Europol: 9 Taken Into Custody Over Atm Attack Tutorials And String Of Explosive Attacks

A joint investigation team (JIT) between the Dutch and German authorities has taken down an organised crime group specialised in explosive attacks against Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs). A total of 9 suspects have been taken into custody as a result Read More …

Illicit weapons in Afghanistan: Taliban seizures of US-equipment are only a fraction of the story

Recent Taliban seizures of equipment previously supplied to Afghan security forces by the United States and NATO likely constitutes one of the most significant large-scale diversions of military equipment in recent history. This Frontline Perspective is the first in a Read More …

Development partners to mobilise support to expand Asean ARMAC

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn has urged development partners to mobilise support to further expand the outreach of ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) to benefit Asean countries and region. Sokhonn was speaking at the inaugural launch of the Read More …

Texas: ‘Small pipe bomb’ found in Plainview man’s car after active search

Police say an early morning traffic stop on Tuesday led to the discovery of an improvised explosive device in a Plainview man’s vehicle, and later an illegal weapon at his home. During a brief news conference late Tuesday afternoon, Plainview Read More …

U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians train with disruption tools

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians honed their explosive neutralization and disruption skills on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Sept. 13 – 14. The 717th Ordnance Company (EOD) “Jokers” participated in tools training on Range 3A at the Read More …

Joint project with EU, UNDP to clear 80,000 mines in eastern Turkey

More than 80,000 land mines located on the border with Iran in eastern Turkey will be cleared as part of a joint project prepared by the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The project to clear antipersonnel Read More …

Russia: Five neo-Nazis who plotted terror attack detained in Ufa, Bashkortostan

The Russian FSB has detained five members of a neo-Nazi group for plotting a terror attack targeting law enforcement agents, the security service told TASS on Monday. “The Federal Security Service (FSB – TASS) stopped preparations for a terror attack Read More …

Kenya military says 15 Al-Shabaab fighters killed by IED in Lamu

At least fifteen Al -Shabaab militants on Monday died in a deadly Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Lamu near the Kenya- Somalia border, according to a KDF spokesperson. The 15 were travelling inside a vehicle that ran over the Read More …

Nigeria: ISWAP kills 4 soldiers, injures 15 others in Borno ambush

Four soldiers have been killed while 15 others were injured in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists at Ala village between Marte and Dikwa towns in Borno State. It was gathered that the terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Read More …

Pakistan: Four soldiers martyred in bomb attack in Balochistan

Four security personnel were martyred and two others injured in a bomb attack on a vehicle of the Frontier Corps in the Khosat area of Harnai district on Saturday. The banned Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. Official Read More …

Somalia: Suicide car bomb targeting convoy in Mogadishu kills at least 8

A suicide car bomb blast has killed at least eight people at a security checkpoint near the presidential palace in the Somali capital, in an attack claimed by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group. The checkpoint falls on the route to the Read More …

Cambodia: Koh Kong province to be declared landmine free soon

Cambodia Mine Action Authority (CMAA) plans to soon declare villages in Koh Kong province no longer threatened by landmines. CMAA said yesterday that its secretary-general visited Koh Kong province to inspect the 27 landmine fields located in 10 villages, five Read More …

Toronto men caught with bomb-making manuals, al-Qaeda literature

Six months after Kevin Omar Mohamed‘s prison sentence for terrorism came to an end, the RCMP’s Toronto O-INSET national security team decided to check up on him. What they found set off alarms. Not only was he violating his probation Read More …

India: What is tiffin bomb, the new security threat in Punjab

In the last two months, five IED-rigged tiffin boxes have been recovered in different parts of Punjab. Police sources say that these tiffin bombs are being sent from across the border by Pakistan. A new security threat has emerged in Read More …

Michigan: Man tried to bomb phone stores to prevent spread of porn

A Michigan man is accused of placing pipe bombs outside cellphone stores as part of a crusade to halt telecommunications “containing immoral content,” like porn and cursing, court documents show. John Douglas Allen, 75 was charged with extortion and attempted Read More …

Afghanistan: ISIS affiliate claims spate of attacks on Taliban in Jalalabad

The eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan has seen a spate of attacks against the Taliban this week by the group IS Khorasan (ISIS-K), an affiliate of ISIS. ISIS-K claimed three attacks in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. Through Read More …