Pakistan: 5 policemen injured in bomb blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

A bomb blast hit a police van deployed for polio vaccination in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, leaving at least five policemen injured, police officials said. The policemen were deployed with a polio eradication team for security in Read More …

Ukraine: Car that blew up in Donetsk belongs to militia official

The car that exploded near a government building in downtown Donetsk belongs to Denis Sinenkov, the chief of a department at the militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, the Donetsk News Agency reported on Friday. “That was Sinenkov’s car,” Read More …

Niger: Improvised Land Mine Kills Five Soldiers in Tillaberi region

An improvised explosive device has killed five Nigerien soldiers in the southwest of the Sahel country, the defense ministry said Thursday. An army patrol unit on Wednesday hit the device, killing the five soldiers and wounding two others, the ministry Read More …

Somalia: Five killed as gunfire, explosions rock Mogadishu

Al-Shabab fighters have attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, officials and the armed group said – a show of force as the country prepares to hold a long-delayed presidential election. State television on Wednesday reported Read More …

Nigeria: 5 Killed As Boko Haram IED Explodes In Borno

Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected Boko Haram / ISWAP terrorists has killed five people in Borno State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the IED, which was planted between Gajibo and Muala area along Gamboru Ngala Road, exploded and killed the Read More …

Somalia: 4 killed in roadside blast in Middle Shabelle

Four civilians were killed after an auto-rickshaw they were travelling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in Middle Shabelle of central Somalia on Monday. State-owned Radio Mogadishu reported that the landmine planted by suspended al-Shabab militants exploded near Read More …

Philippines: Alleged NPA landmine blast injures 2 cops in Negros Occidental province

Two policemen and a minor in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental were wounded during a roadside encounter with suspected members of Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Barangay Bi-ao on Sunday morning. Police report said Lt. Charles Richard Casalan, Read More …

Kenya: One injured in suspected Al-Shabaab IED attack in Lamu

The Kenyan Defence Forces soldier has been seriously injured on Saturday, February 12 when the vehicle he was traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) between Milimani and Baure in Lamu County. Al-Shabaab targeting construction workers clearly shows Read More …

UK: The ‘forgotten’ Coventry bombing that claimed five lives

On August 25 1939, a bomb tore through heart of Coventry city centre, leaving five dead and 70 injured. The bomb had been planted by the IRA, and exploded on a busy Friday afternoon, leaving shop fronts shattered and the Read More …

Dakar rally car blast caused by improvised explosive device

French investigators probing an explosion that badly wounded a driver at the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia have concluded an improvised explosive device caused it, a source close to the investigation revealed on Friday. Investigators from France’s specialized anti-terror prosecutor’s Read More …

Benin: Death toll in national park attacks in the north rises as France opens terror probe

Nine people including a Frenchman were killed this week in attacks in a national park in Benin’s remote north bordering troubled Niger and Burkina Faso, according to a government update. The toll was the deadliest in recent attacks Benin has Read More …

Afghanistan: Explosion near mosque kills 1, wounds 7 in Badghis province

Explosion went off while dozens of worshippers had gathered inside the mosque for Friday prayers An explosion on the doorsteps of a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed one worshipper and wounded seven others on Friday, a Taliban official said. Baz Read More …

Somalia: Several killed in attack targeting election delegates in Mogadishu

A suicide bomber targeting a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia’s parliamentary elections killed at least six people in Mogadishu, the ambulance service said, as the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab armed group claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast occurred early Read More …

Kenya: Four killed in IED attack in Garissa

Four people have been killed in an IED attack in Sangailu, Holugho sub-county in Garissa county on Thursday morning. The group was travelling from Masalani to Holugho when the incident happened. The driver of the vehicle narrowly escaped death and Read More …

Somalia: Four killed, seven injured in Bossaso explosion

At least four people were killed and seven others injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northeast Somalia’s Puntland commercial city of Bossaso on Wednesday afternoon. A Puntland police officer told state-run Radio Mogadishu that the bomber struck in Read More …

Iraq: One civilian, three troops killed in a bomb attack in al-Anbar

Three Iraqi soldiers and one civilian were reportedly killed in a bomb attack that targeted their vehicle in al-Rutba district, western al-Anbar, on Wednesday morning. A source told Shafaq News Agency that the soldiers were heading home on their leave Read More …

Ireland: Innocent family has lucky escape after their Dublin home targeted in feud bomb attack

An innocent family had a lucky escape when an explosive device believed to be a grenade was thrown at their home in Finglas, Dublin as part of an escalating gangland feud involving the ‘Mr Flashy’ drugs gang Gardaí are working Read More …