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- Roadside bomb blast kills 3 soldiers in southern Yemen
March 6, 2023
Three Yemeni soldiers were killed Monday in a roadside bomb explosion in the country’s southern province of Abyan. The incident occurred when elements detonated their roadside bomb near an army patrol ...
- Italy: Smart security arrives at Fiumicino Airport
March 6, 2023
Passengers are now able to carry liquids even larger than 100ml in their hand luggage, as well as computers, tablets and mobile phones without having to remove them from their ...
- California: Homemade bombs targeted homes in Merced, Lemoore, maker gets 10-year fed prison sentence
March 6, 2023
A Merced man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for making bombs that he used to retaliate against three intended victims in Merced and Lemoore, federal ...
- New Zealand: Video shows bumbling would-be bank robbers’ attempt to blow up an ANZ cash machine
March 6, 2023
The moment two bumbling would-be bank robbers used homemade explosives to blow their way into a Hamilton ATM can now be shown for the first time. CCTV footage of the unsolved ...
- Louisiana teen injures himself after homemade pipe bomb explodes
March 6, 2023
A teenage boy was badly injured by a pipe bomb he was allegedly making in the backyard of a Louisiana home. The teen’s hand and other areas were injured in the ...
- Pakistan: Eight policemen, one civilian killed in suicide attack on Balochistan Constabulary van in Bolan
March 6, 2023
Nine individuals, including eight policemen and one civilian, were martyred in a suicide attack on a Balochistan Constabulary van in the Dhadar tehsil of the Kacchi district in Bolan on ...
- New York: Massive emergency response in Midtown after woman found dead in car from exposure to ‘hazardous materials’
March 6, 2023
A woman died in Midtown Sunday after being exposed to “hazardous materials,” police said. The 35-year-old victim was found unresponsive in the back of a vehicle on East 56th Street and ...
- Russia: FSB reports thwarting assassination of Tsargrad CEO Malofeev
March 6, 2023
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian special services to assassinate Russian billionaire businessman and CEO of the Tsargrad group of companies Konstantin Malofeev, the FSB’s ...
- Pakistan: Man killed, two injured in Bannu IED blast
March 6, 2023
A man was killed and two others injured on Sunday when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near Bakakhel Mandi area in Bannu, police said. Police control Bannu said the IED ...
- Pakistan to Host Counterterrorism Talks with US
March 5, 2023
Pakistan will host a two-day meeting with the United States starting Monday to discuss cooperation in countering what Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry called the “common threat of terrorism” facing the ...
- North Carolina: Wake County Man Convicted of 1995 Bombing at BTI Building Resentenced to More Than 37 Years in Prison
March 5, 2023
NEW BERN, N.C. – Stephan Bullis, the man convicted in the July 1995 bombing at the then Business Telecom, Inc. (BTI) building located in North Raleigh, was resentenced on Friday ...
- Thailand: Two bomb disposal team members die, one injured in Narathiwat
March 4, 2023
Two members of an army bomb disposal squad were killed and another injured by a southern insurgent IED attack on the convoy of the deputy commander of the Fourth Army ...
- California: Man charged for alleged involvement in 2 transformer explosions
March 4, 2023
A man has been arrested in California for allegedly blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers and causing “destruction and harm to public safety.” Peter Karasev, 36, was identified with ...
- Russia: IED was found on the tracks of the Ussuriysk-2 railway station
March 4, 2023
An attempt to blow up the echelon of Russian military equipment on the railway in the Primorsky Territory was discovered on 27 February 2023. The impending sabotage or terrorist act ...
- In February, Remnants of Cluster Bombs Left 46 Civilian Casualties in Yemen
March 4, 2023
Remnants of cluster bombs, landmines, and munitions left 46 civilian casualties across Yemen during the last February, the Mine Action Center said on Friday. “At least 12 civilians were killed and ...
- Massachusetts: Springfield Fire Department intends grant for bomb squad equipment
March 3, 2023
The Springfield Fire Department plans to update equipment for its bomb squad with grant money it received from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. The Fire Department has been awarded a $92,736 ...
- Former Iraqi Turkmen official killed in Kirkuk
March 3, 2023
There are conflicting reports as to the killing of Ahmed Tahir Ismail, a former Iraqi Turkmen Front official, in Kirkuk today. According to Kirkuk security sources, Ismail was killed by an ...
- Ogdensburg student will be charged for making bomb threat that caused lockdown
March 3, 2023
An Ogdensburg Free Academy student will be charged with making a terroristic threat that caused a lockdown of the school on March 3. A press release issued by Ogdensburg Police Chief ...
- Bomb busters
March 3, 2023
As a U.S. Army combat engineer who worked with explosives, I always admired people in explosives ordnance disposal, or EOD. These are the military’s technically proficient warriors who disarm or ...
- Afghanistan: Commanders among six TTP terrorists killed in Khost IED attack
March 3, 2023
KABUL: At least six terrorists, including commanders, were killed and 15 others wounded Thursday in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack targeting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan’s Khost province. According ...
- 1 killed, 5 injured in bomb blast in Montenegro’s capital
March 3, 2023
One person was killed and at least five others were injured on Friday when a hand grenade exploded at the entrance of a courthouse in Montenegro’s capital, police said. Police spokeswoman ...
- Master EOD technician becomes senior enlisted leader for premier all hazards command
March 3, 2023
FORT CARSON, Colo. – A Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician assumed responsibility as the command sergeant major for the U.S. military’s premier all hazards command. Command Sgt. Maj. David J. Silva ...
- Manchester Arena attack: Security services might have prevented Manchester Arena bombing
March 2, 2023
The security services were guilty of “a significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented” the Manchester Arena bombing, according to the chairman of the inquiry into the ...
- US donates $3.3 million (P181 million) equipment to Philippine National Police
March 2, 2023
The Philippine National Police has received $3.3 million (P181 million) worth of state-of-the-art equipment and vehicles from the United States government to counter terrorist attacks. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay ...
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