convert, dubbed Taliban Terry, may still be alive despite rumours he was blown up in IS stronghold Tal Afar. The suicide bomb flop was based in the Iraqi town, 70km east of Mosul. Terence Kelly, 50, dubbed Taliban Terry, Read More …
A technology expert has created a computer chip based on mice neurons that could recognise the smell of explosives. The device could be implanted into the brain of future robots, which could be trained to recognise danger via odours, replacing Read More …
Vehicle-mounted ground-penetrating radar (GPR) equipment has been used by the ADF to detect Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) for several years, but there remains much room for improvement in the signal processing component of the technology. A recent trial between the Read More …
Twenty-five civilians were killed in two blasts that occurred in south and east of Baghdad on Monday, according to news reports. “An IED exploded on Monday at al-Yusufiya region, in south of Baghdad, which caused death of four persons and Read More …
Paramedics are being equipped with an antidote to some of the deadliest nerve agents amid fears terrorists are plotting a chemical strike on Britain. Thousands of frontline medics have already received the epipen-style devices that could combat VX or sarin, Read More …
Spain will ask the leaders of France, Italy and Germany to discuss cross-border counter-terrorism at a summit in Paris on Monday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Friday after dual attacks in Catalonia. Rajoy praised the police response despite mounting Read More …
Isis has claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in Kabul that left at least 30 dead. The group’s propaganda agency, Amaq, released a statement shortly after the attack saying its fighters were behind the killings. Gunmen stormed the Shia mosque, attacking Read More …
The 34th Civil Support Team and Fort Lee Fire and Emergency Services personnel conducted a joint exercise Tuesday to rehearse their response plans to hazardous material situations. The CST – at Fort Pickett and comprised of members from the Virginia Read More …
The terror cell that killed 15 people and injured more than 130 in north-east Spain last week had created a suicide vest packed with viable explosives and were in the process of making several more when a blast ripped through their bomb Read More …
