Pakistan: Gas pipeline blown up in Bolan valley

A gas pipeline in Balochistan’s rugged Bolan area fell victim to a bomb explosion on Thursday. According to Levies sources, unidentified individuals planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near a gas pipeline in the Bolan Valley. The detonation of the Read More …

Russia: Man detained for sabotage attempt

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a Russian national involved in a sabotage attempt at a Defense Ministry’s facility on the instruction of Ukrainian special services, the FSB Center of Public Communications told TASS. Furthermore, it was also Read More …

Yemen: Unknown gunmen bomb crude oil pipeline in Shabwa

Unknown gunmen carried out an attack and blew up a major crude oil pipeline in the country’s southeastern province of Shabwa on Monday evening. The blast was directed at the pipeline responsible for transporting crude oil from the Jannah Hunt Read More …

India: Train services on Howrah-Mumbai route hit as Maoists blow up railway track

Train movement on Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai route was severely affected after Maoists blew up a railway track at Binuan village between Rourkela and Manoharpur railway station late Thursday night. Maoist posters and banners were also put up at the blast site. As Read More …

TSA conducts international exercise focusing on threats to cross border systems with Amtrak, Transport Canada

SEATTLE – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) partnered with Amtrak and Transport Canada to conduct its first exercise on international soil in Vancouver, Canada, on December 13. Focusing on surface and critical infrastructure threats to cross border systems, the exercise Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 177

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed no mines or explosives on the rooftops of Unit 3 and Unit 4 reactor buildings and the turbine halls at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), after having been given access yesterday Read More …

Iraq’s electric grid hit by fire, explosions amid scorching heat

A fire at a power station in southern Iraq and several explosions have affected the country’s ailing national electricity grid as temperatures rise. A statement by Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity on Saturday said a fire broke out shortly after noon Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 175

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed directional anti-personnel mines on the periphery of the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. During a walkdown on 23 July, the IAEA team Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 174

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have carried out additional inspections and walkdowns at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) over the past week – so far without observing any heavy military equipment, explosives or mines – but they are Read More …

Two dead after explosions on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and Russia

Twin explosions have damaged the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea to mainland Russia, killing two people and closing the main conduit for Russian road traffic to the annexed peninsula. The heavily guarded road and rail link is among the Kremlin’s most Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 172

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have received additional access at the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), without – so far – observing any visible indications of mines or explosives, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 171

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts present at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have in recent days and weeks inspected parts of the facility – including some sections of the perimeter of the large cooling pond – and have Read More …

Russia: Moscow police, FSB operatives detain suspects in setting fire to railway relay panels

Transport police officers together with their colleagues from the Federal Security Service (FSB) have detained suspects in the arson of three control and relay panels in the area of Moskva-Tovarnaya, Paveletskaya and Varshavskaya stations, committed for a cash reward, the Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 167

The IAEA is aware of reports of mines having been placed near the cooling pond. No mines were observed at the site during the Director General’s visit, including the cooling pond. However, the IAEA is aware of previous placement of Read More …

Ukraine says destruction of Kakhovka dam and flooding will not derail its counter-offensive

Kyiv has vowed that the destruction of the huge Nova Kakhovka dam and flooding of frontline areas in southeastern Ukraine will not derail its planned counter-offensive as it accused Russia’s occupation force of destroying the facility on the Dnipro river Read More …

California: Software engineer who allegedly blew up power station had even more bombs at home

A software engineer in San Jose has been charged with blowing up two electric transformers in the San Francisco Bay Area, which knocked out power for thousands of residents in December and January. Peter Karasev, 36, was arrested last week Read More …

California: Man charged for alleged involvement in 2 transformer explosions

A man has been arrested in California for allegedly blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers and causing “destruction and harm to public safety.” Peter Karasev, 36, was identified with cell phone data and video surveillance footage. He made Read More …

Russia: IED was found on the tracks of the Ussuriysk-2 railway station

An attempt to blow up the echelon of Russian military equipment on the railway in the Primorsky Territory was discovered on 27 February 2023. The impending sabotage or terrorist act (pending the investigation) was allegedly supposed to occur during the Read More …

Nord Stream Attack: Senator Raises Alarms About Alleged U.S. Involvement

A U.S. senator is concerned that if allegations about the United States sabotaging Russian natural gas pipelines are true, he and his colleagues weren’t aware of the plan. The U.S. continues to deny that it had any involvement in the Read More …

Neo-Nazi leader and Maryland woman allegedly plotted to ‘completely destroy’ Baltimore

Two people charged with conspiracy to damage energy facilities — a neo-Nazi leader and a woman with whom he had a personal relationship — allegedly planned to attack electrical substations encircling Baltimore and “completely destroy” the entire city, according to Read More …