Israel: Car explosion leaves one dead near Haifa

One person was killed after a car exploded in Kiryat Haim, northern Israel, on Tuesday, Magen David Adom and Israel Police said. A preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was a 50-year-old senior figure of the Hariri crime organization, who was married, Read More …

Israel: Two killed after car bombings in Holon, Jaffa

At least two men were killed after two car bombings, one in Jaffa and one in Holon, on Sunday morning, Israel Police confirmed. Another wounded person from the Jaffa bombing was taken to Wolfson Medical Center, police noted. They were later identified Read More …

Yemen: Reporter for Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya TV killed by car bomb

A correspondent ​for Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya television in Yemen was killed ‌when a bomb planted on his car exploded, the network said on Thursday. It said Mohammed Aydah, a Yemeni who reported for Al Arabiya and its sister ​channel Read More …

Northern Ireland: Vehicles and electronic devices seized in probe into Dunmurry blast

Two vehicles and electronic devices have been seized by detectives probing a car bomb attack on a police station in Co Antrim earlier this year. A delivery driver was hijacked and a device placed in his car before he was Read More …

Israel: Woman killed by car bomb on Ayalon Highway; police arrest estranged husband

A 35-year-old woman was killed in a car explosion on a highway near Tel Aviv on Thursday morning. Police later arrested her estranged husband on suspicion of involvement. The victim, Lia Malka, is survived by the couple’s 2-year-old daughter. The Read More …

Syria: Soldier killed, 23 wounded in Damascus car bomb explosion

A soldier was martyred and several civilians were wounded after a car bomb exploded near a Defense Ministry building in the Bab Sharqi area of Damascus, the Defense Ministry’s Media and Communication Directorate told SANA. The directorate said a unit of Read More …

Mexico: CIA escalates secret war on cartels

Earlier this spring, a mysterious explosion blew up a car carrying an alleged cartel operative in broad daylight on one of Mexico’s busiest highways just outside of its capital city. Francisco Beltran was killed instantly along with his driver, their Read More …

Northern Ireland: Reward offered for information about Dunmurry car bomb

Detectives carried out road stops in Dunmurry near Belfast on Saturday as Crimestoppers offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information about the car bomb attack on a police station two weeks ago. At around 10.45pm on April 25 Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, 15 injured in foiled suicide attack in South Waziristan

An attempted suicide attack on a security forces’ post near Azam Warsak Bazaar, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan area, was foiled on Monday evening, officials said. According to security sources, the attacker attempted to target the army post using an Read More …

Cyprus: Bomb explodes under woman’s car in Limassol, second car damaged

A low-powered improvised explosive device exploded under a 45-year-old woman’s car in the Ayios Spyridonas area of Limassol at 4:20 a.m., police said. An officer and members of Limassol CID went to the scene immediately. Police said on-site examinations showed Read More …

Syria: Army neutralizes car bomb in Aleppo

A bomb disposal team affiliated with the Syrian army successfully neutralized a car bomb Wednesday in Aleppo, according to the Syrian Defense Ministry. In a statement released by the ministry’s Media and Communications Department, authorities said a vehicle loaded with Read More …

Northern Ireland: Fresh appeal for information over couple killed in car bomb in 1990

A fresh appeal for information has been made over the killing of a former police officer and his wife by a car bomb in 1990. James Sefton, 65, and his wife Ellen, 66, were killed when a booby trap device Read More …

Iraq: ISIS strikes, suicide bombings, and arrests

Three suicide bombers detonated explosive belts as security forces attempted to arrest them in Al-Anbar province, preventing a potential attack. The blast wounded the head of the Executive Tasks Regiments of Iraq’s National Security Service. In Al-Latifiyah, south of Baghdad, Read More …

Ukraine: Vehicle explosion kills soldier in Odesa, authorities suspect terrorist attack

A Ukrainian soldier was killed after his vehicle exploded in the southern city of Odesa on Feb. 6, in what local security services have called a terrorist attack. The victim of the explosion, which took place early in the morning, was Read More …

Mexico: In 1 year, Michoacán authorities deactivated more than 1,600 improvised explosive devices

The number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) located, seized and deactivated by state authorities in Michoacán more than doubled last year, indicating that criminal groups’ use of the makeshift bombs is becoming more prevalent. According to data from the Michoacán Read More …

Ukraine: Car explosion in Kyiv classified as terrorist attack

A car explosion that occurred in the courtyard of a residential building on Heroiv Dnipra Street in Kyiv on January 4, when the trunk was opened, has been classified as a terrorist attack, and a pre-trial investigation has been launched. Read More …

Russia: Senior Russian general killed in bomb blast in Moscow

The head of the Operational Training Directorate at the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, was killed in an explosion in southern Moscow on Monday morning, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS. “According Read More …