- Türkiye discovers unexploded artillery shells in Black Sea
July 31, 2023
Türkiye’s Naval Forces Command detected at least 28 unexploded artillery shells in the Black Sea, local authorities in Istanbul said Monday. Investigations conducted by the underwater defense forces revealed that the objects were unexploded artillery shells, the governor’s office said in a statement. Read more… Source: Daily Sabah
- Sweden: A powerful explosion in Linköping
July 31, 2023
During the night, some type of explosive device detonated in the center of Skäggetorp. The Center Party’s leader and Linköping resident, Muharrem Demirok, lives a good distance from the explosion site, but was awakened by it last night. “It must have been a powerful detonation,” he says. After seeing on the news that there was an ...
- California: Suspect arrested after explosive devices found at Fremont business
July 31, 2023
Evacuations have been ordered for an area of Fremont after authorities located explosive devices in a business on Industrial Place on Sunday, police said. Earlier, police were called to a report of domestic violence in the north end of town and arrested a suspect and prepared to seize his registered firearms, Fremont Police said. Read more… Source: ABC7 ...
- Pakistan: At least 44 killed, over 100 injured in ‘suicide’ blast at convention in KP’s Bajaur
July 30, 2023
At least 44 people were killed while over 100 were wounded in a suicide blast at a Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers’ convention in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Bajaur district on Sunday. The explosion occurred when more than 400 JUI-F members and supporters gathered under a tent in the town of Khar, near the border with ...
- New York: MTA K9 discourages terrorism on trains
July 30, 2023
The MTA is continuing to work to keep the region’s transportation system safe and canines are playing a large role in their efforts. The MTA PD Canine Unit currently has 35 teams whose mission is to deter terrorism and prevent crime on the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Staten Island Railway, and at respective ...
- Ukraine’s sea drones, part of Ukraine’s fightback in the Black Sea
July 30, 2023
At a secret makeshift military base a nondescript van and pickup truck tow two gray objects covered by tarpaulin mounted on trailers. In the driving rain, they resemble something more akin to a Boston Whaler, rather than hiding one of Ukraine’s most closely guarded secrets. Perched on the banks of a secret lake, CNN was given ...
- India: Nine-year-old boy injured in crude bomb explosion in Bengal’s North
July 30, 2023
A nine-year-old boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday, police said. The boy, a class 4 student was injured in Basirhat block 2 when he mistook a crude bomb lying in the field close to his house to be a ball and touched it, they said. Read ...
- Iraq’s electric grid hit by fire, explosions amid scorching heat
July 30, 2023
A fire at a power station in southern Iraq and several explosions have affected the country’s ailing national electricity grid as temperatures rise. A statement by Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity on Saturday said a fire broke out shortly after noon at the Al-Bkir station in the southern city of Basra. Three electricity towers in the north ...
- KOICA applauds progress in Cambodia’s mine clearance
July 29, 2023
The success story of the mine clearance project, a collaboration between Cambodia and South Korea, was given high praise recently, as significant strides have been made in alleviating mine threats in the Kingdom. Senior minister Ly Thuch, who also serves as first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), held a ...
- India: IED explodes during anti-Maoist operation in Odisha
July 29, 2023
Odisha’s anti-Maoist elite force, the Special Operation Group (SOG), and CRPF jawans had a narrow escape on Saturday when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded during a combing operation at Juigsaipatna village in Kalahandi district, police said. There was no casualty, injury or damage to the police team, Kalahandi SP SP Abhilash G said. Read more… Source: Devdiscourse
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 176
July 29, 2023
Yesterday, the IAEA team visited reactor unit 5 where they observed the reactor vessel, spent fuel pool and the steam generator. The team noted that all equipment seemed to be in normal condition. There were no restrictions during the visit and the team did not observe any mines or explosives. However, during a walkdown within the ...
- Niger: EU suspends security cooperation and budgetary aid
July 29, 2023
The EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country’s army took power in a coup. It comes shortly after the US declared its “unflagging support” for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum – seen as a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants. On Friday the head of the presidential guards unit Gen ...
- Bangladesh: Four explosions reported in Aminbazar, six crude bombs recovered
July 29, 2023
Four explosions of crude bomb-like objects have been reported in Aminbazar, Savar, the gateway to Dhaka. The explosions occurred on the road in front of a filling station in Aminbazar on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at around 2pm on Saturday. Shortly after, police found six fresh crude bombs near the blast site, in an abandoned paper bag ...
