Pakistan: Bomb blast derails train in Bolan;15 injured

Four women among 15 people suffered injuries when a bomb blast derailed a Peshawar-bound train in Bolan district on Friday in an attack claimed by the banned Baloch Liberation Army. Officials said the explosi­­on that derailed eight coa­c­hes of Jaffar Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Police suspect use of IED in Narwal blast

Just two days before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach Jammu, two back-to-back explosions rocked a busy locality on the outskirts of the city on Saturday, leaving nine people injured, officials said. Police suspect that Read More …

UK: Man arrested outside Leeds St James’s Hospital with suspicious device and suspected firearm

A man has been arrested after he was found with a suspicious device and a suspected firearm outside a Leeds hospital, leading to a partial evacuation. People were asked to avoid the entrance to the Gledhow Wing of St James’s Read More …

Kenyan security forces kill 10 suspected al-Shabab fighters

Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from the Somalia-based al-Shabab group in eastern Kenya, a government official says. They also recovered rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices after fighting the group on Wednesday in the village of Galmagalla in Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: IED defused near Government Medical College in Rajouri

Panic gripped Rajouri as an IED was found inside the city area near the Government Medical College on Wednesday. The IED was defused by a bomb disposal squad that reached the spot after locals informed the police about a suspicious Read More …

Cyprus: Car severely damaged from explosion in Skarinou

A car was severely damaged from an improvised explosive device that went off in the early hours of Wednesday morning, police said. According to police, the device went off in Skarinou, Larnaca at around 2.45am. At the scene, police determined Read More …

Pakistan: 4 terrorists killed in counter-terror operation in southwestern Balochistan

Four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation by security forces in Hoshab area of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday. The operation was initiated to clear a terrorist’s hideout linked with firing incidents on security forces Read More …

Pakistan: Police mobile van escapes bomb blast in Lakki Marwat

Mobile van of the Lakki Marwat city police station narrowly escaped a bomb blast here on Monday. An official said unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device under a culvert on the Old Kutchery Road to target a police Read More …

Philippines: 5 bandits surrender in Basilan

Five alleged Abu Sayyaf bandits surrendered to authorities in Basilan on Saturday. The surrenderees – Omar Hajubain, Amil Palluh, Farhat Palluh, Merham Palluh and Basri Tukul – turned over three rifles and improvised explosive devices during a ceremony in Ungkaya Read More …

India: CRPF personnel injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was on January 14 injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by suspected Naxalites exploded in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said. The incident took place around 8:45 a.m. Read More …

Somali Security Forces Seize Weapons, Arrest al-Shabab Suspect in Mogadishu

Authorities in Somalia say they have seized a weapons cache allegedly buried by al-Shabab militants at a house in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, during a joint operation. An official with NISA, however, told VOA on condition of anonymity because he Read More …

14 Malian soldiers killed by explosives in multiple attacks in Mopti Region

Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists have killed 14 Malian soldiers and wounded nearly a dozen, the army said. Multiple improvised explosive devices detonated between Dia and Diafarabe villages as well as between Koumara and Macina towns in central Mali, said Read More …

Iraq: Kurdistan Region records over 30 causalities to mines last year

The remains of decades-old explosives in the Kurdistan Region have killed or wounded over 30 people in 2022, according to figures published by the mines’ authority. A total of 24 people were wounded by unexploded mines across Iraq’s Kurdish region Read More …

Kenya: Four killed in suspected IED attack in Garissa

Four people have lost their lives after suspected Al-Shabaab militants targeted a convoy of Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) engineers in Garissa. Police say the victims who were part of a team on a routine assessment of the LAPSSET road, Read More …

UK: Dog walker finds ‘nail bomb’ in Hull park as experts carry out explosion

A dog walker has spoken of his shock after he found an unexploded ‘nail bomb’ near a children’s play area in a Hull park. Joe Smith, who lives on Rosmead Street nearby, was astounded when he found what he described Read More …

Bangladesh: Police find IED-making equipment in a raid on abandoned Sunamganj house

Police in Sunamganj have found equipment to make improvised explosive devices or IEDs while raiding an abandoned house in the district’s Jagannathpur Upazila. According to the district’s Assistant Superintendent of Police Shubashish Dhar, a police team coincidentally discovered a cache Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Rajouri Terror Attack Death Count Climbs To 7

The death count in the terrorist attack on Dhangri village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri has risen to seven with one more civilian succumbing to injuries at a hospital here on Sunday, officials said. Prince Sharma, who was in his Read More …

Myanmar: On the frontline with the rebel army fighting brutal junta

With a loaded cartridge holder strapped to her back and a shotgun gripped tightly in her hands, Rose Lalhmanhaih looks far older than her 17 years. Just two years ago, she was studying at school; now she is a rebel Read More …

Pakistan: One hurt in Khuzdar IED explosion

A person was seriously injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a motorcycle exploded here on Thursday. The motorcycle was parked at the Quetta-Karachi National Highway on the outskirts of Khuzdar. According to police, some unknown miscreants had Read More …