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The second UK taskforce to deploy to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operation in Mali is undertaking its final mission rehearsal exercise before deploying. The Desert Rats follow in the footsteps of The Light Dragoons-led taskforce who received a welcome reaction Read More …
Gendarmerie forces seized a large amount of explosives as part of a domestic anti-terror operation in southeastern Turkey, the interior minister said on Monday. “As part of Operation Eren-5 Bagok: 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of plastic explosives and improvised explosive Read More …
Huge cache of ammunition & explosives seized during a joint search operation of the GCPSU & Afghan Commandos in Ab Bazak village, Mohammad Agha district of Logar province. A Taliban bomb making factory was also destroyed & 16 roadside bombs, Read More …
The UAE has launched “logistical support flights” as part of French-led counter-terror operations in the African Sahel. The first flight took off from Abu Dhabi watched by Maj. Gen. Saleh Mohammed Al-Ameri, commander of joint operations at the Ministry of Read More …
Oliver Bel, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was convicted of collecting information useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. The 24-year-old had a copy of the so-called Anarchist Cookbook on 15 November, Manchester Crown Court heard. Bel, Read More …
Security forces detected and destroyed two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts on Friday, police said. One IED was detected today morning at Circle Road in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and was subsequently destroyed by Read More …
More than 200 emergency services and security officers have held a large-scale counterterrorism drill at Hong Kong International Airport to strengthen the city’s response to bomb attacks and incursions from hostage-taking knifemen. Code-named “Ironwill”, officers from police and fire services Read More …
A man has been arrested after a bomb attack on an off-duty police officer in Northern Ireland six years ago. The 33-year-old man was detained by gardai on Tuesday morning on suspicion of attempting to murder a police officer and Read More …
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover and defuse 13 IEDs in Jabul Saraj district of Parwan & Zaranj City of Nimruz. The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & Read More …
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse five IEDs in Khost, Maidan Wardak & Logar provinces. The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover & defuse five IEDs in Read More …
A man has been charged in Norway over his alleged role in a terror plot to bomb St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The Norwegian man – who has not been named – was originally arrested in September 2019. Safiyya Shaikh Read More …
A Texas man has been charged with plotting a bombing of Amazon Web Services in a quest to allegedly “kill off the internet.” Seth Aaron Pendley was arrested in Ft. Worth after allegedly attempting to get an explosive device from Read More …
The senior officer responsible for ensuring the UK is protected against the threat of terrorism is warning businesses and the public that they must be alert to more than just the threat of Covid-19 this summer. Counter Terrorism Policing’s Senior Read More …
South Australian police have arrested a man for possessing an improvised explosive device while a second has been charged with the possession of extremist material during a series of raids across Adelaide targeting members of the far-right. SA police confirmed Read More …
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Lahore, Sunday conducted an intelligence based operation and arrested two suspected terrorists belonging to a banned organisation. Explosive material was also recovered from their possession. A credible source information was received that two ‘terrorists’ were present Read More …
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a terrorist attack on law enforcement officers in the Stavropol region, the FSB said in a statement on Monday. “The Federal Security Service, the Investigative Committee and the Interior Ministry have thwarted a Read More …
The Charla police on Thursday claimed to have seized a pressure cooker bomb from a Maoist militia member and defused another pressure cooker bomb allegedly planted by the local militia members of the outlawed organisation near a stream in Rallapuram Read More …
The UK Government is currently consulting on new counter-terror laws which will, amongst other things, impose a new Protect Duty on businesses that are ‘responsible for publicly accessible locations’. Jim Preen explains further… As UK lockdowns start to ease, the Read More …
The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) busted a network of Afghanistan-based banned militant organisations in separate intelligence based operations (IOBs) carried out in Rawalpindi and Lahore. A well-placed source said the banned militant organisations based in Afghanistan had changed their Read More …
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terror plot targeting a fuel and energy industry facility by a member of the Islamic State, he resisted detention and was eliminated, the FSB Public Relations Center told TASS Thursday. According Read More …