- UK: Evacuation after man takes WW2 explosive home
July 28, 2023
Several residential streets were evacuated after a man told the police about a suspected World War Two bomb he had brought home to his garden. Rob Parkin, from Rachub, Gwynedd, discovered what he thought was a mortar at a quarry 20 years earlier “and stupidly brought it home”. “It crossed my mind occasionally that maybe there ...
- Ireland: Widespread condemnation of arson attack on former Cork school
July 28, 2023
The Tánaiste has led condemnation of a petrol bomb attack on a former school building which is being retrofitted to house Ukrainian families. Micheál Martin said those responsible for the incident should face the full rigours of the law. He was speaking in Cork on Friday as a Garda investigation got under way into the attempted ...
- California: ‘Violent extremist’ arrested in Reseda after discovery of explosive devices, Nazi memorabilia
July 28, 2023
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles filed drug and weapons charges Friday against a man arrested in connection with an FBI search of an RV and home in Reseda, where agents said home made gun parts, an improvised explosive device, explosive chemicals, and Nazi memorabilia were discovered. Ryan Scott Bradford, 39, who agents described as having a, ...
- UK: ‘Big bang’ as armed robbers ‘try to blow up’ Northwood Co-op cash machine
July 28, 2023
Neighbours have reported hearing a ‘big bang’ after armed robbers ‘tried to blow up’ a cash machine. Staffordshire Police are now hunting two masked raiders who targeted Northwood Co-op, on Keelings Road, late last night. It comes as the bomb squad has this afternoon been scrambled to the store which still remains taped off. Police forensics ...
- Washington: Seattle Homeless Encampment Bombing Was Reportedly Result of Drug Turf War
July 27, 2023
A tent filled with 20 people taking fentanyl was the target of an explosives attack at a Seattle homeless encampment last Friday, according to a police report. It is believed the incident was part of an ongoing turf war between drug dealers at the encampment. The report refers to multiple devices discovered by people in the ...
- UK: Controlled explosion of WW2 bomb found on seabed
July 27, 2023
A controlled explosion has been carried out by Royal Navy divers off the north coast of Guernsey. Police said what was thought to be “an airdropped weapon” from World War Two was detonated at 10:15 BST. It said the device was discovered by a local diver. The navy identified it as a German-made SC500 bomb. The ...
- Greece: Wildfire in the Volos area triggers explosions at an ammunition depot and the relocation of fighter jets
July 27, 2023
A wildfire whipped on by strong winds triggered a series of massive explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition depot in central Greece, while firefighters worked to tame multiple blazes in the country. There were no injuries at the depot, which had been evacuated before the explosions, and by late Thursday the fire was no longer ...
- Syria: Six killed, 23 others injured in terrorist explosion in Damascus countryside
July 27, 2023
Six citizens were killed Thursday and nearly 23 others were injured in a terrorist explosion that targeted Assayida Zainab town in Damascus countryside. A motorcycle was detonated near a taxi of SABA at Kou Sudan street in Sayyida Zainab. Read more… Source: SANA News Related story: ISIS claims responsibility for attack on shrine near Damascus
- North Carolina: Man charged with possessing ‘weapon of mass destruction’ outside Sheetz in Holly Springs
July 27, 2023
Holly Springs police arrested a man who they say had an improvised explosive in his car outside a Sheetz on Wednesday. According to the police, the incident happened at the Sheetz gas station at 1100 Avent Ferry Road. Police said officers were conducting a business check of the Sheetz when they noticed a man, identified ...
- Kenya: Attack On Kenya Defence Forces Outpost Confirms Al-Shabaab Drone Use
July 27, 2023
Kenyan security forces have increased their operations along the country’s 680-kilometer border with Somalia in response to recent attacks by al-Shabaab. During one recent attack against a military outpost in Sirari, security forces killed a suspected suicide bomber and brought down a drone that al-Shabaab fighters were using to gather intelligence ahead of the attack. Read more… Source: ...
- Russia: Traces of explosives found in hold of another vessel in Kerch Strait
July 27, 2023
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has found traces of explosives in the hold of a dry cargo vessel sailing via a Ukrainian port and the Kerch Strait to Rostov-on-Don to pick up a load of grain, the FSB told TASS on Thursday. “On July 26, traces of explosives – dinitrotoluene and trotyl – were found ...