Engineer from Ranchi built drones for IS, revolutionised terror tech

Enraged by the Gujarat ‘pogrom’ and in search of retribution, an 18-year-old college student’s existential crisis had crystallised in a battle over his beard. For more than a year, Syed Muhammad Arshiyan Haider had allowed his facial hair to grow, Read More …

India: 2 arrested with IED, 1.5kg RDX in Punjab’s Tarn Taran village

Police thwarted a possible terror attack and arrested two bike-borne men with an improvised explosive device (IED) packed with around 1.5kg of RDX following a tip-off at Naushehra Pannuan village in Tarn Taran district on Sunday. The IED, packed in Read More …

UK: Teenager arrested after homemade bomb parts found at house in Lancashire

A teenage boy has been detained after the discovery of homemade bomb parts inside a house – which prompted a major emergency services response and evacuations. Police descended on a residential street in the Chorley area of Lancashire after reports Read More …

Afghanistan: Security forces seized explosives, 20 hand grenades, weapons and ammunition in Balkh province

Security forces arrested two people in connection with the smuggling of ammunition and explosives from Chaharkant district of Balkh province. Some of the detainees were found with some explosives, 20 hand grenades, 20 grenade launchers and a handgun. The detainees Read More …

Egyptian Armed Forces foils terrorist attack in Sinai, an officer and 10 soldiers killed

According to the statement, the attack was foiled by the checkpoint personnel, but it resulted in the death of an officer and 10 soldiers as well as the injury of five others. The remaining terrorists are currently being hunted down Read More …

Germany: Berlin authorities looking into device disabled at residence housing Russian media

Berlin criminal investigators and prosecutors were on Saturday studying a device found and destroyed at a residential building housing Russian news agency staff in the city’s Steglitz district, Berlin authorities said. The device was found on Friday and investigators were Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC’s expert team recovers 2,000 pound U.S. aerial bomb from riverbed in Phnom Penh

A Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)’s bomb expert team on Thursday safely removed a war-left unexploded AN-M66 aerial bomb from the Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, a mine clearance chief said. CMAC’s director-general Heng Ratana said the Read More …

UK: Terror-accused student ‘wanted a full-on war’

A would-be terrorist hatched plans for a “full-on war” and wrote recipes for a bomb intended for use on a police station, a jury heard. Student Luke Skelton wanted to run a violent group and attack “rape gangs”, Teesside Crown Read More …

India: Explosion in Manipur capital Imphal, second in 24 hours

An explosive device went off near the entrance of a residential area in Manipur capital Imphal early on Friday, the second explosion to have been reported in 24 hours, police said. No one was injured in the explosion that took Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram/ISWAP IED kills 6 insurgents in Borno

Atleast six Boko Haram and Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP) terrorists got killed by Improvised Explosive Device (IED) trap they laid for Nigerians soldiers in the North East of Borno State, Zagazola Learnt. An Intelligence Officer, told Zagazola Read More …

India: Police believes IED placed in Ambala by arrested terror suspects

A day after the arrest of four terror suspects from the Bastara toll plaza with large explosives, the Karnal police got success in determining the persons who had placed three live hand grenades and an improvised explosive device (IED) in Read More …

Somalia: Al-Shabaab terrorists attack Ethiopian troops in Gedo region

Casualties are feared as two roadside blasts targeted an Ethiopian military convoy in Somalia’s southwestern Gedo region on Thursday, a security official said. The attack took place between the towns of Luq and Shatalow, the official said, adding that investigation Read More …

Iraq: Danish cyclist killed by IED in Duhok province

A Danish cyclist was killed on Thursday evening when a bomb exploded in the Kani Masi subdistrict of the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province, a security source told Kurdistan 24. Initial reports indicated that the cyclist was wounded by a suspected Read More …

India: Police recover 3 IEDs in Haryana

In a big breakthrough, Karnal district police arrested four terror suspects near Bastara toll plaza on Thursday. The suspects were arrested with weapons, ammunition and IEDs. Following the arrests, the Punjab Police on Thursday released a statement mentioning the weaponry Read More …

ICRC: 8.5m Iraqis live among deadly mines

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed yesterday that 8.5 million Iraqis live among deadly mines and unexploded remnants of war. “Iraq is one of the most contaminated countries on the planet’s surface with explosive munitions,” ICRC spokeswoman Read More …