Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #53: Recent Improvised Landmine attacks in Michoacán and Jalisco

On 27 May 2025, eight Guardia Nacional (GN) personnel assigned to the Fuerza de reacción inmediata (FERI), an immediate reaction special force team, were killed when their armored vehicle ran over an artisanal landmine, in Los Reyes, Michoacán. The officials Read More …

UK: Army bomb disposal unit safely detonate item on Welsh beach

HM Coastguard Borth reported on Friday, May 30, that it had been called out to Ynyslas beach on Thursday evening, following reports of possible ordnance found on the beach, north of Aberystwyth. Due to the tide coming in, the object Read More …

India: IED blast injures three villagers in insurgency hit Bijapur in Chhattisgarh

At a time when all of Bastar is on high alert following the loot of 5,000kg explosives by Maoists in neighbouring Odisha, three villagers were grievously injured in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district Friday morning. All three Read More …

Nigeria: Borno residents mourn 8 volunteers Killed in an IED blast

Borno State is in mourning over the tragic death of eight Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast on Tuesday along the Dikwa-Marte road. CJTF is a security volunteer outfit supporting the Nigerian Read More …

Indiana woman made bombs out of Monster Energy cans, wanted to blow up a high school

A southern Indiana woman faces a felony charge after police say she made various homemade explosives, including bombs made with Monster Energy cans. Ahnna I. Tipton, 19, faces a possession of a destructive device charge after being arrested Thursday in Read More …

ISIS Claims First Attack on Syria’s New Government Forces since Assad’s Fall

The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for its first attack targeting Syria’s new government forces since the oust of Bashar al-Assad, marking a significant development in the militant group’s resurgence efforts, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Read More …

Mexico arrests 10 Colombian ex-soldiers after deadly blast

Ten Colombian former soldiers were among the suspects arrested after an improvised landmine killed six Mexican troops in a drug cartel heartland this week, authorities said Friday. More than 40 explosive devices were seized along with other weapons in the Read More …

Pakistan: Additional Deputy Commissioner killed, buildings set on fire as terrorists attack Balochistan’s Sorab

Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Hidayat Buledi was martyred in a terrorist attack on the deputy commissioner’s residence in Sorab, Khuzdar district, carried out by Fitna al-Hindustan, according to provincial spokesperson Shahid Rind. In a statement, Rind said that armed terrorists, Read More …

Mexico: Cartels are recruiting artisans to manufacture explosives, 3,454 devices seized in Michoacán alone

Criminal groups in Michoacán are recruiting local pyrotechnic artisans to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs), often under threat, according to federal and state authorities. Carlos Roberto Gómez Ruiz, deputy director of the Explosives and Hazardous Materials Unit of the Michoacán Read More …

Colombia’s Bicentenario pipeline stops pumping after attack

Pumping on Colombia’s Bicentenario pipeline was suspended after an attack with explosives, its operator Cenit, a subsidiary of state-run energy company Ecopetrol, said on Thursday. The attack, in Arauca province, was committed by an unknown group, Cenit said in a Read More …

UNDP: 16 high-tech underwater drones to boost humanitarian demining in Ukraine

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine has handed over 16 hi-tech uncrewed underwater systems (UUS) to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) and conducted an 8-day training course for SESU specialists on their use. This support was Read More …

Syria: War remnants kill, injure 13 people in one day in areas controlled by Damascus government

Unexploded ordnance continues to threaten the lives of civilians in areas controlled by the Damascus government, especially in areas that witnessed previous fighting. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that yesterday, Wednesday, four people, including two children, were killed Read More …

Azerbaijani serviceman injured in mine blast during clearance operations in Kalbajar

On May 29, at approximately 10:10 AM, an Azerbaijani Army serviceman was injured while conducting mine clearance operations in the Kalbajar region. Engineer-sapper units were carrying out demining work near the Istisu settlement when an anti-personnel mine, planted by Armenian Read More …

Mozambique: Jihadist attacks hit northern provinces as Total readies to resume gas project

A series of attacks in northern Mozambique this month point to a resurgence of violence by Islamic State-linked militants as energy giant TotalEnergies prepares to resume a major gas project, analysts say. The group terrorised northern Mozambique for years before Read More …

Russia: Explosion in Stavropol caused by homemade explosive device

The explosion in Russia’s southwestern city of Stavropol, which killed two people, was caused by a homemade explosive device, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee’s regional branch told reporters. “The investigation is considering all possible versions of the Read More …

Mexico: Eight soldiers killed in explosion on the borders of Michoacán and Jalisco

The number of Special Forces soldiers killed by the explosion of a mine-type device on the border between Michoacán and Jalisco has risen to eight, federal sources reported. The initial report had been of two officers and four troops killed Read More …