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The head of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, who was wanted for deadly attacks on US soldiers and foreign aid workers, has been killed in an operation by French troops. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was “neutralised by French forces”, Read More …
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 23, of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to one count Read More …
A 26-year-old French student has been arrested after his school project was discovered to be four pipe bombs packed with uranium dust he bought on eBay, Le Canard Enchaîné reported on Tuesday. The report was confirmed by VICE News, who Read More …
When a Hellfire missile was launched on Aug. 29 at a target in a Kabul neighborhood — a parked car suspected of containing explosives for use in a suicide attack — U.S. military officials said they were confident the driver Read More …
The Nigerian Army, yesterday, said its soldiers on counter-terrorism operations in the North East have arrested a high profile member of the Boko Haram terrorists group and raided one of its logistics base used for the production of Improvised Explosive Read More …
A man has been arrested by counter terrorism officers after bomb disposal experts were called to a house. The 25-year-old is being held on suspicion of making or possessing explosives and having a gun following the incident in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Read More …
“Pyro-terrorism is the use of incendiary attacks to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, to advance political or social objectives” (Baird, 2006). Pyroterrorism attacks differ from traditional arson attacks and can comprise a component Read More …
Border forces and armed police units deployed in the counter-terrorism grid have been directed by the central security establishment to prepare and administer a new training module on the Taliban and its modus operandi to the troops in view of Read More …
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained four supporters of the IS terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia), who were plotting attacks in Ingushetia, in particular against law enforcement officers with the use of explosive devices, FSB Public Affairs department told Read More …
The country’s first-ever “Bomb Data Centre” is now ready and to provide details of any bomb-like object within moments just analysing its picture. Officials, who are on duty round the clock, will not only help to identify the explosive object Read More …
Selected Police personnel from 11 African countries have undergone explosive recognition and awareness training to combat explosive-related threats by terrorists and extremists. The two-week training dubbed: “Explosives Hazards Awareness Training (EHAT) of Trainers,” drew participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Read More …
One officer was reportedly killed in a gun fight between the police and suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Akata, Oru East LGA of Imo state. The police spokesperson said three improvised explosive devices (IED, two Read More …
The US military says it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group in a drone strike in the east of the country. The suspected member of the IS-K group was targeted in Read More …
Throughout the week, members of the Department of Homeland Security have been visiting businesses in Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Noxubee counties to spread awareness about improvised explosive devices. Operation Flashpoint is a joint effort between DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Read More …
As many as 30 crude bombs were recovered from a bus going from Kolkata to Gaya in Bihar on Wednesday. On receiving intel inputs, Bengal Police intercepted the bus going from Kolkata to Gaya at the Dibudih checkpost situated on Read More …
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have nabbed a man supplying bomb-making materials to Boko Haram members in Geidam Local Council of Yobe State. The suspect, Yusuf Saleh, was arrested at Bayamari along the Geidam/Gashua Read More …
MPs have called on the government to launch a scheme to employ Afghan interpreters as counter-terrorist advisors. As of Monday, almost 3,500 Afghan Interpreters and their families had been evacuated to the UK, with more expected to be relocated in Read More …
British and NATO forces will not return to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, the United Kingdom’s defence secretary said, after the group took control of Kabul following a blistering nationwide offensive. Ben Wallace told Sky News on Monday that it Read More …
The Iraqi military on Sunday said that members of the security forces thwarted an attack on a convoy transporting logistical supplies for the international US-led coalition south of Baghdad. The Security Media Cell said in a statement that an intelligence Read More …
Published today, the third edition of Europol’s annual report on Online Jihadist Propaganda provides a comprehensive analysis of the major trends and developments in online propaganda of the most prominent jihadist organisations for the year 2020. Focusing on the Islamic Read More …