Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces neutralise IEDs in Somalia

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) route search explosive devices team under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has neutralised Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Somalia. The development follows the planting of the IEDs by the al-Shabaab militants Read More …

Pakistan: Five soldiers killed in Kech bomb explosion

Five soldiers were martyred and two others, including an officer, injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeted a security vehicle in the Buleda area of Balochistan’s Kech district on Saturday. Separately, security forces killed four militants in two Read More …

Colorado Springs: Suspected explosive device parts found after loud boom reported around downtown

A suspected explosive device was found Saturday morning after a loud boom was heard around the downtown area of Colorado Springs the previous night. Police confirmed they had gotten several reports of the noise around the downtown and surrounding areas, Read More …

Malicious Actors Threaten U.S. Synagogues, Schools, Hospitals, and Other Institutions With Bomb Threats

FBI, DHS, and NCTC are warning the public of ongoing bomb threats by malicious actors targeting synagogues, Jewish community centers, schools, hospitals, airports, government buildings, and other public institutions in the United States. These actors threaten to detonate supposedly hidden Read More …

California: Former firefighter, arsonist suspected of placing explosives

A former Placerville resident, Benjamin Cunha, who was previously in prison for arson, was arrested Friday on a search warrant related to “improvised explosive devices” placed in locations in El Dorado and Sacramento counties. Now living in Orangevale Cunha, 41, Read More …

A Denmark terror case has ‘links’ to Hamas

A Danish prosecutor said Friday that an investigation that led to the arrests of three suspects in Denmark last month on suspicion of plotting to carry out “an act of terror” was linked to Hamas, according to a local media Read More …

India: NIA raids 32 places in multi-state crackdown on Babbar Khalsa, Bishnoi gang

In a multi-state crackdown on the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and the Lawrence Bishnoi crime syndicate, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday raided 32 locations in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh. The agency said it has Read More …

Pakistan: Gas pipeline blown up in Bolan valley

A gas pipeline in Balochistan’s rugged Bolan area fell victim to a bomb explosion on Thursday. According to Levies sources, unidentified individuals planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near a gas pipeline in the Bolan Valley. The detonation of the Read More …

U.S. Central Command: U.S. Forces, Allies Conduct Joint Strikes

TAMPA, Fla. – On Jan. 12 at 2:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command forces, in coordination with the United Kingdom, and support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Bahrain conducted joint strikes on Houthi targets to degrade their capability Read More …

Washington: More than 50 pieces of evidence linked to pipe bombs & IEDs seized during search

Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the SBI bomb squad have finished searching for explosives at a Washington man’s home. Cameron Smith was arrested last night after a deputy found him passed out Wednesday night in his SUV Read More …

Afghanistan: Blasts hit Kabul, Balkh leaving several killed

At least two civilians were killed and 12 others were injured in a grenade blast in PD 18 of Kabul today, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran said. He said that an investigation is underway to arrest Read More …

Iran identifies suspected bomb-maker behind twin blasts, arrests 35 people

Iranian authorities say they have identified the alleged ringleader who made bombs used in the twin bombings on January 3 in the southeastern city of Kerman that killed more than 90 people, state media reported. On Thursday, the Ministry of Read More …

Somalia: al-Shabaab captures UN-contracted helicopter

On Wednesday, armed group al-Shabab captured a United Nations-contracted helicopter in Somalia, killing one person and kidnapping several other passengers and crew members on board. The helicopter was on a medical evacuation mission from Beledweyne city in central Somalia and Read More …

Israel: ISIS-influenced terrorists planning Jerusalem attacks arrested

Israeli security forces last month arrested two Palestinians planning Islamic State-inspired terror attacks in Jerusalem, the Israel Police and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) cleared for publication on Thursday morning. The suspects, both in their twenties, were arrested in December Read More …

Papua New Guinea: At least 15 dead after major rioting and looting

A state of emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea’s capital after at least 15 people were killed in rioting. More than 1,000 troops are on standby “to step in wherever necessary”, Prime Minister James Marape said on Thursday. Read More …

On Hamas, what did Qatar know and when did it know it?

Enemies of enemies are famously friends in the Middle East — except in the case of Qatar, which has managed to keep the world guessing by making all its neighbors the staunchest of frenemies. Gauging Qatar’s true loyalties has long Read More …

The post-organizational terrorism in the European Union and beyond

Terrorism is one of the most serious threats the International Community has to face due to its always increasing sprawling and undefined nature, that keeps changing decade after decade. International safety is now confronting with what is called post-organizational terrorism, Read More …

Nigeria: IED explosions kill 8, injures dozens in Kinewba Ngala

At least eight people have been killed by another improvised explosive devices (IED) landmine explosion in Kinewba village along Ngala-Dikwa road in Ngala local government area of Borno state. It was also reported that dozens of other people sustained various Read More …