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 …

South Africa: Two suspects apprehended for illegal possession of explosives

Two suspects aged 33 and 40 are expected to appear before the Musina Magistrate’s Court on Monday 21 November 2022 after they were arrested for illegal possession of explosives at the Beitbridge border post on Friday 18 November. The suspects Read More …

Sweden: Traces of explosives found at site of Russian pipeline leaks

Sweden’s prosecutor’s office said Friday that an investigation into gas leaks from two underwater pipelines connecting Russia to Germany found traces of explosives, confirming it is a case of “serious sabotage.” Swedish and Danish investigators are probing a flurry of Read More …

India: Child dies in bomb explosion in West Bengal

A nine-year-old girl died in a crude bomb explosion at Minakhan in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening and the police on Thursday arrested her uncle Abul Hussain Gayen for storing crude bombs in Read More …

U.S. Navy intercepts ‘massive’ shipment of explosive material in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet said on Tuesday it had intercepted a fishing vessel smuggling “massive” amounts of explosive material while transiting from Iran along a route in the Gulf of Oman that has been used to traffic weapons to Read More …

Germany: 350 tons of highly explosive fireworks seized, arrests and searches in Germany and the Netherlands

Great success in the fight against illegal and highly dangerous fireworks. Under the coordination of the Central Criminal Inspection Osnabrück in close coordination with the Osnabrück public prosecutor’s office and the Dutch police, as well as with the support of Read More …

India: Explosives seized after blast kills man in Coimbatore

A search at the residence of the deceased, identified as Jameesha Mubin, led to detection of a huge quantum of explosive materials. Police sources claimed that the National Investigation Agency had questioned Mubin once in 2019 A 25-year-old man was Read More …

India: ‘Highly radicalised’ operative of ISIS ‘Voice of Hind’ module arrested by NIA in Varanasi

Basit Kalam Siddiqui (24), an operative of the ISIS ‘Voice of Hind’ module, was arrested from Varanasi. He was arrested in a case related to the conspiracy hatched by ISIS, to radicalise and recruit youth in India to wage war Read More …