Pakistan: Gas pipeline blown up in Bolan valley

A gas pipeline in Balochistan’s rugged Bolan area fell victim to a bomb explosion on Thursday. According to Levies sources, unidentified individuals planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near a gas pipeline in the Bolan Valley. The detonation of the Read More …

Afghanistan: Blasts hit Kabul, Balkh leaving several killed

At least two civilians were killed and 12 others were injured in a grenade blast in PD 18 of Kabul today, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran said. He said that an investigation is underway to arrest Read More …

Yemen: Houthis launch missiles, drone barrage in new Red Sea attack

Yemen’s Houthis launched their largest missile and drone attack to date on ships in the Red Sea, forcing a response from US and UK forces patrolling the critical waterway. American and British jets and warships shot down 18 drones and Read More …

Pakistan: Five police officials killed, 22 injured in Bajaur blast

Five police officials were martyred and 22 sustained injuries in a blast near a police vehicle in Mamond Belot, area of Bajaur tehsil on Monday. Rescue 1122 rushed the injured to Khar hospital where emergency has been declared. Hospital sources Read More …

Afghanistan: ISIS claims responsibility for attack on civilians in Kabul

According to reports, ISIS-Khurasan has claimed responsibility for the attack on civilians at the “Qala-e-Nazir Station” west of Kabul, which resulted in the deaths of two individuals and injuries to 14 others. Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Kabul police, Read More …

Yemen: Two army officers killed in roadside bombing in Abyan

Two officers of the Yemeni government forces were killed on Saturday in a roadside bombing in the country’s turbulent southern province of Abyan. The local military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the explosion occurred when a military Read More …

Bangladesh: Police suspect Benapole Express train fire to be planned attack

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner (Crime and Operations) Mahid Uddin said the Benapole Express train fire was a planned attack. “We cannot say for sure who carried out the arson attack but it is sabotage for sure,” he said Read More …

Russia: Man detained for sabotage attempt

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a Russian national involved in a sabotage attempt at a Defense Ministry’s facility on the instruction of Ukrainian special services, the FSB Center of Public Communications told TASS. Furthermore, it was also Read More …

India: Three security personnel injured in IED blast in Odisha

Three jawans of the elite Special Operation Group (SOG) on Friday suffered injuries in an IED blast planted by suspected Maoists at Batepanga forest on the border of Odisha’s Boudh and Kandhamal districts, a police officer said. The incident took Read More …

Bangladesh: Four polling stations set ablaze in Rajshahi, two hand bombs recovered

Arsonists set fire to four polling stations across three upazilas in Rajshahi two days before the national election. Two hand bombs were also recovered near one of the voting centres. Police suspect the arsonists sparked the fires by dousing petrol Read More …

Philippines: NPA explosives unearthed in Batangas

A stash of explosives believed to be owned by the New People’s Army was discovered by the military in a mountainous area in Sitio Sales, Barangay Pooc, this town, on Wednesday morning, January 3. The Army 59th Infantry Battalion received information Read More …

India dismisses reports of artillery shells being supplied to Ukraine

India on Thursday dismissed reports that artillery shells made in the country had been supplied to Ukraine by a European nation, with external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal saying there had been no such exports. Several reports, mainly on social Read More …

Red Sea: Drone Boat Used In Attempted Attack

The Houthis have introduced unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to their current array of threats to Red Sea shipping. While the Yemeni militant group has used crude drone boats before — they actually pioneered the operational use of kamikaze USVs years Read More …

Pakistan: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader survives bomb attack in Bajaur

A Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) candidate for the general elections survived a bomb attack on Wednesday when his vehicle was targeted with a remote-controlled device in Bajaur. The incident occurred in Mamund tehsil of the Malakand division in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, where Read More …

Pakistan: Suicide bomber among 4 terrorists killed by security forces in North Waziristan

Security forces on Tuesday killed four terrorists including a suicide bomber during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa North Waziristan district, the military said. According to Inter-Services Public Relations, the military’s media wing, the operation was conducted on the reported Read More …

Yemen: Unknown gunmen bomb crude oil pipeline in Shabwa

Unknown gunmen carried out an attack and blew up a major crude oil pipeline in the country’s southeastern province of Shabwa on Monday evening. The blast was directed at the pipeline responsible for transporting crude oil from the Jannah Hunt Read More …

Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon obtain mine clearance and EOD quality certification

BEIJING, Jan. 2 — The 52 members of the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) passed the mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) quality assessment conducted by the United Nations Mine Action Read More …