Human Rights Watch urges investigation of alleged use of land mines by Ukraine

A human rights group says it has documented “numerous cases” of Ukrainian forces firing land mines into territory that was controlled at the time by Russia. In a new report, Human Rights Watch suggests that Ukraine scattered so-called petal mines Read More …

Cyprus: Arrest over illegal explosives

Police in Famagusta on Monday arrested a 23-year-old man for illegal explosives possession. They had obtained a warrant to search the suspect’s home, where they found 14 commercial and five homemade firecrackers, three bundles of fuse, gunpowder and various instruments Read More …

UK: Serving member of British Army charged with terror and explosives offences

A serving member of the British Army has been charged with terror and explosives offences, the Metropolitan Police said. Daniel Abed Khalife, of Beaconside, Stafford, was charged over two incidents in Staffordshire in August 2021 and January this year. He is Read More …

Belgium: Over 120 kg of explosives used in Brussels attacks, court learns

The Brussels Court of Assizes, which is currently presiding over the trial of suspects involved in the Brussels terror attacks at the Maelbeek metro station and Zaventem Airport, listened to the testimony of an expert who was able to trace Read More …

Georgia: Rioters With Explosives Torch Atlanta Police Car After Police Kill Suspect Who Shot A Cop

Rioters protesting the officer-involved shooting death of a suspect who shot a Georgia trooper last week set a police car on fire and busted out the windows of local businesses during a violent demonstration in Atlanta on Saturday night. Atlanta Read More …

UK: Extremist jailed after encouraging man to make a bomb

An extremist has been jailed for more than three years for encouraging another man to make a bomb by sharing a video in which he used his Amazon Echo speaker to read out a recipe for explosives. Elliot Brown, 25, Read More …

Philippines: Sulu cops nab 3, seize bomb-making components, guns

Authorities arrested three men, including a wanted person, and seized from them high-powered firearms and bomb-making components in Indanan, Sulu, a police official said Tuesday. Maj. Edwin Sapa, Indanan police chief, said Sabtari Tarih Ullong, who has pending warrants of Read More …

Moldova: Approximately 80 kg of explosives in missile debris found in Briceni district

There are about 80 kilograms of explosive material in the remnants of a missile detected on Saturday, January 14, in the area of the Larga border sector, Briceni district, say representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI), urging people Read More …

Somali Security Forces Seize Weapons, Arrest al-Shabab Suspect in Mogadishu

Authorities in Somalia say they have seized a weapons cache allegedly buried by al-Shabab militants at a house in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, during a joint operation. An official with NISA, however, told VOA on condition of anonymity because he Read More …

Uganda: How suspected ADF agent operated explosive making lab, assortment of weapons in Kampala

Intelligence organs have arrested a man in Salaama, a Kampala suburb suspected to be an agent of Allied Democratic Forces and at his two bedroomed house was an explosive making laboratory and an assortment of weapons. The bomb squad and Read More …

Syria: SDF uncovers large weapons cache in Hasakah province

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday announced they uncovered a large weapons cache in the village of al-Qirawan, Tal Hamis in the Hasakah province. It consisted of large numbers of explosive belts, improvised explosive device (IED), timed bombs, AK-74 Read More …

Myanmar: On the frontline with the rebel army fighting brutal junta

With a loaded cartridge holder strapped to her back and a shotgun gripped tightly in her hands, Rose Lalhmanhaih looks far older than her 17 years. Just two years ago, she was studying at school; now she is a rebel Read More …

Brazil: Man carrying explosive device and knife arrested, military police say

A man carrying an explosive device and a knife has been arrested while attempting to enter the inauguration of Brazil’s new president, according to military police. The man was trying to enter Brasilia’s esplanade for the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Read More …

New York: Hamburg man arraigned for possessing explosive devices and violating probation

The Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced that 60-year-old Michael M. Meyers of the Town of Hamburg was arraigned on Monday before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on a violation of probation. The district attorney’s office said on Read More …

Nova Scotia: IED discovered during Annapolis County drug bust ‘a surprise’

What started as drug investigation in Annapolis County last month took a turn when investigators found an improvised explosive device among the drugs, cash and weapons in a car that they stopped with four suspects inside. On Nov. 13, RCMP Read More …

UK: Bomb squad finds second device at Bargoed house – police

Explosives experts were called back to a house in the Bargoed area following the discovery of a second “suspicious device”. As the Argus reported last week, there has been a major police presence in Sycamore Court following the discovery of Read More …

India: Explosion at TMC leader’s home at Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore kills 3

An explosion ripped through a two-storey mud house of a Trinanmul Congress leader at Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore on Friday night, killing him, his cousin and another person, whose bodies were later found in nearby paddy fields. Two men suffered Read More …

Russian intelligence claims to have thwarted terrorist attack on South Stream pipeline

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported Thursday that it successfully foiled a suspected terrorist attack on the South Stream pipeline, which transports natural gas from Russian territory to countries such as Bulgaria, Italy and Austria. Russian authorities said that several Read More …

India: Police interrogating man after autorickshaw explosion in Karnataka

A 40-year-old man is being questioned here in connection with the autorickshaw blast in Karnataka’s Mangaluru as the mobile SIM card used by the accused was allegedly bought using his Aadhar card, police said on Sunday. Based on information, police Read More …