News – August 2024

August 4, 2024

At least 91 people were killed and numerous others injured in a series of deadly clashes that broke out in several parts of the country on Sunday centred on the non-cooperation movement under the banner of Students Against Discrimination. In Sirajganj, 13 police officers were killed in an attack on Enayetpur police station during the ongoing ...

August 3, 2024

The representative of the Palestinian resistance movement in Tehran has revealed new details about the July 31 martyrdom of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital. Speaking to The New Arab daily, Khaled Qaddoumi rejected the narration reported by The New York Times that the detonation of a bomb caused the incident, IRNA cited on ...

August 3, 2024

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested three terrorists, including a prominent Daesh commander, during 78 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Punjab, seizing explosives and other materials intended for terrorist activities. A CTD spokesman announced on Saturday that the operations, which took place in the wake of increased terrorism threats, targeted various cities including Faisalabad, Jhelum, and ...

August 3, 2024

One person has been injured following a landmine explosion in the liberated Kalafaliq village of Azerbaijan’s Lachin district, Trend reports via the joint statement of the nation’s Interior Ministry, Prosecutor General’s Office, and Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA). “A resident of the Lachin district’s Vagazin village, Ali Suleymanov, born in 1960, while grazing cattle ...

August 3, 2024

The Borno Police Command says it has discovered six projectile grenades allegedly abandoned by terrorists at Ajilari Cross Area in Maiduguri, the state capital. Police Explosive Ordnance Department (EOD), Base 13, deployed to the scene to assess the grenades, discovered that they were manufactured with incendiary chemicals. The affected area is said to have been thoroughly ...

August 3, 2024

Violent disorder swept across several British cities on Saturday, injuring police and damaging property in the most widespread rioting in the country for 13 years, following the murder of three young girls in northwest England. Riots involving hundreds of anti-immigration protesters have erupted in towns and cities after false information spread rapidly on social media that ...

August 3, 2024

The Jammu and Kashmir Police are set to acquire more than 64,000 advanced investigation kits for police stations across the Union Territory, along with two specialised vehicles for the Bomb Disposal Squad, according to officials. The initiative aims to boost the efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement in the region. A senior police officer at Jammu ...

August 3, 2024

At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday evening, police said, an attack blamed by Somali state media on the militant Islamist group al Shabaab. Police spokesperson Abdifatah Aden gave the death toll in Friday evening’s explosion at a beach ...

August 3, 2024

A Sunderland police station caught fire on Friday night as riots continued to spread after three girls were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. Hundreds of people took to the streets in Liverpool and Sunderland in the latest in a series of outbreaks of unrest thought to have been orchestrated by far-Right agitators. Footage ...

August 2, 2024

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has significantly upgraded its explosive ordnance response capabilities by introducing five new Remote Positioning Vehicles-Medium (RPV-M), commonly known as “bomb robots”. This enhancement is part of the QPS RPV Replacement Program, representing a $2.6 million investment to replace the existing fleet that has served for the past 12 years and ...

August 2, 2024

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) welcomed its newest leader during a change-of-command ceremony at on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 2. Cmdr. David Carter relieved Cmdr. Mark Anderson in front of friends, family members, and MDSU-1 personnel as part of an outdoor ceremony at the unit’s headquarters. ...

August 2, 2024

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – The 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight hosted EOD teams from seven countries for their yearly Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Rodeo here July 24 – Aug. 2. The multilateral, competition-style training exercise challenged the teams on locating and disarming explosive devices, collaborating with partner nation teams to improve interoperability ...

August 2, 2024

The Borno Police Command said an Improvised Explosive Device(IED), explosion resulted in the death of one male victim, while eleven others sustained various degrees of injuries in another attack in Maiduguri. The Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this on Friday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that ...

August 2, 2024

Several people have been injured following explosion of landmines laid during Armenian occupation in Gizilhajili village of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district, Trend reports via the joint statement of the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office, State Border Service and Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA). “As a result of the incident, warrant officer from the Border Service Khayal ...

August 2, 2024

The IDF killed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy head of weapons production, Mohammed al-Jabari, in a targeted intelligence-based operation, the Israeli military said on Friday morning. According to the IDF, Al-Jabari was responsible for financing weapon manufacturing infrastructure for the Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza. Al-Jabari was also reportedly in charge of the distribution of salaries ...

August 1, 2024

A Sydney man has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack at a busy shopping centre after he allegedly threw bottles of explosive chemicals around a bathroom. On Wednesday, July 24, police arrested Sebastian Newman, 21, after reports of a man acting suspiciously on level one of the Westfield Miranda shopping centre just after 2pm. Newman ...

August 1, 2024

The European Union has announced that 100ml liquid restrictions will be reintroduced at airports across the bloc from September. The update comes three months after the UK reintroduced the restriction across all airports, including those with Next Generation Security Checkpoints – designed to phase out the long-standing rule. The European branch of Airports Council International (ACI) ...

August 1, 2024

At least 17 people have been killed and over 20 injured after a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber targeted a market in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the Kawuri community, located approximately 50 kilometers from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. The bomber had reportedly worked in the community ...

August 1, 2024

A foiled plan to kill Hong Kong police with explosives during the 2019 social unrest was all but disclosed by suspected bombers in messages sent three weeks before the planned attack, the prosecution has told the High Court. Prosecutor says Telegram messages show alleged members of ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ used code words for explosives and ‘all ...

August 1, 2024

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliament last month that the armed rebellion in Indian-administered Kashmir was in its final stages due to his government’s “multipronged” strategy, implemented since his government scrapped the region’s special status five years ago. Three days later, on July 6, two Indian Army personnel and four suspected rebels were killed in ...

August 1, 2024

African health officials said mpox cases have spiked by 160% in the last year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of effective treatments or vaccines on the continent. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released Wednesday that mpox, also known as monkeypox, has now been ...