Sri Lanka: US backs mine clearing operations

US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Martin Kelly visited a Mines Advisory Group (MAG) demining site, earlier this week to observe the measures undertaken to clear explosive hazards in the area and speak with a team of female deminers. Read More …

Afghanistan: Car bomb explosion in Herat caused damage to shops in Obe district

Herat Governor Sayed Wahid Qatali said the Taliban had detonated a car bomb in the center of Obe district. According to him, this incident did not cause any casualties, but it has caused damage to the residents of the place Read More …

Roadside bomb attacks target US-led coalition convoys across Iraq

Four roadside bombs have exploded separately near convoys of trucks carrying logistical equipment belonging to the US-led coalition forces in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, southern province of Muthanna bordering Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the central province of Babil, as Read More …

KFOR military working dog handlers train with MAT Kosovo

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Regional Command-East, Kosovo Force, travelled to Peja/Peć on March 9 to train with Mine Action Training Kosovo, a humanitarian demining school that trains students in explosive ordnance disposal and identification. 1st Lt. Taylor Firn, officer Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 ANA Soldiers Wounded in Jalalabad Blast

At least two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded in a blast in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Wednesday morning, sources said. The incident occurred around 9 am local time in PD8 of Jalalabad city when the vehicle Read More …

Russia: FSB wards off terror plot aimed at school in Penza

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a suspect plotting a terrorist attack against an educational institution in Penza. A hunting rifle and instructions for making an explosive device were confiscated, the FSB’s public relations center told TASS on Wednesday. Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 2 major IED blasts averted in South Kashmir, student planning car bomb arrested

In a big development in Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir IG Vijay Kumar on Wednesday revealed that the police have pre-empted and averted two IED blasts in South Kashmir. A student who was planning a car bomb attack has been arrested. Read More …

FBI releases new video of suspected pipe bomber walking near RNC and DNC headquarters

The FBI has released new surveillance video of the person suspected of placing pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee in January. The footage, which the FBI released Tuesday along with a Read More …

British Columbia: RCMP investigating IED bombs set off at Penticton school, park

RCMP in Penticton are investigating a series of explosions of IEDs in the city in recent days. Over the past few days, police have been looking into multiple reports of loud explosion sounds seemingly coming from various open areas in Read More …

Michigan student accidentally detonates homemade explosive device in classroom

A Michigan high school student accidentally detonated a homemade explosive device he brought to school Monday morning, injuring himself and four of his classmates, police said. Officers from the Newaygo Police Department responded to Newaygo High School in west-central Michigan Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces kill eight militants in North Waziristan

Security forces conducted two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) on terrorist hideouts in North Waziristan, killing eight militants including three commanders, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday. According to the ISPR, the intelligence-based raids Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Sticky bombs – Security forces redraw SOPs; ask public not to leave vehicles unattended

Suspecting that ‘sticky bombs’ may have entered the valley, security forces are redrawing their standard operating procedures and also advising general public not to leave their vehicles unattended, officials said on Sunday. In the middle of last month, the Jammu Read More …

Afghanistan: Explosion in Helmand claims government prosecutor

Sayed Mohammad Sadat, head of NDS prosecutors’ office along with three others were reportedly killed in an explosion near the provincial Police HQ in Lashkargah city of Helmand Province. Helmand police spokesman Mohammad Zaman Hamdard confirmed the incident to the Read More …

Pakistan: Roadside bomb kills 5 labourers in Balochistan

Five construction workers were killed and five others received serious injuries when the pick-up truck they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province. No party has claimed responsibility for the blast, which took place on Read More …