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- Israel intercepts missile launched by Houthi rebels as US airstrikes hit Yemen
March 20, 2025
Israel’s military intercepted a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, the second to target Israel since the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire, as the United States’ intensifies airstrikes ...
- 3 people face federal charges in Tesla arson attacks in U.S. as 80 more vehicles damaged in Canada
March 20, 2025
About 80 Tesla vehicles at a car dealership in Canada were damaged, authorities said, as the U.S. attorney general announced charges Thursday against three people accused of using Molotov cocktails ...
- British bomb disposal expert injured in Gaza
March 20, 2025
A British bomb disposal expert has been injured in an attack on a UN facility in the Gaza Strip, the charity he works for has said. The 51-year-old, who was not ...
- Texas: New Braunfels Man who Planned Mass Murder Attacks Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Federal Prison
March 19, 2025
SAN ANTONIO – A New Braunfels man was sentenced in federal court today to 78 months in prison for a charge related to his planned mass murder attacks that were ...
- Iraq: ISIS suicide bomber detonates near army position in Salahaddin province
March 19, 2025
Two ISIS militants, including a suicide-bomber who self-detonated, were killed during clashes with Iraqi security forces in northern Iraq on Wednesday, according to Baghdad’s Security Media Cell. “After intensive monitoring and ...
- Colorado: Court documents released on a Fort Carson Soldier accused of stealing an explosive device
March 19, 2025
An active duty Fort Carson soldier, 41-year-old Joshua King, is being accused of stealing C4 off the post. According to court documents, the explosive was found when the soldier’s ex-wife ...
- Battle continues in Solomon Islands against UXOs eight decades after WWII
March 19, 2025
More than 80 years since the Battle of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, communities today are still grappling with the unexploded devices left behind. The major battle in World War Two resulted ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Two IEDs defused In Kashmir
March 19, 2025
Security forces on Wednesday recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from Bandipora and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The first ED was recovered near Sunset Point along the ...
- Police Arrest Istanbul Mayor Over Alleged Corruption and Terror Links
March 19, 2025
Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reports ...
- Florida: Pipe bomb, guns, ‘chemical materials’ found at man’s Key West home
March 19, 2025
A Key West man is now the subject of a federal investigation after officers found a pipe bomb and a cache of weapons at his home, authorities said. They said ...
- Nigeria declares state of emergency in Rivers State over pipeline vandalism
March 18, 2025
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in oil-producing Rivers State and suspended the state governor, his deputy and all lawmakers. Tinubu, in a television broadcast, said ...
- Somali militants target presidential convoy in bomb attack
March 18, 2025
Al Shabaab militants targeted Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a bomb attack on his motorcade as it was traveling through the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the Islamist group said. Two ...
- Poland and Baltic states want to exit landmine treaty over Russia’s military threat
March 18, 2025
Poland and the Baltic states said on Tuesday that they want to withdraw from an international treaty banning anti-personnel mines, citing Russia’s growing military threat. In a joint statement, the ...
- Israel: IDF carries out massive overnight strikes on Hamas in Gaza Strip
March 18, 2025
The IDF and the Shin Bet started around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday morning to conduct dozens of extensive air strikes specifically on mid-level Hamas commanders in Gaza and some senior Hamas ...
- Finland to host Nordic rescue exercise in Oulu in September
March 18, 2025
Finland will host Rescue Borealis 2025, a Nordic exercise focusing on the Euro-Arctic cross-border cooperation involving rescue services in Finland, Sweden and Norway, said the Ministry of the Interior in ...
- Russian sappers conducting demining operations in 36 settlements in Kursk Region
March 18, 2025
Sappers are conducting demining operations in 36 liberated settlements within the Kursk Region. Currently, approximately 19,000 hectares of land, over 370 kilometers of roads, and more than 6,700 buildings and ...
- Syrian troops exchange fire with Lebanese army, armed groups in northeast Lebanon
March 17, 2025
Syrian troops exchanged fire with Lebanese soldiers and armed groups in northeast Lebanon overnight and into Monday in a new round of clashes along the two countries’ border. Late on Sunday, ...
- EU, others pledge more than $6bn to Syria in post-al-Assad donor drive
March 17, 2025
The European Union has hosted a donor drive for Syria to encourage a peaceful transition following the ousting of former leader Bashar al-Assad. Western and regional powers participated in Monday’s ...
- Thailand: Volunteer escapes car bomb attack in Pattani
March 17, 2025
A female territorial defence volunteer today narrowly escaped a car bombing in Pattani province. The explosion severely damaged her vehicle, which caught fire. Emergency services responded promptly to assist at the ...
- Syria’s massacre of Alawites exposes the new Islamist regime’s real intentions
March 17, 2025
A chilling note accompanied an Iftar meal in Idlib this week: “Every Alawite has the right to live in peace… in a grave.” This message, circulated amid one of Syria’s ...
- Characterization and differentiation of aluminum powders used in improvised explosive devices
March 16, 2025
Determining the extent to which sources of aluminum (Al) powders, often used as fuel in improvised explosive devices (IEDs), can be differentiated is important for forensic investigations and gathering intelligence. Previous ...
- Iraqi Special Forces personnel complete counter-terror training course in Pakistan
March 16, 2025
Iraqi Special Forces have completed an over two-month-long training course at the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) in northwestern Pakistan, state-run media reported on Sunday, as both countries eye bolstering ...
- Pakistan: Three security personnel among 5 killed in Noskhi SVBIED attack
March 16, 2025
A vehicle-borne suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a security forces convoy in Balochistan’s Noskhi district, leaving three security personnel and two civilians martyred, the military’s media wing said in a ...
- Yemen: U.S. launches multiple strikes against Houthi targets
March 15, 2025
The U.S. launched strikes Saturday in Yemen as President Trump said the U.S. would use “overwhelming lethal force” until Houthis cease shipping attacks. “Today, I have ordered the United States ...
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