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Pakistani and Afghan border forces clashed on Thursday night after the Taliban launched what it called retaliatory strikes on Pakistani installations, sharply escalating tensions after days of cross-border hostilities. Afghan forces opened fire on posts in Pakistan’s mountainous northwest, sparking Read More …
A senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has reportedly been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by members of his own faction in Borno. According to a report, the incident occurred on February 24 Read More …
Terrorist violence continues to pose a serious threat to stability and security across West Africa, with the Sahel region remaining the epicentre of global terrorism-related deaths. In recent years, terrorist groups, particularly those affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq Read More …
According to the 2025 Landmine Monitor report, Myanmar recorded the highest number of casualties globally in 2024 due to landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). The report states deaths and injuries more than doubled in a year as conflict Read More …
Explosive ordnance including landmines, improvised explosive devices and explosive remnants of war are known to contaminate at least fifty-eight countries, threatening the health of affected communities across generations. Despite the scale of this problem, mortality estimates pertaining to these weapons Read More …
The Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Use of Weaponsof the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) co-organized a capacity consultations workshop with the National Counter Terrorism Centre of Kenya (NCTC) from 28 to 29 January 2026, in Nairobi, Kenya. Hosted Read More …
A child was killed andkwhen an unexploded shell detonated in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, Taliban officials said Thursday. The Taliban’s provincial police command said in a statement that the blast occurred in the Hisar Shahi village of Rodat district after Read More …
The Royal Thai Army said the situation along the K5 road in Ta Phraya district, Sa Kaeo province, has not worsened, with no further advances detected by Cambodian personnel allegedly disguising themselves as civilians. However, officials warned that explosive ordnance Read More …
Eight explosive‑laden drones targeted the airport serving the northeastern Congolese city of Kisangani over the weekend, local authorities said, blaming the AFC/M23 rebel group and neighbouring Rwanda. If confirmed to be an AFC/M23 operation, it would be the furthest west Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has expressed deep concern over a cluster munition blast that injured three electricity workers in Oddar Meanchey province, leaving some with serious injuries. CMAA said it is ready to support the Read More …
ven Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured when a YPG drone struck an ammunition site in northeastern Hassakeh, the Syrian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the ministry’s Media and Communications Department, said Read More …
Finland’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention will take effect on 10 January. Finland remains committed to the humanitarian objectives of the Ottawa Convention. Finland’s decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention was based on an assessment of Finland’s Read More …
Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a significant security innovation on Friday, inaugurating a national IED data management platform crafted by the NSG to improve counter-terrorism efforts. Through a video conferencing link, Shah officially launched the system, which is stationed Read More …
At least seven people were killed and four injured when a vehicle carrying civilians struck a landmine in the Kudkudaaleey area of central Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, local sources reported Sunday. The vehicle was carrying nearly 20 passengers en route Read More …
Residents of Chak district in central Afghanistan say unexploded ordnance left over from years of conflict poses a serious threat to civilians, particularly children, and has disrupted daily life by damaging roads and access to healthcare. Villagers told Amu TV Read More …
A car explosion that occurred in the courtyard of a residential building on Heroiv Dnipra Street in Kyiv on January 4, when the trunk was opened, has been classified as a terrorist attack, and a pre-trial investigation has been launched. Read More …
Terrorism in Pakistan rose by 34 percent in 2025, despite record counter-militancy operations that resulted in the killing of 1,313 militants in military actions and armed clashes with security forces. An additional 602 militants were killed in retaliatory fire by Read More …
One person was killed and five others were injured in a bomb blast in Sibi town on Thursday. Police officials said that some unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device in Chanki Chowk area close to Girls Degree College, Read More …
The police command in Zamfara, on Saturday, confirmed that some objects suspected to be improvised explosive devices exploded along the Magami–Dansadau Road in Maru LGA. The command’s spokesman, Yazid Abubakar, confirmed. Mr Abubakar, who declined to make further comments, said Read More …
Eight people were killed and 18 others injured in an initial toll following a terrorist explosion at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab district of Homs, central Syria. Officials at the Syrian Health Ministry said Read More …