Bangladesh: Police find IED-making equipment in a raid on abandoned Sunamganj house

Police in Sunamganj have found equipment to make improvised explosive devices or IEDs while raiding an abandoned house in the district’s Jagannathpur Upazila. According to the district’s Assistant Superintendent of Police Shubashish Dhar, a police team coincidentally discovered a cache Read More …

Germany: Man arrested on suspicion of procuring cyanide and ricin for ‘Islamist-motivated’ attack

A man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of procuring the deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to be used in an “Islamist-motivated” attack, authorities have said. The 32-year-old, an Iranian citizen, was arrested in the city of Castrop-Rauxel, in Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Rajouri Terror Attack Death Count Climbs To 7

The death count in the terrorist attack on Dhangri village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri has risen to seven with one more civilian succumbing to injuries at a hospital here on Sunday, officials said. Prince Sharma, who was in his Read More …

Myanmar: On the frontline with the rebel army fighting brutal junta

With a loaded cartridge holder strapped to her back and a shotgun gripped tightly in her hands, Rose Lalhmanhaih looks far older than her 17 years. Just two years ago, she was studying at school; now she is a rebel Read More …

Somalia for 1st time claims Al Shabab extremists seek talks

Somalia’s government claimed on Saturday that the Al Shabab extremist group has for the first time asked to open negotiations, amid a military offensive the government has described as “total war.” There was no immediate statement by Al Shabab, an Read More …

Northern Ireland: Randalstown bomb attack, man appears in court charged with causing explosion

A man who police allege went on the run after a bomb attack in Northern Ireland more than 30 years ago has appeared in court charged with causing the explosion. Eamonn Christopher O’Boyle, 53, faces two charges in connection with Read More …

UK: Gornal residents heard ‘controlled explosions’ during police search at woodland

Residents living near an area of woodland where a blue police tent has been set up said they had heard a “few controlled explosions”. However, they added they were still none the wiser about what was going on as officers Read More …

Thailand: Demining officer killed, another injured in blast near Thai-Cambodian border

A member of the Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion, as they led a team of forest rangers on a patrol in Phnom Dong Rek Wildlife Sanctuary near the Thai-Cambodian border yesterday Read More …

Australia contributes significantly to Cambodia’s demining

Australia is one of the longest-standing supporters of mine clearance action in Cambodia, contributing essentially to Cambodian government’s goal to reach mine-free status by 2025. The appreciation was voiced by Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Vice President of the Read More …

Pakistan: One hurt in Khuzdar IED explosion

A person was seriously injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a motorcycle exploded here on Thursday. The motorcycle was parked at the Quetta-Karachi National Highway on the outskirts of Khuzdar. According to police, some unknown miscreants had Read More …

Massachusetts: Old explosive device found in Wilbraham basement and detonated

Wilbraham and Ludlow residents were disrupted by the sound of a loud explosion on Wednesday evening after police safely detonated an old explosive device one resident found in their basement, according to a Wilbraham Police Department spokesperson. On Wednesday, Wilbraham Read More …

Thornhill landmine clearing charity receives Scottish Government backing for Ukraine work

A Thornhill-based landmine clearing charity has been given Scottish Government funding to continue its work in Ukraine. The Halo Trust is working in the war-torn country to remove explosives left behind by Russia’s invasion and has been handed £300,000 from Read More …

Sweden: Explosion leads to fire at downtown Stockton market; residents evacuated

A downtown Stockton market was scorched in a Molotov cocktail attack and a subsequent explosion Wednesday night, forcing 35 residents out of their apartments, which are right above the store, authorities said. Two separate arson incidents were reported at the Read More …

Norway donates additional artillery ammunition to Ukraine

The artillery shells can be used in several types of artillery, including the M109 Norway donated last year. – It is critical for Europe’s and Norway’s security that Ukraine succeeds in repelling Russia’s unfounded attack. To do this, Ukraine needs Read More …

Highly specialized U.S. Army units hone skills together at Defense Nuclear Weapons School

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Units from the U.S. military’s premier all hazards command trained together during a radiological course at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Soldiers from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Read More …

Nigeria: DSS arrests ISWAP commander behind Kogi bomb blast, Kuje prison attack

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested an Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) member over the blast near the Palace of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene, Kogi State. The Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) attack occurred on 29th Read More …

DR Congo: MONUSCO holds training for police officers in Beni on handling IEDs

The threat is real.” Police officials in Beni acknowledge that the city is still under threat from improvised explosive devices. In 2021, on the evening of the Christmas celebration, a device exploded in a pub in the city of Beni, Read More …

Somalia: Death toll from car bomb blasts in Hiraan region rises to 35

Al-Shabaab militants detonated two car bombs killing at least 35 people and leveling several houses in central Somalia’s Hiraan region on Wednesday, a government-allied militia and a local elder said. The death toll from a twin car bomb attack in Read More …

DR Congo: Lost grenade kills two children in South Kivu province

Two children have died and six people been wounded in eastern DR Congo after a grenade they discovered during a bird-hunt exploded, local officials said on Tuesday. A group of youngsters had been hunting for birds Monday in a field Read More …