Iran: 10 border guards killed in terrorist attack in Sistan-Baluchestan province

In a tragic incident on Saturday, 10 police officers and soldiers were martyred during an armed clash with assailants in Taftan County in the southeastern border province of Sistan-Baluchestan. The confrontation unfolded when a police patrol came under attack by Read More …

In Ghana, Sahel jihadis find refuge and supplies, sources say

Islamist militants fighting in Burkina Faso are discreetly using Ghana’s north as a logistical and medical rear base to sustain their insurgency, seven sources told Reuters, a move that could help them expand their footprint in West Africa. The sources, Read More …

UK donates counter-IED equipment to Nigerian military

The UK Government on Friday donated advanced counter-Improvised Explosives Devices to Operation Hadin Kai Theatre Command Joint Task Force in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the donation of the equipment marks another milestone in the strategic partnership Read More …

Mexico: Car bomb attacks signal escalation of cartel violence

Cartel violence is gripping Mexico. In the state of Guerrero, the mayor of Chilpancingo was decapitated. In Sinaloa, a truck was discovered with at least five bodies along with the ominous message “Welcome to Culiacán.” And now Guanajuato has been Read More …

From a supported country to a Global Leader in Mine Action: Cambodia’s Goal of a World Free of Landmines

Over the 20 years of the Vietnam War and the subsequent conflict, approximately 2.75 million tons of bombs were dropped on Cambodia, and an estimated 4 to 6 million landmines were buried. Following the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement, the Cambodian Read More …

UK: Second unexploded bomb found in Bootle

An unexploded bomb has been found at a construction site in Merseyside. The device was discovered on North Atlantic Avenue in Bootle, the same street in which an unexploded World War Two bomb was unearthed on Tuesday. Merseyside Police said Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces kill nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers in Bajaur

Pakistan’s security forces killed nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers, during an operation in the Bajaur district, according to the military’s media wing, ISPR. The operation was conducted on the night of October 23-24, following intelligence reports of the militants’ Read More …

Terror Watch: It’s Time to Rethink Our Relationship With Qatar

As the horrific scenes of the terrorist Hamas attack on Israel played out on social media, with videos of mutilated corpses, gang rapes and abductions, Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh—safe and likely in his penthouse hideaway in Doha—celebrated and prayed over Read More …

Arizona: Juvenile faces adult felony charges for planning an attack on the Phoenix Pride Festival

(Phoenix, AZ) – The Investigations Unit of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, working alongside officers of the FBI Phoenix Field Office, and the Buckeye and Glendale Police Departments, has arrested a 17-year-old on charges of terrorism. According to Maricopa County Read More …

Nigeria: Troops Kill Four Terrorists, Rescue 14 In South East

Operatives of the 82 Division Nigerian Army and the Joint Task Force South-East, code-named ‘Operation UDO KA’, have smashed camps of alleged Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) armed wing within South-East. The troops neutralised four Read More …

Turkish aerospace facility targeted in terror attack in Ankara

“A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) Ankara Kahramankazan facilities,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have martyrs and wounded people after the attack.” The minister did not provide specific Read More …

Netherlands: Police probe blast outside law firm offices in The Hague

Police are investigating an explosion outside a building housing several law firms in The Hague. No one was injured in the blast but there was some damage to the building. The explosion took place around 10 pm on the Laan Read More …

UK: Unexploded WW2 bomb detonated on beach

An unexploded World War Two bomb found in a Merseyside town has been taken to a nearby beach and detonated. Footage of the explosion, captured by the news site Eye On Southport, showed an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team (EODI) destroying Read More …

Ukraine: ZNPP employee suspected of assassination attempt on IAEA officials

Sergey Potynga, an engineer at the thermal instrumentation and control shop of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), has been accused of attempting to assassinate employees of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the orders of the Ukrainian Defense Read More …

Mexico: 3 police injured after car bombs explode outside 2 Guanajuato police buildings

Two car bombs were almost simultaneously detonated near Public Security Ministry (SSP) buildings in two Guanajuato state municipalities on Thursday morning, injuring three police officers, one seriously. Both bombings occurred almost simultaneously, just after 6 a.m. No warning was given Read More …

Colombia: Explosion in Cauca after the opening of COP16

Colombian guerrillas detonated explosives on Monday as a military vehicle passed by in El Bordo, Cauca, a region where three civilians were also killed, authorities said Tuesday. And although the site of the attack is about 150 kilometers from Cali, Read More …

India: 6-yr-old boy injured in crude bomb blast in Malda

A crude bomb explosion in the Dogpukur area of Ward 23 in English Bazar Municipality area left a six-year-old boy injured on Tuesday afternoon. The child, identified as Banti Kumar Mahato, mistook the explosive for a ball while playing alone Read More …

Japan searches for buried WWII bombs at airports after one explodes near plane

A long-buried World War Two bomb exploded in early October at Japan’s Miyazaki Airport. Nearly 80 years after the war ended, bombs that didn’t detonate still turn up nationwide. Two more were found this month near Miyako Airport in Okinawa Prefecture. Read More …

India: Major Counter-Terror Raids in Kashmir Disrupt Militant Recruitment

In a major operation, the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit raided six districts to dismantle a terrorist recruitment module tied to a group linked with Lashkar-e-Taiba. The move follows attacks which have heightened security concerns in the region, prompting calls for Read More …