Pakistan: ‘Traces of explosives’ found in Dasu bus tragedy probe

The federal information minister has sought to demystify ambiguity around a deadly bus tragedy involving Chinese engineers a day after a frenzied media guessing game on the possible causes of the fatal cash. At least 13 people – nine Chinese Read More …

India: Buried IED components unearthed from Anogre close to national highway

A hidden cache of explosive components buried underground in Gabil area, not far from the national highway which connects Anogre to Tura, has been unearthed on Wednesday night by West Garo Hills police in a special operation based on intelligence Read More …

Russia: FSB foils terror attack in crowded area of Moscow

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terror attack in Moscow, apprehending a Russian national, who plotted to set off an explosive in a crowded area, the FSB press office told TASS on Thursday. “The Federal Security Service has Read More …

Canada: Man charged after bomb squad removes dangerous items from Regina Superstore

Regina police have arrested and charged a 23-year-old man in connection with explosives left at an east Regina Superstore Friday. Around 10:50 a.m., police received a call from a person in the 2000 block of Prince of Wales reporting a Read More …

Hong Kong arrests group including teenagers over alleged terror plot

Hong Kong police have arrested nine people including six high school children over an alleged terrorist plot. Members of the group are aged between 15 and 39 years old. Police said they had rented a room in a hotel to Read More …

Turkey arrests Daesh terrorist plotting bomb attack

Turkish security forces on Tuesday apprehended a Daesh terrorist planning to carry out an attack in the country’s southern province of Adana. The counterterrorism units carried out a raid upon receiving intelligence from the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Ihlas News Read More …

Northern Ireland: Armagh woman faces jail term after she admits having improvised viable blast bomb

A CO Armagh woman faces the prospect of a jail sentence after she admitted in court to having an improvised but viable blast bomb. With Rebecca Gregory appearing at Newry Crown Court by videolink from her solicitor’s office, defence counsel Read More …

Russia: FSB thwarts string of terror plots, including two in Moscow

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented a series of terrorist attacks in Moscow, as well as in the Kabardino-Balkaria and Astrakhan Regions. Two terrorists were detained, and another six were eliminated, the FSB Public Relations Center told TASS on Read More …

Afghanistan: NDS forces thwart “terrorist attack” plan on Herat-Kabul flight

The Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) has thwarted a “terrorist attack” on a Herat-Kabul flight, the NDS said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, the NDS personnel have arrested a man at the Herat’s Khwaja Abdullah Read More …

Pakistan: Three brothers killed in Tank ‘toy bomb’ explosion

Three brothers were killed in a toy bomb explosion in Tank’s Shah Alam Mehsud district Friday evening, according to the police. The children were playing in the neighbourhood. They found the toy bomb near a nullah and brought it home. Read More …

California: At least 17 hurt in explosion during LAPD detonation of illegal fireworks

A major explosion in South Los Angeles on Wednesday evening damaged buildings and injured at least 17 people, including police officers, as a bomb squad attempted to safely detonate improvised explosive devices that had been seized from a home along Read More …

CISA And FBI Launch Operation Flashpoint To Raise Awareness About How To Prevent Bomb Making

CLINTON, Miss. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a new pilot program today called “Operation Flashpoint” to build awareness in communities across Read More …

Kenya: Cops kill al Shabaab, intercept guns and IED materials in Garissa

A suspected al Shabaab terrorist was on Monday killed as police intercepted a donkey carrying two AK 47 rifles, bomb making materials at the main border in Liboi, Garissa County. Officers in the operation said the suspect who had the Read More …

Pakistan: Karachi Police Detains ‘Wanted Terrorist’ In Intelligence-Based Raid

The police in Ittehad Town has on Sunday claimed to have arrested in an intelligence-based raid an alleged notorious terrorist belonging to a banned outfit, ARY News reported. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kaemari Fida Hussain said at least half Read More …

UK: Explosives arrest after substances found in Lincolnshire

A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing explosive substances after the bomb squad were called and people evacuated from homes in Lincolnshire. A controlled explosion was carried out on the unknown substance found by police at a house Read More …

Manchester Arena Inquiry: Bomber ‘should have been identified as a threat’

Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat on the night of the atrocity by those in charge of security, a public inquiry into the 2017 attack has found. Inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders found Read More …

Rome: IED Discovered, Destroyed In Front of Stadio Olimpico Ahead of 2020 Euro Game

The homemade bomb was allegedly reported as a suspicious-looking package on a car in the Prati area, just a couple of miles from the stadium. According to Italian news outlet Il Messaggero, it was a “machine with some suspicious threads” Read More …

Northern Ireland: Explosive device made safe in Portadown

An explosive device has been made safe during a security alert in Portadown. Police say it was discovered yesterday afternoon in the Glanroy Avenue area of the town. The device was defused by army bomb disposal experts and taken for Read More …