Bangladesh: IED found in front of police box in Narayanganj

Narayanganj Police have recovered a remote-controlled bomb from an abandoned shopping bag lying in front of a traffic police box on Dhaka-Chittagong HIghway in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj. The bomb was defused after two hours of endeavor at around 7:30pm Read More …

West Bengal: Boy killed in crude bomb explosion in Birbhum district

An 11-year-old boy was killed when a crude bomb exploded in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Sunday, police said. The bomb was kept in a box near a canal in Khatipur village and the boy accidentally came in contact with Read More …

UK: Cambridge student jailed for exploding parcel postal fraud

A student who sent packages with improvised explosive devices through the post as part of a plot to get fraudulent refunds has been jailed. Ovidijus Margelis, from Cambridge, sent the packages to depots around the UK, causing evacuations, road closures Read More …

Afghanistan: Separate blasts kill 11 civilians on first day of truce

A roadside bomb struck a car in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, killing five civilians, including a woman and children, said Jamal Naser Barekzai a spokesman for the provincial police. In another incident, two children were killed and Read More …

Ireland: ‘Viable explosive device’ in Galway made safe

An unexplained device discovered in Tuam this morning has been made safe by the Army EOD team. The team from Athlone have since left the scene and removed what has been deemed to be a viable explosive device from the Read More …

Australia: Launceston police taskforce seize homemade explosive, guns, drugs and cash

A homemade explosive device and $86,000 worth of cash are among the latest items seized by a Northern taskforce targeting illegal guns. On Monday the Launceston Firearms Taskforce carried out a search warrant at a South Launceston address. Here, police Read More …

Afghanistan: 48 IEDs discovered and destroyed in Kandahar Province by Afghan National Army

Afghan National Army saved lives of tens of civilians in Zheria-Maiwand roads, Kandahar Province today. 48 IEDs which were placed by Taliban terrorists on public roads to kill civilians were discovered & safely detonated, 17 Taliban were killed and tense Read More …

Afghanistan: Dozens of civilians killed, wounded in separate roadside bomb blasts in Zabul and Parwan provinces.

At least 13 civilians were killed and further 37 others are wounded in separate roadside IED explosions in Zabul and Parwan provinces. Ministry of Interior Affairs said Monday that 11 civilians were killed and 28 others are wounded in a Read More …

Israel: Explosive balloon discovered in Kibbutz Dorot

A large balloon with an explosive device attached to it was discovered on Monday morning in the agricultural area of Kibbutz Dorot in southern Israel. A bomb disposal team was called to the site to safely neutralize the explosives. Read Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 40-kg explosive material, IEDs seized in Doda

In a major seizure, security forces seized 40 kilograms of high explosive material along with several improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a joint search operation in Doda district, the Army said on Saturday. “The timely recovery thwarted the nefarious designs Read More …

Maldives: Explosion wounds Speaker Mohamed Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed, the former Maldives president and current speaker of parliament, remains in hospital after a bomb attack that left him with serious shrapnel wounds and the Indian Ocean archipelago in shock. The 53-year-old had just left his house in Read More …

Japan’s Contribution to Humanitarian Mine Action in Syria

With the support from the Government of Japan (USD 825,000), the United Nations Mine Action Service Syria Response Programme (UNMAS SRP) launched the new project “Humanitarian Mine Action to address increased threat associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Syria (31 Read More …

Afghanistan: 4 Civilians Wounded in Kunduz Blast

At least four civilians were wounded in a blast in the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday morning, a member of the provincial council, Rabbani Rabbani said. The incident happened about 10:20 am local time in Mokhaberat square in PD4 Read More …

Afghanistan: Explosion in Kabul’s district targets public health employees

One person was killed and further three others are injured in an explosion that hit a bus carrying employees of the public health directorate for Panjshir province in the Kalakan district of Kabul city. Police said that the injured were Read More …

Kenya: Al-Shabaab militants kill two in Lamu IED attack

The attack happened at border point 27. The attack is said to be targeting the border wall that is being constructed at the Kenya-Somalia security border wall. Confirming County Commissioner Irungu Macharia said a multi-agency team is on the ground Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered near railway station

Security forces today recovered Improvised Explosive Device (IED) material in south Kashmir district of Anantnag. Official sources said that a joint part of police and security forces today found a suspicious bag near Railway Station Sadoora in Anantnag. “The area Read More …

Syria: 6 IEDs dismantled W. Deir Ezzor; investigations underway

Today, De-mining Engineering Teams of the Syrian Democratic Forces managed to dismantle 6 explosive devices, which were prepared for detonation in Al-Kasra area in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor. The Media Center of the Syrian Democratic Forces stated that Read More …