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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 …
Odisha’s anti-Maoist elite force, the Special Operation Group (SOG), and CRPF jawans had a narrow escape on Saturday when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded during a combing operation at Juigsaipatna village in Kalahandi district, police said. There was no Read More …
Four explosions of crude bomb-like objects have been reported in Aminbazar, Savar, the gateway to Dhaka. The explosions occurred on the road in front of a filling station in Aminbazar on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at around 2pm on Saturday. Shortly Read More …
Neighbours have reported hearing a ‘big bang’ after armed robbers ‘tried to blow up’ a cash machine. Staffordshire Police are now hunting two masked raiders who targeted Northwood Co-op, on Keelings Road, late last night. It comes as the bomb Read More …
A tent filled with 20 people taking fentanyl was the target of an explosives attack at a Seattle homeless encampment last Friday, according to a police report. It is believed the incident was part of an ongoing turf war between Read More …
A controlled explosion has been carried out by Royal Navy divers off the north coast of Guernsey. Police said what was thought to be “an airdropped weapon” from World War Two was detonated at 10:15 BST. It said the device Read More …
A wildfire whipped on by strong winds triggered a series of massive explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition depot in central Greece, while firefighters worked to tame multiple blazes in the country. There were no injuries at the depot, Read More …
Six citizens were killed Thursday and nearly 23 others were injured in a terrorist explosion that targeted Assayida Zainab town in Damascus countryside. A motorcycle was detonated near a taxi of SABA at Kou Sudan street in Sayyida Zainab. Read Read More …
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a roadside mosque when a police officer tried to arrest him after a chase in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing the officer, police said. It was unclear whether any Read More …
Two soldiers of Yemen’s government forces were killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast in the southwestern province of Taiz, a military official told Xinhua. The official, who asked to remain anonymous, said that seven others were also injured when Read More …
A suicide bomber on Monday targeted a military training academy in Somalia, killing 25 soldiers in the capital of Mogadishu, a senior army officer said. Al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa, the Somalia-based al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack. The officer Read More …
A landmine explosion in Syria’s eastern Hama governorate has claimed the lives of four Syrian soldiers, as reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) late on Saturday. The incident occurred near al-Towainan Village, eastern Salmiya when an unexploded Read More …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have said 665 militant attacks, including 15 suicide bombings, were reported in the province between June 18, 2022, and June 18, 2023. They also reported 382 gun attacks, 107 grenade blasts, 145 IED explosions, 15 rocket Read More …
An Israeli was wounded by an IED in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank. The man was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, according to Israel’s Rescue Without Borders. On Thursday night, an Israeli man was Read More …
At least nine people have been killed and 16 injured after an explosive device accidentally detonated in a field in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said on Thursday. The blast occurred on Wednesday evening in Lubwe Sud in Read More …
At least 10 persons including seven security personnel were wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted the vehicle of Frontier Corps at the posh Hayatabad Township on Tuesday. The blast was a suicide attack and its target was the FC Read More …
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 …
Fourteen people were injured in a blast in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state on Saturday, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council said, reported Xinhua. An explosive device concealed inside a parked motorcycle was detonated in front of a gold Read More …
Despite strides made in clearance, remnants of war, including mines, continue to pose a risk to locals. A recent incident underscored this ongoing threat when an anti-tank mine exploded on July 14 in Banteay Meanchey province. The Cambodian Mine Action Read More …
Four border guards were injured in a booby trap car bomb near the Mirjaveh border with Pakistan in Iran’s Baluch populated southeast. According to state news agency IRNA, the condition of three of the injured is stable, but one was Read More …