- Cyprus: Bomb explodes under woman’s car in Limassol, second car damaged
March 16, 2026
A low-powered improvised explosive device exploded under a 45-year-old woman’s car in the Ayios Spyridonas area of Limassol at 4:20 a.m., police said. An officer and members of Limassol CID went to the scene immediately. Police said on-site examinations showed the blast was caused by a low-powered homemade explosive device placed beneath the woman’s vehicle. The ...
- Netherlands: Explosion near Amsterdam WTC linked to emerging group Ashab al-Yamin
March 16, 2026
The newly formed terror group Ashab al-Yamin carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) attack outside an American bank near the World Trade Center in Amsterdam on Sunday. A spokesperson for Amsterdam Police confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Monday that an explosion occurred at the entrance of an office on Strawinskylaan Street, the location of ...
- Pakistan Carries Out Fresh Heavy Airstrikes on Kabul
March 16, 2026
Pakistan launched heavy bombardment targeting Afghanistan’s capital Kabul again, according to Taliban officials and residents reporting multiple explosions across the city. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the strikes, saying a drug rehabilitation hospital was hit and several civilians were killed. Videos shared by residents showed large explosions and fires in several parts of Kabul, with witnesses ...
- Israel: MDA warns of chemical exposure risk, ‘two-phase poisoning process’ from Iranian missile fuel
March 16, 2026
The Israeli healthcare system is preparing for the potential exposure to chemical substances from Iranian missile fuel launched toward Israel. A document recently published by Magen David Adom (MDA) and distributed to emergency teams warned that some of the missiles fired during Operation Roaring Lion are powered by liquid propellant, which could pose a health risk ...
- India: Security forces recover 4 IEDs during anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker
March 16, 2026
Four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered, and four Naxal memorials were demolished during a joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in North Bastar Kanker district, police said. According to Kanker Police, the operation was carried out in the Chhotebethiya police station area as part of the ongoing ...
- Nigeria: Army invites media, CSOs to counter IPOB’s propaganda over IED images
March 16, 2026
The Nigerian Army has invited media organisations, civil society groups and other stakeholders for a verification tour as part of the moves to counter alleged propaganda by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over its recent Operation Eastern Sanity conducted simultaneously in Imo and Anambra States.Nigerian Political Analysis The Army extended the invitation while accusing ...
- Pakistan: Police constable injured in attack on checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan
March 15, 2026
Unidentified armed militants attacked the Khutti police checkpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district late on Saturday night, triggering an exchange of fire with security personnel, police officials said. During the exchange, one police constable sustained injuries. Officials said the militants managed to flee from the scene following the retaliatory action by the police. Police ...
- Israel: Former fire chief warns of dangers of Iranian cluster bombs, how to stay safe
March 15, 2026
As part of Operation Roaring Lion and the ongoing conflict with Iran, Israel’s home front is facing multiple ballistic missile barrages every day, fired from Iran towards every part of the country. These barrages frequently include cluster munitions, which split in mid-air into smaller bombs and are considered extremely dangerous. Former Fire and Rescue Authority commander ...
- New York: Detective carries on dad’s NYPD Bomb Squad legacy at Gracie Mansion attack
March 14, 2026
Bomb Squad Detective Sean Mulcahy was carrying on his dad’s legacy when he responded to the homemade bomb attack by two Islamist fanatics at Gracie Mansion. Mulcahy, 51, was driving to work in Manhattan Saturday when he saw cops flying up the West Side Highway in a Bomb Squad truck and wondered what job they were ...
- Netherlands: Explosion outside Jewish school in Amsterdam – “targeted attack”
March 14, 2026
An explosion outside a Jewish school in Buitenveldert in Amsterdam on Friday night caused limited damage, according to Dutch police. A photograph obtained by the Parool newspaper shows flames at an outside wall of the school, close to a drainpipe. There was another explosion at a Belgian synagogue last Sunday night and one at a synagogue ...
- Pakistan: Seven policemen killed in IED attack in Lakki Marwat
March 14, 2026
Seven policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a police vehicle in the Bettani subdivision of Lakki Marwat district on Friday. A police official said a squad from the Shadikhel police station was on routine patrol when terrorists targeted their vehicle with an IED planted along ...
