Kenya: Police intensify search for most wanted terror suspect

Police have zeroed in on most wanted terror suspect Abdullahi Banati as the mastermind of a group targeting security forces in parts of the North Eastern region. According to a security brief seen by the Sunday Nation, the group’s operations include Read More …

Explosive device hidden in book discovered in Gaza border community

An explosive device hidden in a book was found in an Israeli community bordering the Gaza Strip on Saturday. The device was discovered by holidaymakers near a local river at Kibbutz Re’im. Police sappers were called to the scene and Read More …

2 soldiers killed in attack in central province of Burkina Faso

An explosive device attack on Wednesday claimed the lives of two soldiers of Burkina Faso army in central-northern of the terrorism-torn country, security source on Thursday told Xinhua in the capital Ouagadougou. A military convoy from Djibo heading to Ougadougou Read More …

Manchester incident: Men arrested on suspicion of ‘planning terror attack’ as bomb squad examines car

Police have arrested two men in Manchester on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, as bomb disposal experts examine a car. Greater Manchester Police said the pair were seen “acting suspiciously” on Chapel Street in Salford at around 2.30pm on Wednesday. They Read More …

Special Forces kill, detain 10 Taliban and ISIS militants in Kabul and 5 other provinces

The Afghan Special Forces killed a Taliban fighter and detained 9 others militants including ISIS militants during the operations in Kabul and five other provinces. The military officials said Monday the Special Forces killed a Taliban figther and destroyed a Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 killed, 5 injured in IED blast in Nangarhar province

Two construction workers were killed and five others sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at an under-construction school building in Afghanistan`s eastern province of Nangarhar on Monday morning, the provincial government has said. The incident occurred at Read More …

AMISOM and security partners committed to end the use of Improvised Explosive Devices in Somalia

Stakeholders in Somalia’s security sector on Sunday concluded a meeting in Mogadishu on the threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The two-day counter-IED seminar supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Read More …

Discover the spray used by Belgian police to train specialist dogs at airports

The explosive TATP has been used in several deadly terrorist attacks over the past two decades, which is why it is important that police are able to detect it. But the substance is extremely dangerous to handle, making it difficult Read More …

5 children killed in N. Afghan explosion: official

Five Afghan children were dead after a Taliban’s improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in the country’s northern Faryab province on Sunday, a local source said. “The blast occurred after one of the victims step on a pressure-plate IED in a Read More …

Pakistan: Two constables injured in DI Khan IED blast

At least two police constables were seriously injured while the vehicle was partially damaged in an IED blast in the limits of Kulachi police station in the Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday, the local police told The Express Tribune over the phone. Read More …

Houthi-laid landmine injures 3 Yemeni farmers in Hodeidah

An explosion caused by a landmine laid previously by the Houthi rebels in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah injured three farmers on Saturday, a government official told Xinhua. “The Houthi-laid landmine exploded in an agricultural area in Read More …

‘Dangerous criminal’ who planned to blow up cash machine had explosives in his shed

A “dangerous” criminal who plotted to blow up a cash machine, had pipe bomb-making materials in his shed and was visiting a gun club after being banned for life from using firearms, is behind bars. Ryan Edwards, of Beechfield Close, Read More …

Wiltshire: Man, 22, charged with unlawful possession of explosives following Devizes bomb alert

A 22-year-old man has been charged with possession of an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose after a bomb alert in Anzio Road, Devizes on Wednesday. Kubilay Bostanli who lives in Anzio Road, has been also been charged with possession Read More …

Afghanistan: Car bomb destroyed, 2 suicide bombers killed in Balkh airstrike

An airstrike in norhtern Balkh province destroyed a car bomb and killed two suicide bombers, the Afghan military said. According to a statement released by 209th Shaheen Corps, the security forces conducted the airstrike in at around 2:10 pm on Read More …

Why explosives detectors still can’t beat a dog’s nose

As of 2016, the US military counted over 1,740 military working dogs among its ranks. At Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, the military breeds its own sleek puppies—mainly German shepherds and Belgian Malinois—who are groomed for military service Read More …

Philippines: Blast hits outside Sulu mayor’s house

An explosion struck outside the house of Pangutaran, Sulu Mayor Asri Taib in Barangay Canelar Moret, Zamboanga City on Thursday morning (October 24). According to Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) Spokesperson Maj. Arvin Encinas, it was only a minor explosion with no casualties Read More …

Maharashtra state: Police arrest 2, seize 69 crude bombs

The Kolhapur police have arrested two brothers and have seized 69 crude bombs from them in the Mudshingi village of Hatkanangle taluka. The police are questioning the suspects to check if they have any link with the explosion along the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway last week, Read More …

Special Forces kill 6 Taliban militants, destroy large caches of weapons and IEDs in 3 provinces

The Afghan Special Forces killed 6 Taliban militants and destroyed large caches of weapons and Improvised Explosive Devices during the operations in 3 provinces. The military officials said Wednesday the Special Forces conducted the operations in the past 24 hours Read More …

‘Whistles, warnings, kaboom!’: a day with a landmine clearance team

Aki Ra was a child soldier for Pol Pot, laying mines around Siem Reap. Now he is using his expertise to clear land in rural Cambodia and make it safe again The rusty tailfin of the mortar round can be Read More …