DR Congo: 11 killed, 65 injured in explosions after M23 rally in Bukavu

Several explosions killed at least 11 people and injured 65 others on Thursday in Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), shortly after a political rally in support of the rebel March 23 Movement (M23). The latest Read More …

Pakistan: At least six people including JUI-S leader killed in suicide blast in madressah in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least six people, including JUI-S leader Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani, were killed and 15 injured when a suicide blast ripped through the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, according to officials. The blast tore through the Read More …

Netherlands: Suspects used 200 liters of petrol for Tarwekamp explosion

Three of the four suspects arrested for the explosion at the Tarwekamp apartment complex will now also be prosecuted for murder or manslaughter and attempted murder or manslaughter. The other suspect is only facing arson charges. The explosion at the Read More …

Iraq: Child killed by landmine in Garmian, Kurdistan

On Tuesday, a seven-year-old child, Hamrin Yadigar, was killed by a landmine explosion while playing in the village of Haji Awadi in the Kifri district, Garmian, Iraqi Kurdistan, a local source reported. According to the source, emergency services swiftly reached Read More …

Texas official issues warning after rancher killed by cartel IED in Mexico

Texas ranchers working near the southern border have been urged to exercise extreme caution when traveling through Mexico after one of their own was killed earlier this month by an improvised explosive device (IED). Antonio Céspedes Saldierna, 74, a Texas Read More …

Pakistan: Six security personnel among 8 injured in Kalat IED blast

Eight people, including six security personnel were injured in bomb attack at a truck convoy of the guarded copper project in Mangochar area of Kalat district, on Monday. Official sources said that a convoy comprising 29 trucks carrying blaster copper Read More …

Thailand: Twenty-three people, including seven police officers, injured in bomb explosion in Yala

Twenty-three people, including seven police officers, were injured in a bomb explosion near a supermarket in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, on late Sunday. Bannang Sata Police chief Col. Pol. Ranon Surawit said the explosion occurred at 8.20pm local time Read More …

Cambodia: Two children die in UXO explosion in Siem Reap province

Two children have died in Siem Reap province, after a 66 mm shell exploded. Heng Ratana, the Royal Government Delegate in charge of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), on the afternoon of February 22, 2025, stated that the two Read More …

Syria: Explosion leaves casualties in Idlib’s al-Nairab

An explosion of an unexploded ordnance in a residential home in the town of al-Nairab, eastern Idlib governorate, resulted in fatalities and injuries, amidst ongoing search operations for missing persons. A reporter from Enab Baladi in Idlib reported that an Read More …

Myanmar: Nine injured in landmine blast in Tanintharyi region

Nine people, including children, were injured in a landmine explosion in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region on Tuesday (Feb 18). The attack carried out by terrorists occurred at around 2.10pm local time on Tuesday, when a light truck carrying civilians was Read More …

Nigeria: Two dead, dozens injured in Zamfara market explosion

Two victims of the gunpowder explosion that rocked the Talata Mafara weekly market in Zamfara State have died while receiving treatment at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. The deceased, Muhammad Lawal Matusgi and Sani Adamu Kanarkalgo were among Read More …

Syria: Mine casualties persist as UN partners scale up clearance operations

“Mine action partners continue to report casualties due to explosive ordnance, and that is happening sadly on an almost daily basis,” Mr. Dujarric explained in a press briefing on Monday in New York. Farmers and shepherds are particularly vulnerable. Since Read More …

Pakistan: Remote-controlled bomb blast in DI Khan kills two security personnel, injures six

A remote-controlled bomb blast in Tehsil Kulachi claimed the lives of two security personnel and left six others injured on Bypass Road near Loni Bridge. According to sources, the security forces’ vehicle was targeted by a bomb placed under the Read More …

Ukraine: Three Mine Action Center personnel killed in Mykolaiv terrorist attack

On February 14, a terrorist attack in Mykolaiv claimed the lives of three service members from the Mine Action Center — Vadym Yelisieiev, Olena Kliuchnikova, and Yevhenii Siryk. The Mine Action Center announced their deaths in a Facebook post. According Read More …

Pakistan: At least 10 dead, 6 injured as blast in Harnai targets pickup truck carrying mine workers

At least 10 people were killed and six others were injured when an explosion hit a pickup truck carrying coal mine workers in Balochistan’s Harnai area on Friday, officials said. According to Harnai Deputy Commissioner Hazrat Wali Kakar, the blast Read More …

Azerbaijan: Truck hits landmine in Aghdam

A truck struck a landmine in the liberated village of Bash Garvand, Agdam, causing serious damage to the vehicle, Azernews reports. The HOVA truck, which was operating in the area, was affected by the explosion, but no injuries were recorded. Read More …

France: Two people fight for life and 10 more injured after man throws grenade into Grenoble bar

Two people fighting for their lives are among the at least 12 who were injured after a grenade was thrown into a packed bar by a man brandishing a Kalashnikov rifle in Grenoble. In a “criminal act of unprecedented violence”, Read More …

Germany: At least 20 injured after car drives into crowd in Munich

A car plowed into a group of demonstrators in Munich on Thursday injuring at least 20 people, police said, hours before world leaders were set to descend on the southern German city for a high-level security conference. One person said Read More …

Afghanistan: Suicide bombing in Kunduz kills five, injures seven

A spokesman for the Kunduz police headquarters says five people were killed and seven others injured in a suicide bombing on Tuesday morning. Jumaddin Khaksar, a spokesman for the provincial police headquarters, added that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives Read More …

Pakistan: From chaos to control – a counterterror roadmap

Last year saw no let-up in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, and if the first few weeks of 2025 are anything to go by, this year seems to be on the same trajectory. Dozens of security and law-enforcement personnel have been Read More …