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- The Second Edition of the World Police Summit concludes with record visitor numbers as international security community comes together to tackle evolving criminal landscape
March 20, 2023
The second edition of the World Police Summit – hosted by Dubai Police – welcomed more than 13,500 visitors from 110 countries to explore the current challenges facing police forces, ...
- EU gives Ukraine €2bn of ammunition after shell plea
March 20, 2023
More than a dozen European Union member states have agreed to supply Ukraine with at least one million artillery shells over the next year. The plan, worth €2bn in total, was ...
- Ukraine: Kherson region detention facility chief killed in car bomb attack
March 20, 2023
In the Kherson region of Ukraine, Serhiy Moskalenko, the chief of the regional pre-trial detention centre who was collaborating with the Russian occupation “government”, has been killed, the Defence Intelligence ...
- Solomon Islands: RSIPF-EOD welcome Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Visit to Hells Point
March 20, 2023
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have welcomed His Excellency Yoshimasa Hayashi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan during a brief visit ...
- Pakistan’s forces recover huge cache of weapons from terrorists’ hideout in Balochistan
March 20, 2023
Anintelligence-based operation (IBO) was carried out in the general area of Rehman Kahul to clear a suspected hideout of terrorists, linked with recent terror incidents, including the planting of improvised ...
- Belgium: Bomb attack targets house in Mechelen
March 19, 2023
On Saturday night, an explosive attack on a house in the Zwartzustersberg, Mechelen, caused no injuries but significant damage, police said Sunday morning. The attack was carried out by an explosive ...
- New Jersey: Piscataway EMTs Complete Terrorist Bombing Response Training
March 19, 2023
As part of their continuing education plan, two members of Piscataway’s River Road Rescue Squad recently completed course work certifying they are ready to respond to terrorist bombing incidents if ...
- Israel labels fireworks as explosives in temporary order
March 19, 2023
The Israeli government has approved a one-time, temporary order labeling fireworks as explosive devices for a period of nine months. The order was proposed by Labor Minister Yoav Ben Tzur in ...
- Twenty Years on, Iraq Bears Scars of US-led Invasion
March 19, 2023
In the lead up to the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, proponents of the war spoke of the Iraqi people as helpless victims of a dictatorial regime. ...
- Kenya: Multi-agency approach is silver bullet in fighting terrorism
March 19, 2023
As a regional power in fighting terrorism, Kenya always takes lead in developing compelling strategies to bolster the war on terror in the country and region. Kenya received international accolades for ...
- MI5 received TWO separate warnings Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was buying dangerous chemicals months before attack – but didn’t act in time
March 18, 2023
MI5 chiefs failed to act on two separate warnings that the Manchester Arena attacker was buying bomb-making ingredients in the months before the outrage. The Mail on Sunday has learned that the ...
- Three Young Nigerian Soldiers Killed After Patrol Vehicle Drives Over Bomb Planted By ISWAP Terrorists In Borno
March 18, 2023
Improvised explosive devices and ambushes continue to pose a major threat to soldiers fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP in Northern Nigeria. An exclusive report by SaharaReporters has revealed that three young ...
- South Sudan: 11 children killed in unexploded ordnance blast in Western Bahr el-Ghazal state
March 17, 2023
Eleven children were killed and one injured in an accident involving unexploded ordnance in South Sudan, the spokeswoman for the UN mission in the violence-wracked country (UNMISS) said on Friday. The ...
- Russia Claims Bombs Found At A Druzhba Oil Pipeline Station
March 17, 2023
Officials with the Russian oil company Transneft say they’ve uncovered a failed bomb plot to sabotage the Druzhba oil pipeline and maim civilians in the western Bryansk region of Russia. Transneft ...
- Military Working Dog makes mark on Enterprise Access Management Service-Army page
March 17, 2023
A picture of an attentive Military Working Dog looking at his camouflage-clad handler through a tunnel greets people when they open a wide variety of Army programs from the Enterprise ...
- UK: Financial analyst found guilty of making home-made bomb and possessing explosives
March 17, 2023
A FINANCIAL analyst was yesterday found guilty of making a home-made bomb and possessing explosives. Asad Bhatti, 49, was reported to police by the owner of a computer repair shop who became suspicious ...
- K9 handlers from across Mississippi attend Law Dog Seminar
March 16, 2023
Whether they’re helping track fugitives, finding a missing person, or searching for narcotics or weapons, Police K9s are a vital part of law enforcement and training is intense and continuous. K9 ...
- AI identifies molecules from their featureless visible spectrum
March 16, 2023
An artificial intelligence algorithm can identify molecules from their visible spectrum, where many organic compounds are completely transparent and have no absorption peaks to speak of. ‘Forget about the peaks ...
- MWD units conduct explosives training
March 16, 2023
The 67th Military Police Detachment (Military Working Dog), Special Troops Battalion, teamed up with 523rd MP Detachment (MWD) out of Fort Riley, Kan., as well as local police K9 agencies ...
- UK: Bomb-making and explosives guides found on mobile phone
March 16, 2023
A man has been convicted of terrorism offences after extremist material was found on his mobile phone. Mohammed Adnan Saleem, 22, of Montrose Avenue, Luton, had saved several banned documents, including ...
- Israel says suspect killed wearing a suicide vest following roadside bomb
March 15, 2023
Israeli security forces killed a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb that injured a man near the occupied West Bank this week, the military said on Wednesday, adding that ...
- Pakistan: Two die, seven injured in Khuzdar blast
March 15, 2023
At least two people died and seven others injured after an explosion near a vehicle at Do Talwar Chowk area Khuzdar Town on Tuesday. According to police sources, the blast of ...
- India: 15-Year-Old Injured in Crude Bomb Blast in Tripura
March 15, 2023
A crude bomb went off near a school building in the Sepahijala district of Tripura on Wednesday injuring a school-going child. The state police have started an investigation into the ...
- Austria: Vienna police warn of credible threat of ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches
March 15, 2023
Austrian police warn of the danger of an ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches in Vienna. The country’s intelligence service didn’t disclose any further information as to the threats received. Police in Vienna tweeted that they ...
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