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- US military says it defeated Houthi attack on ships in Gulf of Aden
December 10, 2024
Two U.S. Navy destroyers escorting three merchant vessels through the Gulf of Aden defeated an attack by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The Houthis launched multiple ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 264
December 10, 2024
A drone hit and severely damaged an official vehicle of the International Atomic Energy Agency during a rotation today of IAEA teams to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), in ...
- Pakistan: Two killed in motorcycle explosion in Qilla Abdullah
December 10, 2024
On Monday, police reported that two individuals riding a motorcycle laden with explosives were killed in southwestern Pakistan. According to the police, the incident occurred when the explosives on the ...
- Syria: IAF strikes over 300 targets in massive operation after Assad’s fall
December 10, 2024
The Israeli Air Force carried out over 300 strikes in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to Israeli security sources. Some 70%-80% of the capabilities of former ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: IED found on Srinagar-Baramulla highway
December 10, 2024
The Army on Monday averted a major terror incident after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered on the Srinagar- Baramulla national highway. Srinagar-based Chinar Corps said on Monday that ...
- Investigation launched into Queensland lab breach, with vials of Hendra virus, lyssavirus and hantavirus missing
December 9, 2024
Nearly 100 live samples of the deadly Hendra virus have been lost in a biosecurity bungle at a state-run Queensland laboratory. An investigation has been launched after it was revealed 323 ...
- Iraq: IED blast targets Turkish military convoy in Duhok
December 9, 2024
An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated, targeting a Turkish military convoy in the Bamarni district, north of Duhok, a security source reported on Monday. The source told Shafaq News Agency that ...
- UK: Man to stand trial accused of having items to make explosive devices
December 9, 2024
A man will stand trial next year accused of having items to make explosive devices. Shazad Khan faced the allegation as he appeared in the dock at the High Court ...
- Leveraging new technology for a mine-free future
December 9, 2024
The devastating legacy of armed conflict – often marked by the indiscriminate use of landmines, improvised explosive devices and other explosive ordnance – poses a significant humanitarian challenge. Innovation in ...
- India: Three killed in Murshidabad crude bomb explosion
December 9, 2024
At least three were killed and several others sustained injuries in an explosion whilst allegedly producing illegal crude bombs in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, according to police reports on Monday. The ...
- Lockerbie wreckage moved to US for bombing trial
December 9, 2024
A section of the American airliner which exploded over Lockerbie 35 years ago is being transported to the US for the trial of the man accused of making the bomb. The ...
- Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
December 9, 2024
After years of rumours that the virus that causes COVID-19 escaped from a laboratory in China, the virologist at the centre of the claims has presented data on dozens of ...
- Russia: FSB warns of growing attempts by foreign intel services to drag Russians into terrorism
December 9, 2024
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported an increase in the number of attempts by foreign special services, including Ukrainian ones, to remotely involve Russians into terrorist activities through blackmail, deception ...
- Ukraine: Explosives technicians neutralize unexploded warhead of Kh-101 missile in Chernivtsi region
December 9, 2024
Explosives technicians from Ukraine’s National Police have neutralized an unexploded warhead from a Russian Kh-101 missile in the southwestern Chernivtsi region. Law enforcement officers discovered the unexploded warhead of the ...
- Syrian Rebel Leader Still Has $10 Million U.S. Bounty on His Head
December 8, 2024
Ahmad al-Sharaa, known as Muhammad al-Jawlani or Abu Muhammad al-Golani, the leader of the Syrian rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad and have taken over the country, still has a $10 ...
- Israel: IDF takes over Syrian Hermon, strikes Syrian chemical weapons factory
December 8, 2024
The IDF, on Sunday afternoon, took over the Syrian side of the Mount Hermon mountain range to expand a demilitarized buffer zone along the border with Syria and also at ...
- Netherlands: Suspicious car found set on fire shortly after fatal apartment explosion in The Hague
December 8, 2024
Authorities in The Hague said that a suspicious car was found set on fire close to the location where a series of explosions and a fire at an apartment building ...
- Russia: 12 detained over terror plot in Dagestan
December 8, 2024
Twelve individuals accused of planning a large-scale terrorist attack have been detained in Russia’s southern Dagestan Republic, local media reported Saturday. Law enforcement officers seized two improvised explosive devices, a ton ...
- Syria: Opposition fighters declare Damascus ‘liberated’, al-Assad ousted
December 8, 2024
Syria opposition forces have declared that the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, hours after fighters entered the capital, Damascus, following a lightning advance across ...
- India to create comprehensive anti-drone unit for border security
December 8, 2024
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said India will soon create a comprehensive anti-drone unit to secure its borders as the “menace” of unmanned aerial vehicles is going to ...
- Colombia: Motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated in killing 1 and injuring 14
December 7, 2024
A motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated at a police checkpoint in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, killing the driver and injuring 14 others, authorities said. Officers had been conducting inspections in the ...
- US announces $988 million military aid package for Ukraine
December 7, 2024
The United States unveiled a $988 million aid package of new arms and equipment to Ukraine for its ongoing fight against Russia’s invasion on Saturday. The package nearly halves the available ...
- Pakistan: Two Separate Attacks in South Waziristan Claim Seven Lives, Including Four FC Personnel
December 7, 2024
In South Waziristan, two separate attacks left seven people dead, including four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel. According to sources, an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted a bomb disposal vehicle of ...
- Nigeria: Another explosion hits Zamfara community, passengers killed
December 7, 2024
Another Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has exploded with a truck carrying grains and some persons in Zamfara by a new terrorists group, Lakurawa. The incident occurred Friday evening along Malele village ...
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