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At least 23 farmers and fishermen were killed and others abducted by suspected Islamist militants in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state this week, security sources and local residents told Reuters. Nigeria has been grappling with a long-running insurgency in its northeast, Read More …
A bomb blast in insurgent-riven west Niger has killed at least eight workers at the Samira gold mine in the Tillaberi region, local sources told AFP on Tuesday. Located in the borderlands straddling Niger and fellow unrest-hit Sahel neighbours Mali Read More …
Three schoolboys were injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Surani Sikandakhel Bala area of Bannu district on Monday. A police official said that unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device along a road near a government high school Read More …
The Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) on Monday confirmed that 13 people, including four military officers, were killed in an explosion while trying to dispose of expired ammunition in Sagara village, Garut district, West Java. Chief of the TNI’s Information Office, Read More …
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State on May 8, 2025, left five children injured, one of whom lost a hand. The explosion occurred around 1425hrs when the children unknowingly tampered with IED Read More …
A ceasefire deal between Yemen’s Houthis and the United States does not include any operations against Israel, the group’s chief negotiator has announced. Mohammed Abdulsalam told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday that attacking Israel was not included in “any Read More …
India fired several missiles into Pakistan overnight on Tuesday, according to Pakistan, which said it is responding to the “act of war.” The attacks, labeled Operation Sindoor, targeted nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Read More …
A six-year-old girl was injured after two crude bombs exploded in Bihar’s capital Patna, police said on Sunday. “Police received a call that two bombs exploded in Bakarganj locality around 9 pm on Saturday. Pirbahore Police Station personnel reached the Read More …
Three people were mildly wounded on Sunday as a result of a Houthi missile that crashed in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport’s Terminal 3, Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom said. MDA medics and paramedics provided medical treatment to a Read More …
A fresh wave of violence struck Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as terrorists attacked the Gandi Chowk police station in Lakki Marwat, killing one civilian and injuring a police official. According to police, the deceased was identified as Ahmad Khan, a watchman at Read More …
A 38-year-old woman who was seriously injured in an early-morning explosion in central Thessaloniki has died from her injuries. The blast occurred in a parking lot next to a bank branch, at the intersection of Platonos and Agios Dimitriou streets, Read More …
The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western investment to the region, President Donald Trump’s Read More …
At least nine people have been killed in a suburb of the Syrian capital after clashes broke out between government forces and local Druze gunmen, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The fighting in Damascus’ suburb of Read More …
At least 26 people were killed on Monday when two vehicles detonated an improvised explosive device in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the heartland of an Islamist insurgency, residents said. The International Safety Organization, which provides security to foreign non-governmental organisations Read More …
A blast at a peace committee office in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan tribal district on Monday killed at least seven people, police and health officials said. While no one has claimed responsibility for the blast, the security situation in KP Read More …
Rights groups have expressed alarm and warned of a slippery slope of again embracing one of the world’s most treacherous weapons, after five European countries said they intend to withdraw from the international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines. In announcing their Read More …
They found one while digging the foundations of a new hotel. Another was discovered in the middle of a park. A family spotted one in their garden. And Ho Van Lai and his cousins found several in the sand dunes, Read More …
On April 27, a car with three passengers hit an explosive device in the Izium district of Kharkiv region, leaving all three injured. The incident was reported by the Mine Action Coordination Center at the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, according Read More …
The death toll from a massive explosion that rocked Iran’s southern Shahid Rajaei Port on Saturday has risen to 25, while nearly 800 people have been injured. Director general of the Justice Ministry’s office at the Hormozgan Province announced on Read More …
Ljubljana police officers were notified of a work accident in the Rožni dolini. According to initial information, an explosion occurred while carrying out work on one of the buildings, in which two men who were performing construction work were seriously Read More …