News – March 2026

March 28, 2026

Authorities in France are investigating an attempted terror attack in which a man allegedly tried to detonate an explosive device in Paris, according to officials. French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez congratulated French police for thwarting the “violent” attack in Paris overnight Saturday. Police had noticed two men with a shopping bag outside the building, RTL France, ...

March 27, 2026

The NYPD and the FBI said they have disrupted an alleged plot to kill a Palestinian activist, according to law enforcement officials and unsealed court documents. Authorities arrested Alexander Heifler in Hoboken on Thursday night on charges of unlawfully possessing and unlawfully making firearms. Heifler allegedly discussed a plan to build a dozen Molotov cocktails and ...

March 26, 2026

Italian World War II shell discovered by children at a construction site was successfully defused and removed in a controlled military operation. A World War II-era Italian shell discovered yesterday in Pefki has been safely removed following a carefully coordinated military operation early Thursday morning, March 26, 2026. According to reports, the 11- and 12-year-old children ...

March 26, 2026

A foreign-flagged, Turkish-operated crude oil tanker was targeted on Thursday in an attack in the Black Sea near Istanbul, Türkiye’s transport minister said, adding that no casualties were reported among the crew. The vessel, named Altura, carrying around 140,000 tonnes of crude oil, was struck, with the engine room as the apparent target, Transport and Infrastructure ...

March 26, 2026

Authorities in Libya have recovered on March 25, unexploded ordnance near a key oil pipeline in the western part of the country, following an explosion at the site. The incident has raised fresh concerns about the safety of critical energy infrastructure in the region. According to the Interior Ministry, a Russian-made M-62 aerial bomb weighing approximately ...

March 26, 2026

A bomb exploded at a florists in Limassol in the early hours of Thursday, causing extensive damage to the shopfront. The police said an improvised explosive device was detonated at around 1.30am on Thursday outside the flower shop belonging to a 49-year-old woman. The blast caused extensive damage to the shop’s display window and two vehicles ...

March 26, 2026

The FBI has announced charges against a brother and sister in connection with an alleged improvised explosive device that was found near the visitors center at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida last week. The device was placed near the visitor’s center of MacDill Air Force Base on the evening of March 10, but was only ...

March 26, 2026

In order to cause injuries to both peaceable civilians and administrative authorities who are striving to restore the rule of law, extreme terrorists provide financial assistance and instigate destructive activities, such as detonating explosive devices and remote blasting, against public roads, railways, government offices and houses. Since they are conducting such terrorist acts, on 24 March ...

March 25, 2026

A stray drone coming from Russian airspace hit a chimney at the Auvere power station in Ida-Viru County in Estonia on Wednesday morning. “According to the current information, the drone was not aimed at Estonia,” press officer of the Estonian Internal Security Service Marta Tuul said in an email to POLITICO. “Initial operations are being carried ...

March 25, 2026

A man has been arrested by police in connection to an attack on the March for Life in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday when an improvised explosive device was thrown into a crowd of attendees. According to a statement by the Public Security Police (PSP), at the time of the attack around 500 people were gathered outside ...

March 25, 2026

The Israel Police confirmed on Wednesday that inspections of scenes of fallen projectiles in Kiryat Shmona found that for the first time since the war began, Hezbollah used cluster munitions, which landed in a residential neighborhood in the city. A cluster munition is a munition that comes apart in the air and releases dozens or hundreds ...

March 24, 2026

The Pentagon is expected to send ​thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, two people familiar with the ‌matter told Reuters on Tuesday, adding to a massive U.S. military buildup even as President Donald Trump talks about a possible deal with Tehran to end the war. Reuters first ...

March 24, 2026

Amsterdam police have published footage of one of the two men suspected of planting explosives outside an office complex in the city’s Zuidas business district on March 16. The footage was broadcast during television crime show Opsporing Verzocht and features a young man in dark clothes with a rucksack arriving with another on a fatbike. The ...

March 24, 2026

A large number of crude bombs were found in the North 24 Parganas district of poll-bound West Bengal on Tuesday, police said. A total of 22 crude bombs were discovered at a house in the Haroa police station area, they said. A large quantity of bomb-making materials was also seized from the house, they added. The ...

March 24, 2026

Christopher Musa, minister of defence, says the federal government will establish civilian de-mining teams comprising retired military personnel, other security veterans, and civilians, including youths and medical professionals, to tackle threats of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the national mine action stakeholders’ workshop, the minister said the threat posed by anti-personnel ...

March 24, 2026

The Russian Federal Security Service has intercepted a shipment of heated shoe insoles rigged with explosives, which arrived from Poland and was destined for the special military operation zone. According to the press office, a foreign national born in 1994 has been detained in Russia. He was involved in the smuggling of weapons to Russia from ...

March 24, 2026

A 25-year-old man suffered burn injuries in an explosion allegedly while making crude bombs at Nilfa Bazar in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Monday. The injured was identified as Matiur Rahman of the area. Sarwar Hossain, Additional Superintendent of Gopalganj Police, said an explosion occurred at the house of Matiur on Monday evening, leaving him ...

March 23, 2026

Law enforcement officers have formally notified a 21-year-old resident of the city of Bucha in Kyiv region of suspicion in connection with committing a terrorist act. The investigation established that in March of this year, a Russian special service recruited the suspect through an online game. He maintained contact with a handler via a messenger app, ...

March 23, 2026

A 32-year-old man who escaped from the Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht on Friday was arrested later that evening. The man, identified as Nabil S., is a known figure in the Netherlands’ explosive robbery circuit, according to De Telegraaf. Authorities say Nabil S. was previously linked to a series of explosive and ram raids in 2013 in Beuningen, ...

March 23, 2026

Police recovered firearms, explosives, and ammunition in Barangay Bugnan, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija over the weekend. The operation stemmed from information provided by a former Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) member who voluntarily surrendered on March 12, 2026. Acting on the intelligence report, elements of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office (NEPPO), including the 1st Provincial Mobile Force ...

March 23, 2026

For Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Veenhuizen and his dozen-man explosive ordnance disposal team, a day on Kodiak Island means prep dives into cold Alaskan waters — a far cry from the warmer kiss of San Diego waves they call home — and the launch of little robots to scour the surf for “anomalies.” The ...

March 23, 2026

Lithuanian authorities are investigating a possible drone crash after an explosion was reported overnight in the Varėna district near the village of Lavysas. According to the Lithuanian Armed Forces, preliminary information suggests that an unidentified object, possibly a drone, crossed into Lithuanian airspace overnight and crashed in the area. Video footage obtained by LRT captures the ...

March 23, 2026

Eight persons have been confirmed dead after terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device, IED, along Luma Road in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. According to reports, the explosive struck a moving vehicle on Monday. The terrorists also reportedly destroyed a bridge linking three communities – Luma, Babanna and Agwara. The bridge serves as a ...

March 23, 2026

FORT HAMILTON, N.Y. — More than a dozen federal, state and local agencies trained together at Fort Hamilton on March 11, 2026, as Transportation Security Administration canine training instructors from John F. Kennedy International Airport led a large‑scale multi‑agency K‑9 readiness event designed to strengthen regional detection capabilities and interagency coordination. Supported by canine instructors from ...