- UK security services foiled 19 major terror attacks over past two years, says Sajid Javid
May 20, 2019
UK security services have foiled 19 major terror attacks over the past two years, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed. During a speech in which he confirmed plans to look at designating parts of Syria and possibly West Africa as terror no-go zones for British citizens, Mr Javid described how “the tempo of terror activity is increasing”. He ...
- Egypt explosion: Tourists on bus injured near Giza pyramids
May 19, 2019
An explosion targeting a tourist bus has injured at least 16 people near the Grand Egyptian Museum, next to the pyramids in Giza. South African tourists are among the injured. Most of those hurt suffered minor injuries, while three were treated in hospital, officials say. A device went off close to the museum fence as the bus ...
- UN deminers in Yemen start clearing Hodeidah ports as Houthis withdraw
May 14, 2019
A team of UN deminers began clearing thousands of landmines and explosives planted by Houthis around the ports of Hodeidah on Monday, as the rebel withdrawal from the three Red Sea ports continues, according to the spokesman for the pro-government forces in Hodeidah. “A UN team has already started clearing and dismantling a huge number of ...
- 4 policemen killed in Quetta IED blast; TTP claims responsibility
May 14, 2019
At least four police personnel were killed and 12 others, including some policemen, wounded in a blast near a mosque in the Satellite Town area of the provincial capital Monday night. The explosion was carried out through an improvised explosive device planted in a motorcycle parked on the roadside, Express Tribune quoting police said. According to sources, a ...
- Shooting, grenade explosion, IED discovery recorded in parts of Mindanao since Sunday
May 13, 2019
The military Monday said that a series of election-related incidents were recorded in some parts of Mindanao over the last 24 hours. The latest election-related incident took place in Poblacion Dalican, Datu Odin Sinsuat (DOS), Maguindanao, when a blast caused by an undetermined type of explosive took place at about 7:20 a.m. Monday. Military and police operatives ...
- Don’t Blow it! Collaboration Day
May 13, 2019
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is holding a collaboration event for its ‘Don’t Blow it’ competition, on mitigating the threat of chemical and biological weapons on the battlefield. The event aims to encourage the forging of new relationships and collaboration with the possibility of creating innovative technology for phase 2 of the competition and beyond. ...
- Police evacuate homes following reports of unexploded hand grenade
May 13, 2019
Police have this evening (May 13) evacuated a number of homes after reports were received of an unexploded hand grenade. Officers are currently at the scene at an address in Warrington following the discovery of a grenade. The explosive device has been found at the former site of RAF Burtonwood on Livingston Close. Six homes have been evacuated and temporary ...
- Malaysia foils plot by suspected militants to ‘avenge’ fireman’s death by targeting VIPs, houses of worship
May 13, 2019
The police’s Counter Terrorism Division seized six improvised explosive devices (IED) in one of the swoops, believed to be used on the day of attacks at entertainment outlets and houses of worships in the Klang Valley during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In the first arrest, the police detained a 34-year-old Malaysian labourer in Kuala ...
- Afghan Special Forces destroy several IEDs, Russian rocket in Helmand raid
May 13, 2019
The Afghan Special Forces destroyed several Improvised Explosive Devices, a Russian rocket, and some other IED equipment and military kits during a raid in southern Helmand province. “Afghan Special Forces conducted an operation in Garm Ser district of Helmand and destroyed an IED cache that included 4 anti-vehicle IEDs, 7 pressure plates, a Russian rocket, 10 ...
- Body scanners to replace metal detectors at airport
May 13, 2019
Airport operator, GVK, has called for an expression of interest for the supply of body scanners for installation at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. These scanners will replace the existing door frame metal detectors and hand-held scanners, besides pat-down searches of the passengers to detect metallic objects. “Use of body scanners will save time. Passengers will ...
- Pakistan attack: Gunmen killed five in Balochistan hotel
May 12, 2019
Pakistan’s army says gunmen who attacked a luxury hotel in Balochistan province on Saturday killed four hotel employees and a soldier. The three attackers were also killed during a siege that lasted several hours. Six people were injured. A spokesman for the Zaver Pearl-Continental Hotel in the port of Gwadar said there were few guests because of ...
- Car bomb in Somali capital Mogadishu kills Turkish engineer
May 12, 2019
A Turkish man is dead after a car bomb exploded in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, opposition Sözcü newspaper reported. The man, identified as an engineer, was killed when explosives fitted to his car exploded on Sunday, it quoted local police as saying. The man was taken to the Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research ...
- Taliban bomb kills eight children in Ghazni province
May 11, 2019
At least eight children were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in South-eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, security sources said. The incident took place at around 8:00 am local time in Muqer district of the province. The provincial government media office in a statement confirmed the incident and said the explosion also left two other children wounded. The ...
- 2 homemade explosive devices found after blast in Fullerton injures 1, police say
May 10, 2019
A pair of homemade explosive devices in Fullerton left one man injured and caused a panic in the area Friday morning, authorities said. The Fullerton Police Department responded shortly before 9 a.m. to a report of an explosion at 1100 S. Harbor Blvd., said Lt. Jon Radus. Initial reports indicated that an electrical box could have ...
- Deadly car bomb explosion foiled in Lashkargah city of Helmand province
May 10, 2019
A deadly car bomb explosion was foiled in Lashkargah city, the provincial capital of southern Helmand province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Thursday. According to a statement released by MoI, the car bomb was destroyed in an airstrike which was carried out in the vicinity of Nad-e-Ali district. The statement further added that the militants were ...
- 4 children killed, 5 wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Faryab
May 10, 2019
At least four children were killed and five others were wounded in an explosion triggered by an improvised explosive device in northern Faryab province. A spokesman for Faryab Police Abdul Karim Yurish said the incident took place late on Thursday afternoon in the vicinity of Dawlatabad district. Yurish further added that the children were busy herding their ...
- Argentine explosive devices from the Falklands’ war found and destroyed in the proximity of Stanley
May 10, 2019
The Falkland Islands weekly Penguin News reported this week that elements of the Royal Falkland Islands Police, the Fire Service and the military were in action following the discovery of two unexploded munitions in separate locations around the capital Stanley. It was later confirmed that the unexploded munitions, and neutralized, dated back to the time of ...
- Bangladesh pushes for comprehensive training for UN peacekeepers
May 9, 2019
Bangladesh has called for strong collaboration—among the UN secretariat, member states, troops, and police-contributing countries—to achieve comprehensive training for peacekeepers. Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Masud Bin Momen, said this at an open debate titled “Peacekeeping Training and Capacity-Building” at the UN Security Council on Wednesday, reports UNB. Among the troop-and-police-contributing countries, Bangladesh stood in ...
