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- Somalia: Defence, Security Ministers Approve National Plan to Counter IED Threats
September 15, 2025
Somalia’s Ministers of Defence and Internal Security on Monday took part in a high-level meeting to endorse the country’s new National Counter-IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) Strategy, aimed at curbing the ...
- Northern Ireland: PSNI carry out controlled explosion on ‘WW2-style device’
September 15, 2025
The PSNI has carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious object in Co Londonderry. Army Technical Officers (ATOs) were called to the scene of the incident in Coleraine on ...
- Thailand: More than 2,400 mines, live shells found near Cambodian border
September 15, 2025
Bomb disposal experts have found 2,470 mines and other unexploded munitions on Thai soil near the border with Cambodia since the bilateral ceasefire agreement took effect on July 29. Col ...
- Pakistan: Thirteen terrorists killed in IED blunder
September 15, 2025
At least thirteen terrorists were killed when explosives stored in one of their hideouts in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) went off on Sunday. In a separate incident, another terrorist ...
- India: Bathinda twin blasts, bomb disposal teams struggle with explosive residue cleanup
September 15, 2025
Two minor blasts take place during cleanup drive in Jeeda village; none hurt; a 19-year-old radicalised law student, Gurpreet Singh, was booked on Thursday for assembling high-intensity explosives. Four days after ...
- Cameroon: One killed, four injured in Batibo bar explosion
September 15, 2025
At least one person was killed and four others injured on Sunday when an improvised explosive device detonated in a bar in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone Northwest region, security sources said. The ...
- Pakistan: Terror attempt foiled as IED defused in Bajaur’s Inayat Kalay Bazaar
September 15, 2025
A major terrorist attack was narrowly avoided when security forces successfully defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in the crowded Inayat Kalay Bazaar of Bajaur district. Acting swiftly on a ...
- Utah: Two men arrested for allegedly planting, lighting bomb under news media vehicle
September 14, 2025
Two men allegedly planted a bomb underneath a news van in Utah on Friday and tried to ignite it, sparking a massive evacuation and federal probe. Adeeb Nasir, 58, and Adil ...
- Philippines: Army slams NPAs for stockpiling IEDs near Butuan community
September 14, 2025
The Philippine Army’s 48th Infantry Battalion (48IB) denounced the communist New People’s Army (NPA) for endangering residents by stockpiling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) close to a community in Butuan City. The ...
- UK: Residents evacuated while explosive item ‘made safe’ in Yorkshire neighbourhood
September 14, 2025
Residents of a Yorkshire neighbourhood who had been evacuated from their homes, while police investigated an explosive substance, have been able to return to their homes. Police have now reduced cordons ...
- Iraq: Roadside bomb wounds two Iraqi soldiers in Diyala
September 13, 2025
Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Saturday when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in Diyala province, a source told Shafaq News. No further details were provided. Iraq remains heavily contaminated ...
- Texas: An inside look at Mesquite’s bomb squad and the high stakes work they do
September 13, 2025
CBS News Texas reporter Bo Evans joined the Mesquite Fire Department’s bomb squad to give viewers an inside look at how firefighters handle explosive threats. Wearing a full bomb suit designed ...
- UNOCT: Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices
September 12, 2025
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) will launch the project: “Supporting Eastern Africa in countering terrorist use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)”, on 11 September 2025. By improving the application ...
- Utah: 22-year-old Utah man arrested in connection with Charlie Kirk shooting
September 12, 2025
The man accused in the Charlie Kirk assassination had earlier expressed to family his opposition to the viewpoints of the conservative activist, the authorities said Friday in announcing an arrest ...
- Republic of Georgia: State Security Service blames Ukraine for bringing explosives into Georgia
September 12, 2025
State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) says explosives were brought into the country on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence services. Deputy Head of the SSSG, Lasha Magradze, made the statement ...
- Egypt discovers Israeli attempts to kill Hamas leaders on its soil
September 12, 2025
Egypt has discovered Israeli plots to target Hamas leaders in Cairo and has warned Israel that any attack will be responded to with force, senior Egyptian officials told Middle East ...
- Russia: UAV attacks Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, no damage, radiation levels normal
September 12, 2025
A Ukrainian military drone last night targeted the operational power unit of the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, according to a statement from Rosatom. The incident occurred on September 12, 2025, ...
- Somalia receives UK-donated vehicles and C-IED equipment to bolster army capabilities
September 11, 2025
Somalia’s Minister of Defence, H.E. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, accompanied by Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, attended a ceremony marking the handover of modern vehicles and equipment aimed ...
- Israel: Two IDF soldiers injured in explosion at Nitzanei Oz crossing near Tulkarm
September 11, 2025
Two IDF paratroopers were lightly injured Thursday afternoon by an explosive device that detonated near the Nitzanei Oz crossing near Tulkarm in Samaria. A UAV was dispatched to pursue the individual ...
- India: Two CRPF personnel injured in IED blast in Bastar
September 11, 2025
Two personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured on Thursday in a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in Bastar division. The ...
- Washington: Pipe bomb found in Bremerton area under bed at dead man’s home
September 11, 2025
The relative of a man who had recently died discovered a pipe bomb at the man’s former home. The family member was cleaning out the home in the 3000 block ...
- Utah: Manhunt for shooter continues after Charlie Kirk killed in ‘political assassination’
September 11, 2025
Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA, has died after he was shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, President Donald ...
- Niger: Islamic State group escalates attacks on civilians
September 10, 2025
Islamic State-affiliated militants have stepped up attacks in western Niger, killing more than 127 people in five separate strikes since March and highlighting authorities’ failure to protect civilians, Human Rights ...
- Thailand-Cambodia border talks lead to key agreements on demilitarisation, landmines, and online crime
September 10, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia’s special GBC meeting in Koh Kong resulted in key agreements on security, landmine removal, and combating online crime, with cooperation set to expand. General Nattaphon Narkphanit, Deputy Minister ...
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