Pakistan: Child killed, another injured in Bajaur blast

A child was killed and another injured when they fell prey to a roadside blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district on Wednesday. Police said the incident occurred in Loi Kharkai area of Mamond Read More …

Myanmar: One killed, 23 injured in school explosion in Tanintharyi Region

An explosion occurred at a primary school in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region, killing one child and injuring 23 people, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported on late Tuesday. The explosion occurred at around 12:40 p.m. local time Read More …

Pakistan: Hand grenade attack targets Levies Headquarters in Mastung

In a shocking incident, a hand grenade attack targeted the Levies headquarters located on Tehsil Road in Mastung, according to police reports. The attack resulted in one person sustaining injuries. The victim, who was struck by the blast, fortunately only Read More …

Syria: IED targets head of Criminal Court in Homs city

Local media reported that Judge “Akram Ibrahim”, head of the Criminal Court, was subjected to an assassination attempt, where an IED planted by unknown people exploded in his car. As a result, the judge sustained injuries that led to the Read More …

International community should mobilize efforts to eliminate landmine threat in Azerbaijan

Armenia-planted landmines countinue to kill and maim Azerbaijanis in recently liberated territories, Azernews reports citing the post shared by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on its official “X” account. “Despite extensive efforts, demining operations face many challenges due to Armenia’s refusal to Read More …

Azerbaijan’s ANAMA employee injured in mine explosion in Aghdam

An investigation is underway on the mine incident in Aghdam resulting in the injury of an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), the press service of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan told Trend. The Prosecutor’s Read More …

Pakistan: Man killed, two others injured in Bajaur blast

A man was killed and two others wounded when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) planted at a roadside in Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district on Monday. Police and locals said the incident occurred in Lara Bandagi area Read More …

Ontario: One person injured by homemade explosive in Algonquin Highlands

The Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a residence in Algonquin Highlands after receiving a report of a serious injury caused by explosive material. On May 24, 2024, at approximately 5:04 p.m., police were called Read More …

Pakistan arrests 11 involved in attack on Chinese nationals

Pakistan’s National Counter-Terrorism Authority Coordinator Muhammad Tahir Rai said Sunday that security forces have arrested 11 suspects accused involved in an attack on Chinese nationals in March this year. Addressing a joint press conference here with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Read More …

Mali: Over 20 killed in attack on Mopti village

Over 20 civilians were killed in an attack in central Mali on Saturday, a local official said on Sunday. The attack targeted a village in the Circle of Bankass in Mopti region – one of several areas in Mali’s north Read More …

Cameroon: Bar explosion kills one in the English-speaking Northwest region

At least one person was killed late Saturday when a makeshift bomb exploded in a crowded bar in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, according to local and security sources. An army official told Xinhua that the improvised explosive device Read More …

Nigeria: At least 160 villagers reported taken in central Niger state deadly raid

Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a remote community in Nigeria’s central Niger state, officials say. A large number of armed men, suspected to be from Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Read More …

India: Two women injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma

Two women sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to be planted by Maoists, detonated in Sukma district of on Sunday morning, police said. Sukma superintendent of police, Kiran G Chavan said that the incident took place in Read More …

Afghanistan: Head of Coordination, Cooperation, and Mine Clearance Calls Attention to Persistent Danger of UXO

Nooruddin Rustamkhil, head of Coordination, Cooperation, and Mine Clearance, stated that since the beginning of 2024, “nearly 50 people have been killed and more than 150 injured” due to landmines and other explosive materials. Rustamkhil told TOLOnews that “over 100 Read More …

Syria: Car explosion kills at least one in Damascus

A car explosion has killed one person in Syria’s capital Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim. The Mezze neighbourhood of Damascus houses the Iranian consulate, destroyed last month in a strike blamed on Israel. The attack Read More …

Yemen: Houthi Landmines Claim Lives, Livelihoods

Landmines laid by Houthi forces and others in Yemen continue to kill and cause serious injuries to civilians in areas where active hostilities have ceased and are preventing farmers from accessing their land, Human Rights Watch said today. Yemeni law Read More …

Colombia: Violence intensifies in southwest of the country as FARC holdout group attacks police and military

Violence intensified in southwestern Colombia on Monday when a bomb blast injured six people in the city of Jamundi and an attack by insurgents on a police station in the rural town of Morales left at least two officers dead, Read More …

Afghanistan: Explosion kills one, injures three in Kandahar

Sources in Kandahar province, which had previously confirmed explosions in the province, say that this explosion also resulted in casualties. According to a source, on Monday, May 20, an explosion occurred at the ‘Kabul Station’ in the central district of Read More …

Azerbaijan: One civilian killed in landmine blast in Tartar

One civilian died as a result of a landmine explosion in Azerbaijan’s Tartar district, reads a joint statement from the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAM). On May 21, Arzu Hajiyev (born in Read More …

Thailand: Eight volunteers injured in two explosions in Narathiwat province

Eight defence volunteers were injured in two improvised explosive device (IED) explosions in Sukhirin and Cho-airong districts of the southern province of Narathiwat this morning. In the first incident, volunteers were on a routine foot patrol along a village road Read More …