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A homemade bomb killed one person and wounded dozens of others in western Cameroon Sunday, an attack the authorities said may have been carried out by anglophone separatists. The blast came two hours after a parade of school children celebrating Read More …
At least five people died Saturday in Cunhinga municipality, central Bié Province, after setting off an anti-tank mine, ANGOP has learnt. The victims, three men and two women, aged between 12 and 56, were travelling on a three-wheeled motorbike and Read More …
A 35 years old man got seriously injure by landmine explosion (K59) on February 9, 2024, in Seila Khmer village, O’Bei Choan commune, O’Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey province. According to Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) the victim named Van Komsort, Read More …
The police received information about the explosion of a military device in a beekeeping farm in Chartar village of Khojavend district. The Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA) announced the details of the explosion, noting that the Read More …
At least nine people were killed and more than a dozen others injured in almost two dozen incidents of violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district and multiple districts of Balochistan on Thursday. Five police personnel were martyred and Read More …
Though remarkable progress has been made towards the eradication of anti-personnel landmines (APM) since the adoption of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) in 1997, casualties from APM are, alarmingly, on the rise, including due to the increased use of Read More …
At least 28 people were killed while over 40 suffered injuries after back-to-back blasts hit Balochistan’s Pishin and Qila Saifullah on Wednesday, officials said. he incidents come a day before general elections are scheduled to be held in the country. Read More …
At least 10 people were killed on Tuesday in a crowded market in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, after multiple blasts. The incident happened within the Bakara market in the city, sources told Al Jazeera. A local businessman said he helped Read More …
Two people were killed and six others were injured in a shooting in front of a courthouse in Istanbul, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a social media post that it was a terrorist attack Read More …
Group Captain Sadiq Shehu (rtd) has said 1.2 million people comprising returnees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and members of the host communities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are exposed to explosive remnants of the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency. Shehu Read More …
A blast targeted a political rally organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday evening in Sibi district of Balochistan, resulting in at least four fatalities and several injuries, according to authorities. The explosion occurred as the rally, belonging to Read More …
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Boko Haram terrorists on the Pulka-Firgi Road in Gwoza local government area of Borno State, has killed seven farmers in a commercial vehicle. According to a report, the incident occurred in the early Read More …
Two people were injured in a grenade attack on the National Party’s election office on Sunday evening in Balochistan’s Mastung, according to police. City Police Station House Officer (SHO) Abdul Fatah told Dawn.com that unknown persons had lobbed a grenade Read More …
Six pupils of the Tsangaya Quranic Centre in Gubio town have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device which exploded near the Tsangaya in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident occurred on Saturday when a metal Read More …
Shinji Aoba was handed the death penalty on Thursday for setting a Kyoto Animation studio on fire in 2019 and killing 36 people, in one of Japan’s deadliest mass murders. The Kyoto District Court found the 45-year-old man guilty of Read More …
At least 30 people have been killed in renewed violence in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, where clashes between Muslim herders and Christian farming communities have erupted for years, a community organisation and an aid group source said on Thursday. Despite Read More …
South African police said Wednesday that they had arrested a man accused of starting a fire that killed more than 70 in Johannesburg last year. The 29-year-old was detained on Tuesday after confessing his involvement before an enquiry was established Read More …
Odisha government has curbed Maoist insurgency to a great extent with incidents of Naxal-related violence in 2023 reporting a significant decline than the previous four years. As per data shared by state police headquarters on Saturday, 14 incidents of Naxal Read More …
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that one person died and 10 others were injured in the explosion that rocked Kidandan village in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Nation gathered that the incident occurred Saturday afternoon, as Read More …
According to a report released on January 18 by the Ngoc Hien District People’s Committee, Nguyen Ngoc Tu, 42, found a bomb left from the American War in the Cua Lon River several days ago. He brought it home, intending Read More …