France: PKK sympathizers attack Turkiye’s Consulate General in Paris

ympathizers of the PKK terrorist organization attacked Turkiye’s Consulate General in Paris on Thursday, according to diplomatic sources. Unidentified individuals attacked the Consulate General around 02.30 a.m. local time (1230 GMT) on May 12 with firework-type explosives, according to information Read More …

Texas: San Antonio man found with pipe bomb filled with ball bearing, metal arrowheads

A man who was found asleep in his car in a Northeast Side neighborhood had a pipe bomb filled with a ball bearing and metal arrowheads, according to San Antonio police. An arrest warrant affidavit states that on Wednesday, a Read More …

India: Bag containing 54 detonators with a low intensity explosives found near Nagpur Railway station

A bag containing 54 detonators with a low intensity explosives were found in front of Nagpur Railway station’s main gate on Monday evening. According to the police, a black bag was spotted by a police personnel lying at the railway Read More …

India: 2 arrested with IED, 1.5kg RDX in Punjab’s Tarn Taran village

Police thwarted a possible terror attack and arrested two bike-borne men with an improvised explosive device (IED) packed with around 1.5kg of RDX following a tip-off at Naushehra Pannuan village in Tarn Taran district on Sunday. The IED, packed in Read More …

Afghanistan: Security forces seized explosives, 20 hand grenades, weapons and ammunition in Balkh province

Security forces arrested two people in connection with the smuggling of ammunition and explosives from Chaharkant district of Balkh province. Some of the detainees were found with some explosives, 20 hand grenades, 20 grenade launchers and a handgun. The detainees Read More …

India: Police recover 3 IEDs in Haryana

In a big breakthrough, Karnal district police arrested four terror suspects near Bastara toll plaza on Thursday. The suspects were arrested with weapons, ammunition and IEDs. Following the arrests, the Punjab Police on Thursday released a statement mentioning the weaponry Read More …

Transnistria Foils ‘terror Bid’ Involving Drone Near Television Studio

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria reported that a drone was spotted near the Mayak television and radio centre during the night of May 3. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the “attempt of a terrorist act” was Read More …

Afghanistan’s landmines threaten starvation as well as life and limb

As you drive along Afghanistan’s motorways, you have to deal with the culvert crater problem. In this mountainous country, prone to seasonal flash floods, most roads are undercut with drainage channels at 50-metre intervals. For much of the past two Read More …

Ukraine: Demining in Kharkov region

Servicemen of the engineering troops of the Russian Armed Forces conduct mine clearance in populated areas in Kharkov region. Engineering reconnaissance is carried out on site, the situation is assessed, and then the demining team proceeds to clear the area Read More …

Ukraine: State Emergency Service neutralized almost 1,500 explosive items in Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Mykolaiv regions

On April 23, Ukrainian pyrotechnic workers have neutralized 1,471 explosive objects, including three aviation bombs. The State Emergency Service said this a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. “Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service were called out 123 times over the Read More …

Afghanistan: Dozens of Worshipers Killed in Mosque Blast in Balkh

Dozens of worshipers were killed and wounded in a blast on Thursday that targeted a mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. The Si-Dukan Mosque was hit by a blast while it was being visited by crowds of worshipers. Read More …

Upstream IED Prevention: Countering the illicit proliferation and diversion of materials used in the production of improvised explosive devices

  A wide spectrum of materials can be used to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). These include both military and civilian commercial products. The variety in design and means of deployment of IEDs vastly complicates efforts to regulate and control Read More …

U.S. military says April 7 explosions on Green Village base in eastern Syria were caused by “deliberate placement of explosive charges”

The U.S. military says explosions earlier this month on a base in eastern Syria that injured several U.S. service members were not, as it originally reported, caused by artillery or another form of indirect fire. Instead, it is now believed Read More …

Mounties say thieves in southern Alberta used a homemade bomb to rob an ATM

RCMP say charges have been laid against three men in connection with a series of break-and-enters and ATM thefts where officials say the thieves used some unconventional methods to get into the machines. Officials say an investigation was launched on Read More …

Ukraine: The State Emergency Service urge citizens not to return to the settlements of Kyiv region

Employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) urge citizens not to return to the settlements of Kyiv region liberated from Russian occupiers, as the mine clearance process continues. This was reported to Ukrainian News Agency by the head Read More …

UK: Police release five arrested after homemade explosives found in York garden

Four people arrested as part of an investigation into homemade explosives in a village near York, have been released on conditional bail. A firth person was also arrested in connection with the investigation and has also been released on conditional Read More …

UK: Man who stockpiled bomb ingredients for ‘the apocalypse’ caught after explosion at Kingston home

A man who stockpiled bomb-making materials to prepare for an apocalypse was caught after an explosion in his home. Michael Pym-Nixson, 54, was “obsessed with the breakdown of society” and taught himself how to create weapons to defend himself, a Read More …