Pakistan: Explosion derails passenger train in southwest Balochistan

A passenger train was derailed after being hit by an improvised explosive device in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, the Pakistan Railways said in a statement. The train, with 234 passengers and staff aboard, was on its way to Read More …

Somalia: Security forces foil suicide attack in Mogadishu

Somali police thwarted a suicide bomber who wanted to attack a busy restaurant near the Sayidka junction in Mogadishu’s Howlwadag district on Friday evening. According to the Police Command, the security forces opened fire when the suicide bomber attempted to Read More …

Pakistan: 6 killed, over 20 injured in DI Khan motorbike blast

Six people were killed and over 20 injured in a powerful explosion that occurred in Tank Adda in Ponda Bazar of Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) on Friday. According to SAMAA TV, citing the police, sounds of gunfire were reported Read More …

Israel: Police thwarts planned terror attack in east Jerusalem

The Israel Police reported Thursday that the police and Shin Bet foiled a planned terror attack against security forces in east Jerusalem last month, arrested two terror suspects, and uncovered an explosives lab inside an apartment in the Shufat refugee Read More …

Bangladesh: Three crude bombs found in Nilkhet

Three crude bombs were recovered from the Nilkhet area of Dhaka on Thursday morning, on the last day of a three-day blockade enforced by the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and their allies. The bomb disposal unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Read More …

California: Man arrested after throwing pipe bombs at San Francisco patrol car during pursuit

A man has been arrested for allegedly knocking a parishioner unconscious inside a San Francisco Catholic church and throwing pipe bombs at a patrol car during a car chase, authorities said Monday. The 42-year-old Concord man was arrested Sunday by Read More …

Colorado: Man found dead at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park had multiple bombs, semi-automatic weapons

The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a heavily armed man found dead Saturday morning at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs. Authorities have not named the suspect, but a statement issued Monday afternoon identified Read More …

Nigeria: Explosion rocks Rivers Assembly amid threat to impeach Gov Fubara

An explosion hit the Rivers State House of Assembly complex on Sunday night. DAILY POST gathered that some suspected arsonists threw an explosive into the complex around 9:25 pm. The incident came amid rumours of alleged moves by some lawmakers Read More …

India: Kerala’s Ernakulam district blast caused by IED or IID

The blast during a Christian prayer meeting in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on Sunday, which killed one person and injured 36 others, was caused by an improvised explosive device, or IED, said the state police chief. But, according to highly placed Read More …

Pakistan: Two IEDs defused in Bannu

The personnel of the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) defused two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and saved the area from destruction in Janikhel on Wednesday. The police said that suspected militants had planted two IEDs, one each to a grocery shop Read More …

Ireland: Explosive discovered in field in operation targeting Limerick organised crime

Gardaí arrested five men and seized drugs worth over €70,000 in an operation targeting organised crime in Co Limerick on Tuesday. A number of searches were conducted by gardaí attached to Limerick crime functional area at locations in Limerick, Cork Read More …

Cyprus: One arrested after bombing near Israel’s Embassy in Nicosia

Police in Cyprus have arrested one person after a bomb was detonated on Saturday near the Israeli embassy in Nicosia. Officials said the explosion occurred at 1:37 am. Cyprus police report finding shrapnel as close as 30 meters from the Read More …

Thailand: Coordinated attacks, bombings rock Narathiwat

Suspected insurgents launched a series of coordinated attacks in Tak Bai district of this southern border province in the early hours of Saturday, police said. An improvised explosive device (IED), assembled inside a fire extinguisher cylinder, was detonated outside a Read More …

California man detonates explosive-filled teddy bear in parking lot

A man in California was arrested after he was allegedly caught on surveillance video placing a fluffy teddy bear, filled with explosives, in a parking lot and detonating it. The San Bernardino Police Department said officers responded to a possible explosive Read More …

Sharing information critical to tackling chemical threats

BANGKOK, Thailand – In just six hours, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system was able to create tens of thousands of chemical compounds that could be used as chemical weapons, demonstrating the potential for nefarious actors to exploit new technologies for Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police investigating potential sectarian hate crime after pipe bomb attack on Derry home

A woman in her 20s was inside the home in Heron Way when the device partially exploded at the backdoor at around 11.30pm. She wasn’t injured however damage was caused to the door. A number of nearby homes were evacuated Read More …

Philippines: Misamis Occidental governor survives IED attack

Misamis Occidental Gov. Henry Oaminal and two of his security escorts were unhurt when an improvised explosive device went off in Barangay Lapasan in Clarin town before midnight on Sunday. Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief Maj. Gen. Steve Crespillo said Read More …

Germany: Firebomb attack on Berlin synagogue as tensions rise in Middle East

Berlin synagogue has been attacked with Molotov cocktails amid an increase in antisemitic incidents in the German capital following the escalating violence in the Middle East. The Kahal Adass Jisroel community said its synagogue in the Mitte area of the Read More …

Ugandan police foil ADF plot to bomb churches

Ugandan police have foiled a plot by Islamic State-linked militants to bomb churches in central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Two bombs were linked to public address systems and sent to pastors, disguised as gifts, Mr Museveni said. Read More …

Philippines: Local bomb-maker killed in accidental IED blast in Maguindanao del Sur

A local terrorist was killed in an accidental explosion of an improvised bomb he was assembling in Barangay Malangog in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday afternoon, the police and military reported. Initial reports on Monday identified the fatality Read More …