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- Israel: Explosive device hurled at police force in East Jerusalem
January 30, 2023
An improvised explosive device was on Monday hurled at police in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. There were no injuries in the incident but a building was damaged. Read more… Source: YnetNews
- New York: TSA officers available to answer questions about the job of an officer for prospective recruits at Syracuse, Binghamton and Ithaca Airports in February
January 30, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring officers to work at Syracuse Hancock International, Greater Binghamton and Ithaca Tompkins International Airports and the agency is staffing a series of informational ...
- Cyprus: Arrest over illegal explosives
January 30, 2023
Police in Famagusta on Monday arrested a 23-year-old man for illegal explosives possession. They had obtained a warrant to search the suspect’s home, where they found 14 commercial and five homemade ...
- Pakistan: 28 killed, 150 injured in blast at Peshawar Police Lines mosque
January 30, 2023
A blast inside a mosque shook Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday, with officials saying that at least 28 people were killed and 150 were injured. Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Mehsood confirmed ...
- Hero army dog who saved countless lives by sniffing out five IEDs during raid against the Taliban is awarded animal version of the Victoria Cross
January 29, 2023
A heroic army dog who saved countless lives by sniffing out five IED bombs during a raid against the Taliban has been awarded the animal version of the Victoria Cross. Bass, ...
- Iran: Isfahan military facility attacked with quadcopters equipped with bomblets
January 29, 2023
Earlier today, the Iranian Defense Ministry in a statement said that its air defense units have repelled a drone attack on a military workshop in the central city of Isfahan. The ...
- UN reports tense situation in eastern DR Congo after rebel attacks, deadly blast
January 28, 2023
Attacks by the M23 Movement rebels and an explosion wounding 18 civilians leave a tense situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said on ...
- UK: Serving member of British Army charged with terror and explosives offences
January 28, 2023
A serving member of the British Army has been charged with terror and explosives offences, the Metropolitan Police said. Daniel Abed Khalife, of Beaconside, Stafford, was charged over two incidents in ...
- India: Security forces recover more than 160 IEDs during anti-Naxal operation in Bihar
January 28, 2023
Security forces led by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) seized more than 160 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during an anti-Naxal operation in Bihar, officials said on January 28. The patrol ...
- UK: NHS terror suspect had ‘pressure cooker bomb filled with gunpowder’ outside hospital
January 27, 2023
A man suspected of terrorism had a pressure cooker bomb filled with gunpowder outside a hospital, a court heard. Mohammed Farooq, 27, was caught with a bomb containing 13kg of explosives ...
- Afghanistan: Landmines left over from war in Helmand are still claiming victims
January 27, 2023
Unexploded ordnance and mines in war-torn areas of Helmand threaten the lives of residents of the province who are calling on the government to clear the areas affected by the ...
- Nigeria: Police deploy bomb sweepers, detectors
January 27, 2023
The police yesterday kicked-off the deployment of bomb sweepers, radiation detectors, frequency jammers and other modern security technologies in troubled regions to prevent criminals from using explosives and other devices ...
- Walls, Mines and Motivated Men: Ukraine’s Border With Belarus
January 27, 2023
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are currently bracing themselves for any potential Russian offensive, with Belarusian troops, all along Ukraine’s northwestern border, a heavily forested area full of forbidding ...
- Japanese police to step up measures against online gun- and bomb-making info
January 26, 2023
Police in Japan will step up efforts to monitor and delete online information related to gun- and bomb-making starting in March. The move comes after a homemade gun was used in ...
- Cyprus: Syrian man sentenced over electronic training activity for possible terrorism-related crimes
January 26, 2023
A Limassol district court has sentenced a 26-year-old Syrian man to two years in prison in connection with electronic training activity for possible terrorism-related crimes. The defendant had been remanded in ...
- UNODC: Opium poppy cultivation estimates increase in Myanmar in 2022
January 26, 2023
In its newest survey on opium cultivation in Myanmar, released in Bangkok today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates poppy cultivation to have increased by 33 ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Terror module busted in Rajouri, 3 suspects held for planting IED
January 26, 2023
In a major success, Police slimed to have busted a major terror module operating in border district Rajouri by arresting three Over Ground workers (OGWS) who planted Improvised Explosive Devices ...
- Winter 2022/23 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print
January 26, 2023
We are pleased to inform you that Winter 2022/23 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from NATO/Spanish ...
- Nebraska: Two men in custody after police uncover suspected explosives in northwest Lincoln
January 25, 2023
One man was arrested and another questioned after an early morning traffic stop in northwest Lincoln led police to five homemade explosive devices, according to authorities. Police evacuated a home including ...
- Spain: Elderly man arrested over high-profile letter bomb attacks
January 25, 2023
Spanish police have arrested a 74-year-old man on suspicion of sending letter bombs to high-profile targets, including the country’s prime minister. The man was reportedly taken into custody in the town ...
- DR Congo: Bomb injures at least 12 people near a market in Beni
January 25, 2023
A bomb exploded at a market in eastern Congo on Wednesday, injuring at least a dozen people, authorities said. An unknown person detonated a bomb inside a bag in North Kivu’s ...
- Northern Ireland: Pipe bomb found during Co Antrim security alert
January 25, 2023
A pipe bomb has been found following a security alert in County Antrim. The device was located in the Antrim Road area of Newtownabbey on Wednesday. Army bomb disposal experts declared the ...
- Ukrainian officials inspect mine removal equipment in Japan
January 25, 2023
Ukrainian government officials on Tuesday inspected land mine removal equipment displayed at an educational facility in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture. Ukraine needs about 60 land mine removal machines and hopes to gain ...
- Belgium: Over 120 kg of explosives used in Brussels attacks, court learns
January 24, 2023
The Brussels Court of Assizes, which is currently presiding over the trial of suspects involved in the Brussels terror attacks at the Maelbeek metro station and Zaventem Airport, listened to ...
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