Colombia: Drones, Fear, and a Buzz That Kills

On a flickering surveillance monitor, two men watch as a speck in the sky releases its payload—homemade, crude, and lethal. Below, civilians scatter before the explosion blooms. This isn’t footage from Ukraine or Gaza. This is Colombia. Armed groups have Read More …

Pakistan: Militant attacks surge to decade-high in August

Pakistan witnessed an alarming spike in militant violence in August this year, registering a 74 per cent increase in militant attacks compared to July, becoming the “deadliest month in over a decade”, according to data released by the Islamabad-based think Read More …

Bosnia: Teen killed by landmine decades after the war

A great tragedy struck the village of Hodzici near Doboj on Saturday, when 19-year-old Mehmed Hasanamidzic lost his life. According to the Doboj Police Department, the young man was killed by an anti-personnel mine while trying to bring back goats Read More …

Libya: Lack of funding hinders mine clearance despite efforts by international organizations

An analytical report published by the English-speaking Senegalese “African Press Agency” has highlighted the ongoing threat of explosive remnants of war in Libya, which have posed a direct danger to civilian lives since 2011. Widespread Presence of Unexploded Ordnance The Read More …

DR Congo rebels killed 140 civilians despite peace process

M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst atrocities by the armed group since its resurgence in late 2021, Human Rights Watch has said in a report. This Read More …

Nigeria: IED explosion kills 2 children, injures 6 others in Borno

Two children were killed and six others injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources from the town told our correspondent that the explosion occurred in Kofa Biyu, Konduga LGA. “Yes, the Read More …

Bangladesh-Myanmar border: Landmine-related injuries on the rise

In the first six months of this year, at least 18 people — 17 Bangladeshis and one Rohingya — were wounded in landmine explosions on the Myanmar side of the border. Two Rohingyas were killed and six others wounded last Read More …

UN Syria Commission finds March coastal violence was widespread and systematic

GENEVA – The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry today published a report on the wave of violence that engulfed coastal and western central Syria from January, finding that acts that may amount to war crimes were committed. The violence – Read More …

Ukraine: Two teenagers arrested for deadly terrorist attack in Zhytomyr

Ukrainian security forces have arrested two 17-year-olds — a boy and a girl — in connection with a terrorist attack in Zhytomyr that killed one man and seriously injured another. The investigation revealed that the teenagers — a local vocational Read More …

Pakistan: 11 killed in terror attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces

Eight security personnel and three civilians embraced martyrdom in different terror attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, officials said on Wednesday. In Balochistan’s Mastung district, three security personnel, including a senior officer, were martyred and three others sustained injuries in Read More …

Pakistan: Two killed, one injured in Sui bomb blast

Two people were killed and another injured in a roadside bomb explosion in the Sui area of Dera Bugti district on Saturday. According to Levies officials, the incident took place in the Kanjo Saghari area of Sui, where an improvised Read More …

Pakistan: Five children killed, 12 injured while playing with mortar shell in Lakki Marwat

Five children were killed and 12 others were injured when a mortar shell they were playing with exploded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat area on Saturday. Aamir Khan, spokesperson for the Bannu region police, told Dawn.com that the children found Read More …

Pakistan: Four family members injured after mortar shell falls on house in Bajaur

Four members of a family were injured when a mortar shell fell on a house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Thursday, according to the police. Bajaur police spokesperson Israr Salarzai told Dawn.com: “The house of a citizen in Gohati Read More …

Africa Surpasses 150,000 Deaths Linked to Militant Islamic Groups in Past Decade

Militant Islamist groups in Africa continue to be highly active agents of instability across five theaters on the continent. The 22,307 fatalities linked to these groups over the past year sustain a record level of lethality observed since 2023 and Read More …

Iraq: Two killed in Baghdad ministry gunfight

Iraqi counterterrorism forces were deployed to southern Baghdad after gunmen stormed a Ministry of Agriculture office, killing two people and wounding 12 others, the Interior Ministry announced on Sunday. According to a statement, the incident took place in the al-Dora Read More …

DR Congo: At least 38 killed in church attack in Komanda

At least 38 people have been killed and 15 others injured in an attack on a church in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The attack, carried out by suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) wielding Read More …

Iran: At least five killed in courthouse attack in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan

An attack on a courthouse in southeastern Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province has killed at least five civilians and injured 13, Iranian media report. A mother and child were among those killed on Saturday by gunmen who threw a hand grenade into Read More …

Cameroon: Bomb blast kills 2 children in Far North region

At least two children were killed in a bomb explosion early Monday in Cameroon’s Far North region, according to locals and security sources. The children were trekking along the Bargaram-Abasouni Road in the Logone-et-Chari division of the region when they Read More …

Syria: Death toll from violence in the south tops 1,000

Calm returned to southern Syria’s Sweida province on Sunday after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups. A ceasefire announced on Saturday appeared to be holding after earlier agreements failed to end fighting between longtime rivals the Read More …

Germany: 19 injured after fireworks show goes awry at fair in Düsseldorf

German authorities say at least 19 people were injured, four seriously, after a fireworks show went awry at a fair in the western city of Düsseldorf. Fire squad and emergency services deployed after the incident late Friday at the Rheinkirmes Read More …