Thailand: Yala court sentences militant boss

Yala Provincial Court has handed a jail sentence to a leader and member of a militant group that caused widespread damage in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. An Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) source yesterday said that Read More …

Israel: Shin Bet thwarts bus bombing by Gazan with work permit

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday said it had thwarted a bus bombing by a Gazan with a permit to work in Israel. The agency arrested 31-year-old Fathi Ziad Zakot, a resident of Rafah in the southern Gaza Read More …

Russian intelligence claims to have thwarted terrorist attack on South Stream pipeline

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported Thursday that it successfully foiled a suspected terrorist attack on the South Stream pipeline, which transports natural gas from Russian territory to countries such as Bulgaria, Italy and Austria. Russian authorities said that several Read More …

India: Police interrogating man after autorickshaw explosion in Karnataka

A 40-year-old man is being questioned here in connection with the autorickshaw blast in Karnataka’s Mangaluru as the mobile SIM card used by the accused was allegedly bought using his Aadhar card, police said on Sunday. Based on information, police Read More …

Northern Ireland: Four appear in court after gun and pipe bomb seizures

Four men have been charged with various weapons and explosive offences after a pre-planned police operation targeting the East Belfast UVF on Friday night. The operation involved searches of three residential properties and one business premises in the lower Newtownards Read More …

Pennsylvania: ISIS supporter sentenced to 17 years for bomb plot targeting Pittsburgh church

A Pittsburgh man who plotted to bomb a local church out of a desire to show support for the Islamic State group was sentenced this week to a 17-year prison term. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 24, who is originally from Syria Read More …

New Jersey: Bomb Materials Found In Jersey Shore Motel, 1 Charged

A Maine man was arrested and charged last week with causing false alarm after improvised explosive material was found in his South Jersey motel room, authorities said. The scare took place on Oct. 28 at around 8:37 a.m. after Wildwood Read More …

India: Explosives seized after blast kills man in Coimbatore

A search at the residence of the deceased, identified as Jameesha Mubin, led to detection of a huge quantum of explosive materials. Police sources claimed that the National Investigation Agency had questioned Mubin once in 2019 A 25-year-old man was Read More …

India: ‘Highly radicalised’ operative of ISIS ‘Voice of Hind’ module arrested by NIA in Varanasi

Basit Kalam Siddiqui (24), an operative of the ISIS ‘Voice of Hind’ module, was arrested from Varanasi. He was arrested in a case related to the conspiracy hatched by ISIS, to radicalise and recruit youth in India to wage war Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Terror Hideout Busted In Surankot; IED Batteries, Grenades Recovered

In a significant success, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday busted a terror hideout in the Surankot area of Poonch. The operation was launched early today morning after Jammu and Kashmir Police generated specific input. Police have recovered 16 IED Read More …

Philippines: Seized in Central Visayas region explosives made for terrorists

After the arrest of two individuals last Sunday for allegedly selling explosive devices in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-7 is further investigating the manufacturer of these devices. Police Col. Peter Tagtag Jr., the new Read More …

Russia: FSB prevents terrorist attack in Nizhni Tagil, arrests plotter

The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the federal security service FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Tagil. “The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Read More …

New York: Fatal shooting, explosive materials at Poughkeepsie hotel

A fatal shooting at a Poughkeepsie hotel led to the disturbing discovery of guides and materials that could be used to make explosive devices, according to police. The incident began around 7:30 a.m. Sunday when local police responded to a Read More …

Pakistan: Militants killed in Gulshan-e-Maymar raid affiliated with IS-K

The Sindh Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Sunday revealed that a pair of militants killed in an encounter in Karachi’s outskirts a day ago were affiliated with the outlawed militant Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) group and had planned a suicide Read More …

Syria: SDF arrests three ISIS suspects responsible for manufacturing IEDs in Raqqa

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)’s Counter-terrorism Units have arrested three ISIS suspects the al-Jala’a Farm, northern countryside of Raqqa. “The arrested terrorist cell was responsible for manufacturing IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and distributing them to other terrorist cells in the region,” Read More …

Israel foils Hamas plot to launch series of bomb attacks against Jews

Israeli security forces earlier this month arrested a group of Hamas-affiliated suspects in the West Bank who were planning bombing attacks against Israeli forces and civilians, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Monday. Seven Palestinians from Hebron and Read More …

Iraq: PMF raids an IED factory in Salah al-Din

The Popular Mobilization Authority announced the destruction of a laboratory for explosive devices belonging to terrorist gangs, northwest of Salah al-Din. The commission said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the Salah al-Din Operations Command Read More …

Philippines: Troops recover ASG IED, bomb-making parts in Basilan

Government troops have discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) and bomb-making components believed to be owned by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits in a remote area in Lamitan City, Basilan, a top military official said Friday. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Read More …

Nigeria: Customs arrests 10 suspects for smuggling IEDs chemicals

Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have arrested 10 suspects in connection with importation of 20 drums of carbide; a chemical substance used in manufacturing of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Acting Controller Read More …

India: 106 landmines, 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire in a massive anti-Naxal operation Octopus in Jharkhand

In a massive operation against Naxals in the Budha Pahar area of Jharkhand, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police teams have recovered 106 different types of landmines, over 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire ammonium nitrate, arrow Read More …