Pakistan: Two injured in Bajaur IED explosion

Two people, including son of a tribal elder of Mamond tehsil, were injured when an improvised explosive device went off here on Friday evening, the police and local residents said. They said that the explosion occurred near Larkholozo Hospital. The Read More …

Turkish soldier succumbs to injuries from terror attack in northern Iraq

A Turkish soldier has died after being injured in a terror attack in Türkiye’s anti-terror operation zone in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish National Defense Ministry on Saturday. The soldier, Erkan Selcuk, who was injured Friday, died from injuries Read More …

Cyprus: SBA police arrest 6 in Trachoni after uncovering explosives, drugs

The Sovereign Base Areas Police on Thursday carried out searches on a number of neighbouring properties in Trachoni and discovered a significant amount of drugs, believed to be cannabis. Six Greek Cypriots have been arrested, five men and one woman, a Read More …

Springfield FBI sets off homemade explosives as part of a workshop for law enforcement, other agencies

The Springfield FBI set off several homemade explosives Wednesday as part of a workshop making sure law enforcement, first responders and others are aware of the chemicals used to make them. “We teach them a classroom portion on the dangers Read More …

South Africa: Cash In Transit Vehicle Hit With Improvised Explosive Device

The small suburb of Lanseria, Gauteng province, Johannesburg was today the arena for a common tactic employed by criminals. A cash-in-transit vehicle (CIT) was hit with an improvised explosive device and while the owners of the vehicle scrambled for safety, Read More …

Mexican army says drug cartels are increasing their use of roadside bombs

The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices this year, with 42 soldiers, police and suspects wounded by IEDs so far in 2023, up from 16 in 2022. The Read More …

India: Bomb attack during group clash in Odisha, six injured

At least six persons were injured, one critically, after a crude bomb was hurled at them in Khajuripokhari village within Bari Ramachandrapur police limits in Jajpur district on Sunday night. Sources said a clash broke out between two groups of Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Police destroy IED along Jammu-Srinagar national highway

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) through a controlled mechanism at Selfie Morh near Ban Toll Plaza along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. Following specific input that an IED has been planted near Selfie Read More …

Pakistan: Militant attack kills 11 labourers in Waziristan

Eleven labourers were killed in a militant attack in Northwestern Pakistan, caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday. Security and police officials in northern Khyber Pakhtunkwa province said a suspected improvised explosive device detonated, tearing through a truck carrying Read More …

Philippines: NPA arms stash found in Quezon

The police and military unearthed a New People’s Army arms cache in Sariaya, this province, on Friday, August 18. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte said the 1st Quezon Provincial Mobile Force Company (QPMFC) and the 59th Infantry Battalion Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb delivered to police by a child defused successfully

A child was used by miscreants for targeting a Po­lice post in Dir District by an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) hidden in a steel pot. According to the police, a boy arrived while car­rying a steel pot and handed it Read More …

UK: Businessman found guilty of plotting to plant bombs in London

A businessman with a “deep-seated grudge” against two lawyers at the National Crime Agency has been found guilty of planting two devices resembling bombs at the heart of London’s legal district to intimidate them. Jonathan Nuttall, 50, was convicted at Read More …

Florida man dumps forgotten homemade pipe bomb at car wash after estranged wife turns him in

A Florida man was arrested after he left a homemade pipe bomb in a car wash trash can, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Anthony Ray West, a 58-year-old electrical engineer, was arrested and charged with manufacturing an explosive device Read More …

Iraq: Explosion targets military patrol in Kirkuk

On Thursday, a security source informed Shafaq News Agency that an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting a military vehicle in the Daquq district, south of Kirkuk, resulting in the initial toll of three army personnel being wounded. Daquq is a Read More …

Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police BDU defuses 361 explosives in six months

The bomb disposal unit (BDU) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police defused 361 explosives in the first half of this year. Out of the explosives defused, one was suicide jacket, one remote-control bomb, six time devices, 234 were hand grenades and Read More …

Israeli forces blast terror lab amid terrorist gunfire in West Bank

IDF and Border Police forces destroyed a lab used by Palestinian terror groups in the West Bank, as well as seven functioning explosive devices in the Balata refugee camp early on Wednesday morning. Additionally, Israeli forces destroyed a warehouse containing Read More …

Philadelphia Teenager Arrested in Terror Plot

Authorities say they rushed to arrest a 17-year-old boy, alleging he was preparing to build bombs and select targets after being in touch with an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced the arrest Monday, calling details Read More …

ISIS deploys cryptocurrency, NATO-grade weapons to revive its reign of terror

Islamic State terrorist group is reported to be using regional versions of cryptocurrency, including so-called stablecoins, and is increasingly relying on virtual assets for international funds transfers, according to a UN report. The 17th report of the Secretary-General on the Read More …

Texas: APD, FBI conduct follow-up investigation in Cedar Park linked to St. David’s Medical Center car explosion

The Austin Police Department confirmed its Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit along with Cedar Park Police and the FBI is conducting a follow-up investigation in Cedar Park Thursday in connection to Wednesday’s car explosion incident at St. David’s Medical Center. Read More …

Yemen: Al-Qaeda attack kills senior commander of paramilitary force in Abyan province

A senior commander of the Security Belt Forces (SBF), a paramilitary force based in southern Yemen, was killed in an attack by al-Qaeda militants in the southern province of Abyan on Thursday, a government official said. Abdul-Latif Al-Sayed, commander of Read More …