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A suspected country-made bomb was found in West Bengal on Sunday (August 15, 2021). The authorities revealed that the bomb was found at the entry point of New Jalpaiguri Railway Station in the state, following which the bomb disposal squad Read More …
The Iraqi military on Sunday said that members of the security forces thwarted an attack on a convoy transporting logistical supplies for the international US-led coalition south of Baghdad. The Security Media Cell said in a statement that an intelligence Read More …
The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), on Saturday, condemned the killing of three children in Borno State reportedly by Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which are part of remnants of war in the North-East region. UNICEF expressed worry that the Read More …
A roadside bomb exploded late Thursday in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, killing seven members of Egypt’s security forces, security and medical officials said. The dead included an officer, and six others were wounded. The troops were Read More …
A major tragedy was averted ahead of Independence Day after Jammu and Kashmir Police, the army, and the BSF, in a joint operation, apprehended a person in the Poonch district and recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) with four “sticky” Read More …
A man from Washington has been sentenced to 8 years in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 10, for drug trafficking and assault after attempting to intimidate a witness with an improvised explosive device. David Nathaniel Hoffman, a 38-year-old man from Olympia, Read More …
Two police personnel were martyred while many others sustained injures when a powerful blast targeted their vehicle near a luxury hotel in Balochistan’s capital Quetta on Sunday, officials said. According to provincial government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani, a police van was Read More …
A soldier was killed and six others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted along the road in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan went off before dawn on Thursday. The identity of the fatality was withheld pending notification of his Read More …
An Afghan Air Force pilot was assassinated in Kabul as a result of an explosion that targeted his vehicle in Chahar Asiab district in Kabul on Saturday, sources said. Five civilians were wounded in the explosion, sources said. A second Read More …
Two soldiers are reported to have lost their lives after their convoy was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kumbo, a locality in the Bui sub-division in the restive North West region of Cameroon Wednesday August 04. According Read More …
ONE killed, while eleven civilians sustained injuries after the vehicle they were travelling was blown up by a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), triggered by the Naxals at Ghotiya under Malewdahi Police Station limits of insurgency-hit Dantewada on Thursday morning. Read More …
A group of around a dozen teenagers were arrested for possession of knives and explosives. The Mathayam level, or high school, students were approached by police as they were allegedly waiting to confront students from another school. The students, ages Read More …
The Nigerian Army (NA) says troops of 28 taskforce brigade, Madagali, Adamawa, seized bags of fertilisers because the product is banned in the state. The Army made the clarification following accusation by farmers that troops were reselling the seized fertilisers Read More …
Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Iraq and Syria increased between April and July as they continue to operate a “low-level” but “well-entrenched” insurgency in rural areas, the Pentagon said in its latest quarterly report. “ISIS-claimed attacks increased compared to previous Read More …
Japan has donated $4 million to Somalia to support in countering improvised explosive devices that have become commonly deployed weapons by extremist groups in recent years. According to a statement from the Japanese embassy in Kenya, the donation will be Read More …
Armed assailants bombed a G4S cash vehicle after shooting and injuring the driver on the road between KaNyamazane and KaBokweni this afternoon. The Mpumalanga Hawks’ spokesperson, Capt Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi, said three armed men forced the G4S vehicle to a Read More …
Suspected terrorists ambush soldiers near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso, killing 15 of them and wounding seven others. The attack took place in the Torodi area of the Tillaberi region that lies along the common border, Niger’s defense ministry said Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) was found Monday in Rizal town in Occidental Mindoro province, according to a police report. Danilo Espartero, village chief in Sto. Niño, Rizal, reported to the police that one of their residents found an IED Read More …
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in a report released Sunday said that 1,677 civilians were killed and 3,644 more were wounded in the first six months of this year, showing an 80% increase compared to the same period in Read More …
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has eliminated a leader and a participant of the IS terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) who was plotting terror acts in Tyumen. The FSB Public Relations Center told TASS on Thursday that they offered armed Read More …