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- The Netherlands: Dog finds pipe bomb in backyard and brings it inside a house in Budel-Schoot
June 13, 2024
Labrador dog Sky found a pipe bomb in a backyard on the Parallelweg in Budel-Schoot on Thursday afternoon and took the rod-like bomb into the house. The dog’s owner Jermain, who ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – update 232
June 13, 2024
The IAEA team at ZNPP reported hearing explosions, including close to the plant, on several days over the past week. They confirmed with the plant that one of the mines ...
- Niger: Six soldiers guarding Niger-Benin oil pipeline killed in Dosso
June 13, 2024
In a tragic incident, unidentified assailants attacked soldiers guarding the major Niger-Benin oil pipeline, resulting in the deaths of six soldiers. Three security sources confirmed the attack, which took place between ...
- Belgium gives new contribution of €1.5 million to humanitarian demining in Iraq and Syria
June 13, 2024
In the framework of support given since 2019 to the activities of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq and Syria, Belgium has decided on a new contribution of ...
- Liquid Improvised Explosive Device – New Threat Emerging In Jammu And Kashmir
June 13, 2024
Liquid explosives seem to have made a comeback in Jammu and Kashmir militancy theatre after 17 years as a recent raid by police in the Union territory led to the ...
- Pakistan: Security forces ‘carried out over 7,000 anti-terror ops’ in less than 3 months
June 12, 2024
Pakistan’s security forces have carried out as many as 7,745 anti-terror operations from April 1 to June 10 in their bid to curb the scourge of terrorism faced by the ...
- Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch boat-borne bomb attack against Greek-owned ship in Red Sea
June 12, 2024
Yemen’s military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for the attack, identifying the vessel targeted as the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier Tutor. He described the attack as using a ...
- Dramatic moment pro-Putin TV crew are sent flying by motion-detecting mine dropped by drone over Russian border
June 12, 2024
This is the dramatic moment a team from Putin’s state TV are sent flying by a motion-activated mine dropped by a drone over the Russian border. The blast was caught ...
- North Dakota: First responders come to Minot AFB for Hydra Fury 24
June 11, 2024
The 5th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight hosted Hydra Fury 24 at Minot AFB from June 4-6. The joint training exercise was attended by representatives from Air Force EOD ...
- Eight suspected terrorists with possible ISIS ties arrested in New York, L.A. and Philadelphia
June 11, 2024
Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the ...
- Israel: IDF raids explosives lab in intense 18-hour West Bank operation
June 11, 2024
On Monday, Soldiers from the 94th Brigade, Duvdevan Unit, 41st Brigade, and Shin Bet forces completed an 18-hour counterterrorism operation in the Far’a area in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, ...
- Bangladesh: Toxic gas exposure kills one at Adabar
June 11, 2024
A man died and over a dozen people fell sick after inhaling toxic gas in Dhaka’s Adabar area on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Kabir Hossain, a day labourer by ...
- Israel: Four IDF soldiers killed, six wounded in Rafah explosion
June 11, 2024
An investigation of the incident revealed that Givati Soldiers entered a three-story building in the Al-Bura neighborhood in the city of Rafah, which is considered an area saturated with terrorist ...
- Ukraine: Women deminers step in to clear up land
June 11, 2024
Deminer Tetiana Shpak crouched down in a once tranquil poppy-strewn field in southern Ukraine, now littered with Russian mines. More women like her are joining mine-clearance teams, where they now account ...
- Bangladesh: Police found more bomb making materials from fish farm in Netrokona
June 10, 2024
Law enforcers have found materials for making bombs at a fish farm they suspect was being used as a militant hideout in Netrokonas Sadar Upazila. Nearly 150 police personnel, alongside members ...
- UK: Suspected explosive shell found on beach
June 10, 2024
A suspected explosive shell has been found at a Cornwall beach. St Agnes coastguards said they were alerted by lifeguards at Trevaunance Cove, near St Agnes, on Sunday. An armed forces ...
- Somalia: ‘Dozens dead’ in clan clashes in Galgudud province
June 10, 2024
A deadly clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 50 people, residents and medical officials told VOA on Monday. Another 155 people are said ...
- Northern Ireland: PSNI in joint operation with Gardaí after suspected IED found in Co Louth
June 9, 2024
A man has been arrested by the PSNI’s terrorism unit as part of a joint operation involving Gardaí. The PSNI says that a suspected IED was found in Co Louth and ...
- Nigeria: Troops kill six terrorists, one soldier injured in IED explosion in Abia
June 9, 2024
The Nigerian Army says troops have killed six terrorists in Igboro Forest, Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State. Troops of Operation UDO KA are said to have successfully raided the ...
- Pakistan’s army says bomb blast kills seven soldiers
June 9, 2024
A bomb blast targeting a military truck killed seven soldiers on Sunday in northwestern Pakistan along the border with Afghanistan, the army said. The incident took place in the Lakki Marwat ...
- Yemen: Projectiles strike ships off city of Aden
June 9, 2024
Projectiles struck two cargo ships off the coast of Yemen on Saturday night without causing any casualties, maritime security agencies said. An Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship caught fire after being ...
- Kenya: Four construction workers killed near Somalia border
June 8, 2024
Gunmen in northern Kenya fatally shot four construction workers at a hospital site near a refugee camp and the border with Somalia where a militant group is active, police said ...
- Pakistan: CTD apprehends 15 terrorists in Punjab
June 8, 2024
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has conducted 180 Intelligence-Based Operations (IBOs) in various cities of Punjab and apprehended 15 terrorists. The CTD spokesman said that a wanted terrorist affiliated with the banned ...
- Somalia: Al-Shabaab launches pre-dawn attack in Galgudud province
June 8, 2024
Heavy fighting was reported in central regions of Somalia on Saturday morning, multiple sources confirmed, with the al-Shabaab targeting El-Dheer, a town which is an epicenter of tussles between the ...
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