New Competition: ‘Airport Vehicle Checkpoint Screening’

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a new competition on behalf of the Future Aviation Security Solutions programme (FASS) focusing on vehicle checkpoint (VCP) screening at airports. This competition is focusing on new solutions to the challenge of Read More …

Khalid Ali: British Taliban bomber guilty of Westminster plot

Khalid Ali, 28, was arrested on 27 April 2017 in Parliament Street, where he was caught carrying three knives. Prosecutors said Ali, from Edmonton in north London, had planned a “murderous attack” on politicians and police. In a police interview, Read More …

Armed opposition infighting triggers uptick in IS attacks in northern Syria

Explosions of car and motorbike bombs have been recurrent events in northern Syria lately. The Islamic State (IS) has also executed the members of pro-opposition armed factions, especially in Idlib and the northern Aleppo countryside, taking advantage of the lax security situation since Read More …

Saudi project to dismantle mines in Yemen ‘Masam’ launched

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) on Monday launched the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (MASAM), a five-year program that aims to dismantle mines in Yemen. According to Saudi Press Agency, Riyadh-based KSRelief launched the Saudi Project Read More …

Nigeria: Lack of Counter IED Equipment, Actionable Intelligence, Impeding War against Terror

The Nigerian military has listed lack of Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) equipment, insufficiency of accurate actionable intelligence, impropriety in Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) activities and lack of community resilience on the part of the locals as major impediments to the Read More …

Russia: Stavropol police look for hitmen who blew up businessman in his BMW X6

The MIA Directorate in the Stavropol region has put the Hummer and the two people inside it on the wanted list. The hitmen are suspected of killing a Stavropol entrepreneur three days ago, according to Lenta.ru‘s high-ranking local police source. The Read More …

Thai army: 41 bombs seized from militants were made in Malaysia

41 homemade bombs seized in southern Thailand’s Takbai district several days ago were produced in neighbouring Malaysia and meant for attacks after Ramadan. This was according to the Thai Army, which concurred with a statement by the Narathiwat police several Read More …

IEDs a new threat to Jammu and Kashmir, says CRPF DG

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are the new threat to Jammu and Kashmir, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) director general Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar told ET. “Now IEDs are back in J&K. IEDs are the new threat. Last year there were very Read More …

Nigerian Military Announces N5M Reward For IED Factories In North East

Theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole, Major-General Rogers Nicholas announced this, when he was briefing journalists on the successes recorded by his men, in the North-East. General Rogers Nicholas sought timely information from the people, whom he also asked to take Read More …

TSA Finds Fake Bomb in Traveler’s Carry-On at O’Hare

A fake explosive at O’Hare International Airport had TSA wondering if Wile E. Coyote was in the building. It also forced a nearly 20-minute delay at a security checkpoint in the airport. The “replica improvised explosive decide” was spotted in Read More …

Army’s EHCCs converge on FLW

Fort Leonard Wood’s Counter Explosive Hazards Center and the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence hosted all four of the Army’s Explosive Hazards Coordination Cells for training June 2 through 15. Throughout the two weeks, Soldiers with the 475th EHCC from Read More …

Terrorist threat in the EU remains high despite the decline of IS in Iraq and Syria

New EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report describes terrorist incidents and activities on European soil. In 2017, 68 innocent victims lost their lives as a result of terrorist attacks in the European Union (EU) – reason enough for Europol not Read More …

Social media ‘wizardry’ will help British troops win wars

The British army has unveiled a new ‘social media’ app which allows soldiers to win wars using their mobile phones. The Dismounted Situational Awareness Tool has been hailed a “game changer” by a senior Army officer after trials during the Read More …

Cambodia, China sign documents on mine clearance, transport master plan preparation, palace renovation

Cambodia and China on Tuesday signed documents on mine clearance, preparation of transport master plan and renovation of the Angkor Thom Royal Palace. The documents were inked here between Cambodian and Chinese officials under the presence of Cambodian Minister of Read More …

Shin Bet Uncovers West Bank Hamas Cell That Planned Attacks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem

The Shin Bet security service announced Sunday that it had uncovered a ring of Hamas operatives in Nablus that had been working since October to plan terror attacks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere. The network was “exceptional in its scope and activities,” the Read More …