Sweden: Explosion leads to fire at downtown Stockton market; residents evacuated

A downtown Stockton market was scorched in a Molotov cocktail attack and a subsequent explosion Wednesday night, forcing 35 residents out of their apartments, which are right above the store, authorities said. Two separate arson incidents were reported at the Read More …

Somalia: Death toll from car bomb blasts in Hiraan region rises to 35

Al-Shabaab militants detonated two car bombs killing at least 35 people and leveling several houses in central Somalia’s Hiraan region on Wednesday, a government-allied militia and a local elder said. The death toll from a twin car bomb attack in Read More …

DR Congo: Lost grenade kills two children in South Kivu province

Two children have died and six people been wounded in eastern DR Congo after a grenade they discovered during a bird-hunt exploded, local officials said on Tuesday. A group of youngsters had been hunting for birds Monday in a field Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 2 children among 6 people killed in southern Rajouri district attack

Two children were killed and five other civilians wounded in a blast in a village in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, a day after assailants sprayed bullets toward a row of homes, leaving at least four dead, police said. The blast Read More …

Afghanistan: Several feared dead in blast outside Kabul military airport

An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul has caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said. “Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul military airport, due to which a number of our citizens were martyred Read More …

Kenyan soldier killed and four others injured in roadside bomb blast in Lamu county

One Kenya Defence Forces soldier has been killed while four others injured at the Mlima Faru area in Lamu county. The soldier was killed after their vehicle drove over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). This comes after two people were Read More …

Malaysia: Explosive device that killed man in Pandan was a ‘homemade bomb’

Police believe the explosive device that killed a a 28-year-old cook outside a restaurant in Pandan Indah was a homemade bomb. Police arrived at the conclusion after having discovered certain items and materials at the scene which had originated from Read More …

Nigeria: Explosion rocks Kogi minutes before Buhari’s visit

An explosion occurred Thursday in Kogi State minutes before President Muhammadu Buhari was to commission a project in the North-central state. Residents said the explosion, believed to be from a bomb, claimed the lives of at least four people in Read More …

Afghanistan: Head of Badakhshan Security Department Killed in Faizabad Blast

A blast targeted a vehicle in the city of Faizabad, Badakhshan province, on Monday morning, killing head of the provincial security department, Abdulhaq Abu Omar, the ministry of interior confirmed. The blast happened nearby the compound of the security department, Read More …

Pakistan: 5 army personnel martyred in IED blast in Balochistan’s Kahan

Five Pakistan Army personnel were martyred in a blast on Sunday from an improvised explosive device (IED) during a clearance operation in Balochistan’s Kahan area, the military’s media wing confirmed. A press release from the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Read More …

Burkina Faso: At least 21 civilians killed in bus explosion in Gourma province

A public transport bus hit an improvised explosive device near the village of Bougui at the exit of the town of Fada N’Gourma, in the east of the country on Sunday, December 25, 2022. “At least 21 people died. These Read More …

Pakistan: Three separate grenade blasts leave at least 15 injured in Quetta

Three grenade blasts left at least 15 injured in the city on Sunday adding to the sourge of terrorism that is eyeing the country. Reports said that a hand grenade was thrown in the Satellite Town injuring eight including a Read More …

Nigeria: 14-year-old killed while melting IED mistaken for scrap in Borno

A 14-year-old boy in Borno state has been reportedly killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) mistaken for scrap metal. According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the incident occurred in Banki town, Bama LGA Read More …

Pakistan: Suspected militants heading for Islamabad’s government district blow themselves up

Pakistani militants thought to have been on the verge of carrying out a suicide bombing in Islamabad’s government district blew themselves up on Friday as police pursued their car, killing one officer, authorities said. The interior ministry said the vehicle Read More …

Ukraine: Official in Russian-controlled Kherson region killed in car bomb attack

A local official in a part of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region controlled by Russian forces was killed on Thursday in a car bomb attack, the Russian-installed local administration said. It blamed the death of Andrei Shtepa on “Ukrainian terrorists”. There Read More …

Iraq: Explosion in Erbil Governorate kills two soldiers, injures three

Two soldiers were killed and three were injured in an explosion in northern Iraq, Iraqi state news said Thursday. The soldiers were traveling in an army vehicle a day earlier in the Makhmour district when an explosive device detonated, the Read More …

UN: The 3rd Egyptian Combat Convoy Company Receives the United Nations Medal

One-hundred and ten members of the 3rd Egyptian Combat Convoy Company were awarded the United Nations medal on 20 December 2022, as a tangible recognition of the peacekeepers’ efforts and achievements. The Egyptian company, based in Mopti, Mali, has participated Read More …

Kenya: Three killed in al Shabaab attack in Garissa

At least three people were killed in al Shabaab attack in Garissa on Wednesday morning. The two police officers and a civilian were in a police vehicle when they were attacked between the Hayley Lapsset Camp and Garissa. Police and Read More …