Armenia: Donation of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Threats Response Equipment to the RA by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency

In the frame of a long-lasting partnership established between the Governments of Armenia and the United States, the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), within the Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Security Cooperation Engagement Program, has donated Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Read More …

Pakistan: Two soldiers, children injured in Waziristan suicide blast

Two security personnel and as many children sustained injuries when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle of the security forces parked at a checkpost in the Razmak subdivision of North Waziristan tribal district on Monday. Officials said that the vehicle Read More …

New Jersey: Multiple homemade explosives found in 82-year-old man’s home

Police say one neighbor’s 911 call led to an arrest and seizure of numerous weapons at a home in Margate. On May 16, a resident on 36th Avenue told police an 82-year-old neighbor was caught shooting holes in their fence Read More …

Israel: IDF arrests two suspects in Samaria after finding an IED in their vehicle

Israeli forces arrested two suspects in Samaria on Monday night after finding an improvised explosive device (IED) in their vehicle. Soldiers pulled over a suspicious vehicle at Jit junction and discovered the device during a search. Ordnance disposal specialists dispatched Read More …

Vietnam: Quang Binh works hard on bomb and mine clearance

A workshop on building a database for coordination in overcoming post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the central province of Quang Binh was organised in the locality on May 30. As part of a project on establishing and Read More …

EXU-1 Change of Command Highlights Strategic Mission and “Fellowship of Doers”

INDIAN HEAD, Md. — Cmdr. Eric Hui relieved Cmdr. Edgar Britt as commanding officer of Expeditionary Exploitation Unit 1 (EXU-1) during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Support Facility Indian Head, May 26. EXU-1 was first established in 2006 Read More …

India: One killed, four injured in suspected IED blast in Manipur

A construction worker was killed and four others were injured when a suspected improvised explosive device exploded at a community hall at Khongjom in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Monday, police said. The injured were rushed to a district hospital, where Read More …

Ukraine: Car bomb detonates in Russian-occupied Melitopol, says Russian state media

A car bomb detonated in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol in southern Ukraine on Monday, Russian state media has reported. The car was parked in the center of the city near the House of Culture, where Russia’s officials in the Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Drone shot down near IB in Kathua; sticky bombs, grenades recovered

Police today averted major threat to annual pilgrimage of Shri Amarnath Ji, beginning June 30, when it shot down a Pakistani drone near the International Border in Rajbagh area of Kathua district and recovered seven magnetic bombs from it besides Read More …

Egyptian army changes strategy in war against terrorism in Sinai

The Egyptian army seems to have recently changed its strategy in the face of jihadist groups after armed militants repeatedly attacked the army forces in the Sinai Peninsula over the past few days. On May 7, the Egyptian army announced Read More …

Afghanistan: Al-Qaida and Islamic Emirate Relationship ‘Remains Close’

“The relationship between the Taliban and Al-Qaida remains close, with the latter celebrating the former’s success and renewing its pledge of allegiance to [Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada],” a UN report said. The Islamic Emirate has yet to comment on this latest Read More …

UK: Bomb squad carry out controlled explosion on ‘viable’ device found on moorland in Salford

This is the moment the bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious item found in Salford. Police say it’s not yet been confirmed what the device was, but explosive experts ‘deemed it to be viable’. Firearms were Read More …

Sweden: Police images from inside the bomb lab where suspect was preparing explosives

At dawn on November 4 last year, the 25-year-old was arrested by the Swedish Security Service on a farm in Falköping. Now he is being prosecuted for, among other things, public destruction, aggravated weapons offense and violation of the Flammable Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces foil major terror bid in Khuzdar, seize 10 hand grenades

The security forces have on Wednesday foiled a major terrorism bid in Khuzdar, a city in Balochistan province, and seized 10 hand grenades from a passenger van, Dunya News reported. According to details, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel conducted a Read More …

Turkish Officials Claim Capture of New Islamic State Leader

The reign of new Islamic State terror group leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi may be over, less than three months after it began. The Turkish website OdaTV first reported the arrest of Abu al-Hassan Thursday, saying Turkish police captured him Read More …

Bomb blasts and gunshots heard along Malaysian-Thai border

Tak Bai, a border town on the Malaysia-Thailand border in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, was awakened by a series of bomb blasts and sounds of gunfire on Wednesday (May 25). The blasts, which occurred at about 10pm, were Read More …