Kashmir: Seven killed in militant attack in Ladakh

At least six migrant workers and a doctor were shot dead in Indian-administered Kashmir when militants launched an attack near a construction site. It comes days after a new government was formed in the region. The militants opened fire at Read More …

Somalia: Seven killed in suicide bombing at cafe in Mogadishu

Seven people have been killed and six injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a cafe outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. According to police, both officers and civilians were among the victims, who Read More …

Pakistan: A radical shift in insurgency

The Baloch insurgency has undergone a drastic shift, with the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) playing a key role in reshaping the movement. Meanwhile, security institutions are struggling to adapt their counter-insurgency strategies to keep pace with these changes. Last Read More …

Pakistan: At least 11 killed in fighting between tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

At least 11 people have been killed and eight injured, including women and children, in tribal clashes in northwestern Pakistan, according to a local official. Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Saturday after two people were critically Read More …

Pakistan vows to hunt perpetrators of Karachi attack

On Sunday, an explosion near the Karachi airport killed three people, including two Chinese citizens, and injured over a dozen. The attack was claimed by the Majeed Brigade of the Baloch Liberation Army, a banned separatist outfit. Investigators probing the Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 253

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed both by the Russian Federation and Ukraine about the assassination last week of an individual in the city where most staff of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) live, Director General Read More …

Pakistan: Two foreign nationals dead, several injured in explosion near Karachi airport

At least two foreign nationals died while 17 others sustained injuries in a huge explosion near Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, with Home Minister Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar suspecting it to be an improvised explosive device (IED) strike. Sources told Geo Read More …

Iraq: Explosion in Kirkuk injures five people

Police are investigating an explosion in downtown Kirkuk that injured at least five people on Saturday. “Our forces have arrived in the area and launched an investigation. The explosion in the predominantly Turkmen downtown neighborhood of Musalla was caused by Read More …

Israel: Seven murdered in Jaffa terror shooting, many more wounded

Seven people were murdered and dozens were wounded in a terrorist shooting attack at a light rail station in Jaffa on Tuesday evening. Six people were taken to Ichilov Medical Center with at least two in critical condition with head Read More …

Ongoing Landmine Crisis in Angola

Angola’s landmine problem is a tragic legacy of decades of conflict, first in the fight for independence from Portugal and later in the ensuing civil war. Historical records indicate that almost all parties involved in these conflicts were responsible for Read More …

Somalia: Bomb blasts in Mogadishu and Lower Shabelle kill six, injure several others

Two separate bomb blasts killed at least three people in Somalia on Saturday, officials said, noting that no group had taken responsibility for explosions in Mogadishu and Lower Shabelle, which also left scores of people critically injured. The first blast Read More …

Qatar ‘trying to derail High Court case by intimidating victims’, court hears

Qatar has been accused of waging a “campaign of intimidation and apparent bribery” to derail a High Court case in which the country is accused of funding terrorism. They are among nine claimants originally from Syria who say they lost Read More …

Somalia: UN launches month-long training to reduce the threat of explosive devices

As Somalia advances in its journey towards self-reliance and sustainability in national security, the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remains critical. Their impact on local communities and national armed forces is devastating: in the last 12 months, about 600 Read More …

Angola: Hoping For A Better Future

Throughout most of Bié province, the soil is fertile and water sources are widely accessible, but where mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are present, use of the land is severely limited. From 1983 to 1985, mines and other explosive items Read More …

Lebanon: Israel kills top Hezbollah figure in Beirut strike

Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. The target was Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, Read More …

UN: 1,500 Somalis killed or injured by explosive devices in 2023

At least 1,500 civilians were killed or injured by 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Somalia over the past year, the UN reported late Thursday. UN Secretary-General’s Acting Special Representative for Somalia James Swan said that the threat of IEDs Read More …

Mali: Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Bamako killed more than 70 people

More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this week, according to diplomatic and security sources. Hardline fighters from the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM) Read More …

Ukrainian drone attack triggers massive blasts in Russia’s Tver region

A major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered a giant blast and forced the partial evacuation of residents near the site of a large Russian arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday. Unverified video and images on social media showed Read More …

Lebanon: Nine killed, 2,750 wounded as Hezbollah pagers explode

At least nine people were killed and about 2,750 were wounded by exploding handheld pagers across Lebanon, the country’s health minister has said. Firass Abiad said that an eight-year-old girl was among those killed and that more than 200 people Read More …