News – January 2026

January 21, 2026

Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) are continuing an investigation after a man was arrested in Bristol yesterday (20/1) in connection with a terrorism offence. A property in the Horfield area of the city was searched and a suspicious item was located. Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) attended the scene to assess the item, which ...

January 21, 2026

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have recorded significant operational gains in the ongoing military campaign across the Timbuktu Triangle, as sustained offensives continue to weaken and disrupt terrorist networks in the North East. The development was confirmed in a statement issued by the Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, ...

January 21, 2026

A retired engineer from Sidcup has denied blowing up a Ulez camera with explosives. Kevin Rees, 63, of Harcourt Avenue, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court last week accused of using an improvised explosive device to damage a Ulez camera in December 2023. The former service engineer pleaded not guilty to causing an explosion likely to endanger ...

January 20, 2026

The Latimer County Sheriff’s Office said two military-grade artillery shells were detonated and disposed of on Monday. According to LCSO, deputies were contacted about two artillery shells by a resident. He said that he’s been in possession of these shells for years and was unsure if he was legally able to own them. The resident told ...

January 20, 2026

The number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) located, seized and deactivated by state authorities in Michoacán more than doubled last year, indicating that criminal groups’ use of the makeshift bombs is becoming more prevalent. According to data from the Michoacán Security Ministry, 1,645 IEDS were neutralized by state authorities last year, an increase of 122.5% compared ...

January 20, 2026

Islamic State Khorasan claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Chinese restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw area, killing seven people and wounding thirteen others. The explosion occurred at around 3 p.m. on Monday, January 19, at a Chinese restaurant in central Kabul. Taliban authorities confirmed that seven people, including one Chinese national, were killed. Officials said ...

January 20, 2026

Train link between Quetta and the rest of the county was suspended for a few hours on Monday as unknown armed men blew up the main railway track near Dera Murad Jamali. Police said some unknown people planted an explosive device at the main railway track in Dera Murad Jamali area of Nasirabad district in the ...

January 19, 2026

A major battle between two rival guerrilla organizations in southern Colombia left 26 suspected fighters dead, according to the regional army commander said Monday. Authorities were able to recover the bodies of the suspected guerrillas around La Paz, a township on the border of the Amazon jungle in the Guaviare province. Local organizations and regional authorities ...

January 19, 2026

On January 19, ICITAP Counter-IED Advisors delivered Burkina Faso’s Groupe Spéciale d’Intervention de la Police Nationale (GSIPN) its first-ever explosives safety and demolition range instruction, marking a historic milestone in ICITAP’s engagement with the Burkinabe National Police. This session was part of the ICITAP-sponsored “Improvised Explosives Device Awareness & Operations” Course, held at Camp Badnogo from ...

January 19, 2026

According to a statement from the Taliban’s provincial police command, the incident occurred on Sunday (January 18) in Puladkhana area of Maidan Shahr, the provincial capital. The statement said the explosion was caused by a landmine left over from previous conflicts and detonated while a group of children were collecting firewood in the area. Local authorities said ...

January 19, 2026

The law enforcement investigation concerns possible misuse of budget funds during humanitarian demining of agricultural lands as part of the state expense-reimbursement program. The information was confirmed by the National Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General on January 19. According to police data, the state entity responsible for humanitarian demining signed a contract with ...

January 19, 2026

Heng Ratana, Director General of CMAC, held a working meeting with a delegation from the South Sudan Mine Action Authority, led by Mike Rashid Fulla Obaldo, Director General of the National Mine Action Authority of South Sudan (NMAA South Sudan), during their visit to Cambodia from January 19 to 30, 2026. The meeting took place on ...

January 19, 2026

A 20-year-old man was killed after a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday when the victim, Aayta Kuhrami, a resident of Kasturipad village under Usoor police station area, had gone to a nearby forest, a police official said. He ...

January 19, 2026

U.S.-allied forces guarding prisons holding thousands of Islamic State group militants in northeastern Syria said Monday that they had lost control of one of the facilities after fighting broke out with fighters loyal to the government in Damascus. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) added that one prison was less than 2 miles from a U.S.-led ...

January 18, 2026

A 41-year-old man has been charged over the alleged manufacturing of pipe bombs found along footpaths in Canberra’s north this week. Fifteen explosive devices were found along the shore of Lake Ginninderra in Belconnen between Joynton Smith Drive and Ginninderra Drive. Some of the devices had detonated prior to being found, while others were detonated by ...

January 18, 2026

The Executive Mine Action Center branch in Hodeida province destroyed on Sunday 140 anti-vehicle landmines left by the Saudi-US aggression in al-Hali district. The operation was carried out as part of ongoing clearance efforts to secure residential areas and roads, with officials stressing that mine-removal activities continue despite financial and logistical challenges to protect civilians and ...

January 17, 2026

Five people sustained injuries on Thursday after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated along the Takalafiya-Gadar Zaima road in Bukkuyum LGA of Zamfara state. The blast occurred around 11:30am when a motorcycle carrying five passengers ran over an explosive device believed to have been planted by armed bandits targeting security patrols in the volatile area. Read more… Source: ...

January 17, 2026

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Jan. 16, that resulted in the death of a leader affiliated with Al-Qaeda who had direct ties to an ISIS terrorist responsible for an ambush which killed two U.S. service members and an American interpreter on Dec. 13, 2025. Bilal Hasan al-Jasim ...

January 17, 2026

Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have intercepted a vehicle conveying a large cache of explosive materials at a checkpoint in Koza, Daura Local Government Area. In a statement on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, said the interception occurred on January 7 during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation. He explained that a ...

January 17, 2026

Hazaribag: Investigators probing the explosion that killed three people, including a couple, at Habibi Nagar found a mortar tail at the explosion site, sources said on Friday. The powerful explosion rocked Habibinagar locality of Hazaribag district on Wednesday, with agencies now suspecting that the blast may not have been caused by a crude bomb, as it ...

January 16, 2026

Devon and Cornwall Chief Constable James Vaughan, QPM MSt (Cantab), and Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez have thanked all the agencies involved in dealing with two Second World War unexploded device operations this week. This week two separate unexploded devices were found in Plymouth and Exmouth resulting in two simultaneous major incidents. The munitions were ...

January 16, 2026

The bomb dredged out of Exmouth Marina on Wednesday, January 14, has been safely removed. A 100-metre cordon was initially set up around the area, with properties in the area evacuated. This cordon was later extended to 400m. In an update on Thursday night, the cordon has been expanded to 600 metres, as a further 500 ...

January 15, 2026

Zimbabwe was set to become the second contaminated country to be declared landmine-free last year – Mozambique led the way in 2015 – but funding cuts by the United States and other international donors has slowed progress. The HALO Trust and APOPO, an international organisation, had helped with demining in southeastern Zimbabwe but their work has ...

January 15, 2026

The King County Bomb Disposal Unit “rendered safe” an improvised explosive device (IED) that was found in a Burien garage. This afternoon, a cleaning crew called police to report they had found a package that looked suspicious inside a garage at SW 149th St and 22nd Ave SW. Police responded to the scene and blocked off ...