Niger: Improvised explosive device kills eight gold miners in the Tillaberi region

A bomb blast in insurgent-riven west Niger has killed at least eight workers at the Samira gold mine in the Tillaberi region, local sources told AFP on Tuesday. Located in the borderlands straddling Niger and fellow unrest-hit Sahel neighbours Mali Read More …

Pakistan: Three children injured in Bannu blast

Three schoolboys were injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Surani Sikandakhel Bala area of Bannu district on Monday. A police official said that unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device along a road near a government high school Read More …

Indonesia: 13 die after ammo explodes during disposal in Garut, West Java

The Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) on Monday confirmed that 13 people, including four military officers, were killed in an explosion while trying to dispose of expired ammunition in Sagara village, Garut district, West Java. Chief of the TNI’s Information Office, Read More …

UK: Bomb squad called to petrol station ATM blast

A bomb disposal unit was called to a petrol station after an explosion during an attempted theft at a cash machine. It happened between Sunday evening and Monday morning at Hedgeley Services, off the A697 at Powburn in Northumberland. It Read More …

Pakistan: Policeman martyred in Gwadar grenade attack

A policeman was martyred in an exchange of fire after attackers threw a hand grenade near a masjid in Gwadar, according to police. According to Gwadar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Zia Mandokhail, a residential quarter of people belonging to Read More …

North Carolina: Expect explosive noises near Cherry Point, airfields in May

Officials with Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point said Friday that residents near the air station and its outlying airfields can expect multiple military training operations throughout May. Ground training will be conducted at Marine Outlying Field Atlantic, May 12-16 Read More …

Nigeria: IED injures five children near construction site in Mafa, Borno State

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State on May 8, 2025, left five children injured, one of whom lost a hand. The explosion occurred around 1425hrs when the children unknowingly tampered with IED Read More …

British and Australian bomb disposal experts killed in IED explosion in Ukraine

A bomb disposal expert from the Isle of Man has died, following severe injuries while dismantling an improvised explosive device. Chris Garrett, from Peel, had dedicated years to clearing landmines in Ukraine, and stepped up to volunteer after the Russian Read More …

Pakistan: IED blast in Balocistan’s Mach kills seven security personnel

At least seven troops were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Balochistan’s Mach district, the Inter-Services Public Relations said on Tuesday. It added that sanitisation of the area was being carried out to eliminate any terrorists present Read More …

India: Two STF personnel injured in IED blast during anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh

Two personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, where a massive operation against ultras has been underway for two weeks, police said on Read More …

Thailand: Bomb in Narathiwat kills police officer during murder investigation

A police officer tragically passed away following a bomb explosion at a lamppost in Narathiwat province. The explosion occurred as the police officer was retrieving evidence from a CCTV camera during an investigation into the fatal shooting of a blind Read More …

Israel: IDF announces two soldiers from Yahalom Unit, killed in booby-trapped Rafah building

Two soldiers from the Yahalom Unit, Captain Noam Ravid and Staff Sergeant Yaly Seror, were killed in combat in a booby-trapped building in Rafah, Gaza, the IDF announced on Sunday morning. Capt. Ravid, 23, was from Sha’arei Tikva, in the Read More …

India: Six-year-old girl injured in bomb explosion in Bihar’s Patna

A six-year-old girl was injured after two crude bombs exploded in Bihar’s capital Patna, police said on Sunday. “Police received a call that two bombs exploded in Bakarganj locality around 9 pm on Saturday. Pirbahore Police Station personnel reached the Read More …

Israel: Three people wounded as a result of Houthi missile explosion near Ben-Gurion Airport

Three people were mildly wounded on Sunday as a result of a Houthi missile that crashed in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport’s Terminal 3, Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom said. MDA medics and paramedics provided medical treatment to a Read More …

Pakistan: Terrorist attack in Lakki Marwat kills one, injures police official

A fresh wave of violence struck Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as terrorists attacked the Gandi Chowk police station in Lakki Marwat, killing one civilian and injuring a police official. According to police, the deceased was identified as Ahmad Khan, a watchman at Read More …

Greece: Woman dies in Thessaloniki explosion

A 38-year-old woman who was seriously injured in an early-morning explosion in central Thessaloniki has died from her injuries. The blast occurred in a parking lot next to a bank branch, at the intersection of Platonos and Agios Dimitriou streets, Read More …

Mediterranean Sea: Freedom Flotilla ship attacked by drones off Malta

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition campaign group said Friday that one of its ships bound for the Gaza Strip, carrying aid and dozens of activists, was attacked in international waters by drones in the middle of the night off Malta, causing Read More …

Oregon: Man arrested after explosions rattle southeast Salem neighborhood

A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a series of explosions in a southeast Salem neighborhood. The first explosion was reported on Wed., April 23 around 2:30 a.m. According to the Salem police department, investigators found damage to a Read More …