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- Pakistan: Deadly blast targets PTI rally in Sibi, leaving four dead
January 30, 2024
A blast targeted a political rally organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday evening in Sibi district of Balochistan, resulting in at least four fatalities and several injuries, according ...
- Ohio: Man who threw Molotov cocktails at church gets 18-year prison term
January 30, 2024
An Ohio man who had allegedly been a member of a neo-Nazi “white lives matter” group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for firebombing a church that planned ...
- Israel: IDF reveals how it floods Hamas underground world with anti-tunnel tool
January 30, 2024
The IDF on Tuesday finally allowed the Israeli media to publish more comprehensive details about its anti-tunnel flooding project against Hamas in Gaza. The IDF said that the flooding tool is ...
- Pakistan: ‘Coordinated’ terror attacks launched on Balochistan’s Mach town
January 30, 2024
Security forces thwarted three coordinated attacks launched by terrorists using rockets and sophisticated weapons in Mach town on Monday night, some 70km from the provincial capital, officials said. At least one ...
- Nigeria: Boko Haram’s IED kills 7 farmers, injures 7 others in Borno
January 29, 2024
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Boko Haram terrorists on the Pulka-Firgi Road in Gwoza local government area of Borno State, has killed seven farmers in a commercial vehicle. According ...
- The drone wars of Iran’s militias are becoming more deadly
January 29, 2024
Iran has been increasingly exporting drones to its proxies throughout the Middle East over the last decade. The drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) increasingly play a role in Iran’s policies ...
- Pakistan: Two people injured in grenade attack on National Party’s election office in Mastung
January 28, 2024
Two people were injured in a grenade attack on the National Party’s election office on Sunday evening in Balochistan’s Mastung, according to police. City Police Station House Officer (SHO) Abdul Fatah ...
- Angola: Unexploded high-powered bomb destroyed in Moxico province
January 28, 2024
An unexploded bomb, model FAB-250, considered “rare and highly powerful”, was destroyed in the town of Lushivi, 103 kilometers south of Luena, eastern Moxico province, by the Mining Advisory Group ...
- Jordan: Three US troops killed and at least two dozen injured in drone attack on US outpost near Syrian border
January 28, 2024
Three US Army soldiers were killed and at least two dozen service members were injured in a drone attack overnight on a small US outpost in Jordan, US officials told ...
- Türkiye arrests six ISIS terror suspects wanted by Interpol
January 28, 2024
Police in Türkiye nabbed six Daesh/ISIS terror suspects wanted by Interpol in the country’s southern province, a security source said on Sunday. Counter-terrorism teams conducted an operation in Adana province’s Seyhan ...
- Local Response & Emerging Tech to Aid Recovery in CBRN Affected Areas
January 28, 2024
12th Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium to feature two panel discussions this March 13-14 in Washington, D.C. The Joint Civil and DoD CBRN Symposium will convene senior leaders across DoD, ...
- Nigeria: IED kills six pupils in Borno
January 28, 2024
Six pupils of the Tsangaya Quranic Centre in Gubio town have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device which exploded near the Tsangaya in the Gubio Local Government Area of ...
- Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.
January 28, 2024
Israeli military and intelligence officials have concluded that a significant number of weapons used by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks and in the war in Gaza came from an ...
- Egyptian, British military engineers conduct counter-IED training
January 27, 2024
Egyptian and British military engineers engaged in collaborative training at the headquarters of Egypt’s Military Engineers Institute focused on effectively countering improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The training encompassed a series of ...
- Yemen: Oil tanker on fire in Gulf of Aden after Houthi missile attack
January 27, 2024
An oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden is on fire after a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi militants, in the latest incident linked to the Iran-backed group in the ...
- Nigerian security forces destroy bomb factory in Imo
January 26, 2024
Nigerian security forces have destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. The operation was jointly carried out by the Army, Navy, Air Force, ...
- Somalia: PMPF water tanker targeted in apparent IED attack
January 25, 2024
An explosion, believed to be caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), struck a water tanker owned by the Puntland Marine Police Force (PMPF) in the outskirts of Bosaso on ...
- EU funds rescEU detection and surveillance teams to boost preparedness to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear emergencies
January 25, 2024
The Commission has allocated almost €70 million to fund the development of new specialised teams and equipment to further strengthen the preparedness and response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear ...
- Northern Iraq: Khor Mor gas field attacked
January 25, 2024
Khor Mor gas field in Sulaimani province was attacked late on Thursday, a local official told Rudaw. No casualties have been reported. Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants of Khor Mor, is ...
- Cyprus: Homemade bomb explodes at house in Limassol
January 25, 2024
A homemade explosive device detonated at around 3:15am in the Ayia Phyla neighbourhood of Limassol. The explosion occurred at the entrance of a house owned by a 67-year-old woman and ...
- Royal Solomon Islands Police Force EOD officers on UXO training
January 25, 2024
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit are undergoing a two-week training facilitated by Japan’s Ammunition College, Self-Defence Force and the Ministry of Defence. The ...
- Winter 2023/24 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print
January 25, 2024
We are pleased to inform you that Winter 2023/24 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from C-IED ...
- US Navy intercepts missiles in Red Sea while escorting Maersk ships
January 25, 2024
The Maersk shipping company said explosions forced two ships operated by its US subsidiary and carrying US military supplies to turn around when they were transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait ...
- Japan: Kyoto Animation arsonist given death penalty over 2019 mass murder
January 25, 2024
Shinji Aoba was handed the death penalty on Thursday for setting a Kyoto Animation studio on fire in 2019 and killing 36 people, in one of Japan’s deadliest mass murders. The ...
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