- New York: Class teaching first responders how to defuse deadly IEDs
March 14, 2026
In a stunning case of bad timing, a federal Office for Bombing Prevention class for first responders on deadly IEDs has been scrubbed due to the government shutdown — just days after a pair of Islamic extremists hurled homemade bombs outside Gracie Mansion. The online class, set for this month, deals with the “function, components, classifications, ...
- Hormuz Strait tensions: How navies detect and clear marine mines
March 13, 2026
With the US racing to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and stabilise soaring oil prices, a report emerged that Iran has sown an “estimated 10 mines” in the vital chokepoint, where 20% of global oil exports pass through. Deployed stealthily, often by frogmen from small boats masquerading as fishing vessels, these weapons evade detection, rendering clearance ...
- Michigan synagogue and Virginia university attacks
March 13, 2026
A pair of attacks over 700 miles apart on Thursday struck at the heart of community safe havens, leaving shocked Americans with an uneasy sense of security. First, a deadly shooting being investigated as terrorism devastated a Virginia university in a military town. Then, a vehicle rammed into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township in ...
- Nigeria: Army reopens Imo road shut for three years, destroys explosives factory
March 12, 2026
Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation UDO KA have reopened a major road closed for over three years due to persistent threats and attacks by IPOB/ESN militants during clearance operations in Imo State. The Army also said it uncovered an improvised explosive device factory. The development was disclosed in a statement released on Thursday by ...
- UK: RAF Lossiemouth bomb scare ends after ‘controlled explosion’
March 12, 2026
An incident involving a “suspicious package” at RAF Lossiemouth has ended. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal team which attended conducted a controlled explosion revealing the package contained nothing of concern. The areas which had been cordoned off are now re-opening, and people are returning to previously evacuated buildings. Police Scotland confirmed roadblocks in the area had been ...
- Azerbaijan: Landmine blast kills civilian in Khojavand
March 12, 2026
An Azerbaijani civilian was killed in a landmine explosion in the liberated Khojavand district, authorities said. The incident occurred on Thursday in the village of Ashaghi Veysalli, according to a joint statement issued by the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA). The statement said that Ramiz Hajiyev, born in ...
- UK: Pitsea man charged after small device discovered in warrant
March 12, 2026
A man has been charged and will appear in court after proactive investigative work led officers to execute a warrant at an address in Pitsea. Officers conducted a planned search at a property in Rokescroft following intelligence about the possible possession of combustible materials. During the warrant on Tuesday 10 March, a man was arrested and ...
- FBI opens first Ecuador office in fight against drug trafficking
March 12, 2026
The United States has opened its first Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office in Ecuador, the U.S. Embassy in Quito said on Wednesday. The office will aim to work with Ecuadorean officials to fight the trafficking of drugs and weapons, along with money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the embassy said in a social media ...
- Texas: Cypress bomb threat suspect found with explosive material arrested
March 11, 2026
A Cypress man who allegedly threatened to bomb Highway 290 had the makings of an explosive in his bedroom alongside a rifle, ammunition and a bulletproof vest, according to a court affidavit filed Tuesday. Jeremiah Chavez, 20, was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of explosive components. He allegedly called local authorities and told them he ...
- Kuwait: National Guard safely destroys drone warhead found in fuel tank
March 11, 2026
The Kuwait National Guard announced the successful extraction and destruction of remnants of a drone warhead that had fallen into a fuel storage tank. In a statement issued Wednesday evening the official spokesman of the National Guard, Brig. Dr. Jadaan Fadel Jadaan, said that personnel from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit of the Engineering Battalion ...
- Vietnam destroys 27 unexploded bombs in operation backed by Norway
March 11, 2026
A total of 27 pieces of unexploded wartime ordnance were safely destroyed in central Vietnam on 10 March, Vietnam National Mine Action Center reports. The demolition marked another step in the long effort to clear unexploded ordnance that still threatens communities decades after the war. The operation was carried out by the Vietnam National Mine Action ...
- Pakistan: Five injured in grenade attack on house in Balochistan’s Pasni
March 11, 2026
Five labourers from Sindh were injured in a grenade attack on a house in the coastal town of Pasni late Tuesday night, police said. Unknown people riding motorbikes hurled a grenade at a residential quarter in Ward No. 9, resulting in an explosion in the house’s courtyard, according to police reports. As a result, five people ...
- Middle East: Three more vessels hit by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz
March 11, 2026
Three more vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security and risk firms said on Wednesday, bringing the number of ships struck in the region since the Iran conflict began to at least 14. Shipping along the narrow strait has come to a near standstill since the United States and ...
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