Iowa: Improvised explosive device removed from Cedar Rapids alleyway

The Cedar Rapids Metro Hazardous Devices Unit removed an improvised explosive device from an alley behind a residence on the 1700 block of Park Ave. SE Tuesday morning. Police were called to the area just before 11 a.m. for a Read More …

Complex violence defies military operations in restive east Congo

There was hope last week that mounting violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo could ebb, after the feared M23 group agreed to surrender territories to the East African Community Regional Forces (EACRF). And for most parts of the year, Read More …

New Zealand: Seven pipe bombs, two suspects and zero leads in Hamilton attack

The pair behind a pipe-bomb attack on a money machine that left shrapnel holes in a suburban New Zealand mall and unexploded devices laying about appear to have got away with it. In the last decade 26 New Zealanders have Read More …

India: Bomb shell found near Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s helipad in Chandigarh

A live bomb shell was found near Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence in Chandigarh on Monday. The place where the bomb shell was found is also just a short distance from the helipad of Punjab and Haryana CM House. Read More …

Brazil: Man carrying explosive device and knife arrested, military police say

A man carrying an explosive device and a knife has been arrested while attempting to enter the inauguration of Brazil’s new president, according to military police. The man was trying to enter Brasilia’s esplanade for the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Read More …

Pakistan: 2022 ends with deadliest month for security forces after decade

The year 2022 ended with the deadliest month for Pakistan’s security personnel over a decade with the emergence of a new terror triad, comprising Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Daesh-Afghanistan. In 2023, Pakistan is likely to endure Read More …

Kenyan soldier killed and four others injured in roadside bomb blast in Lamu county

One Kenya Defence Forces soldier has been killed while four others injured at the Mlima Faru area in Lamu county. The soldier was killed after their vehicle drove over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). This comes after two people were Read More …

Malaysia: Explosive device that killed man in Pandan was a ‘homemade bomb’

Police believe the explosive device that killed a a 28-year-old cook outside a restaurant in Pandan Indah was a homemade bomb. Police arrived at the conclusion after having discovered certain items and materials at the scene which had originated from Read More …

Washington: Police arrest suspect who placed a pipe bomb in a SODO parking garage

Police arrested a man who placed a pipe bomb in an underground parking garage in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood on Thursday. According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), just after 8:00 a.m., police responded to the 900 block of S Horton Read More …

Nigeria: Explosion rocks Kogi minutes before Buhari’s visit

An explosion occurred Thursday in Kogi State minutes before President Muhammadu Buhari was to commission a project in the North-central state. Residents said the explosion, believed to be from a bomb, claimed the lives of at least four people in Read More …

India: Over 200 improvised explosive devices recovered by security forces from Jharkhand forest

Security forces have recovered over 200 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), suspected to be planted by Naxalites, in a forest in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district. Along with the IEDs, 200 meters of cordtex wire was also recovered. An intensive search operation is Read More …

Israel: Jerusalem bombing suspect ‘identifies with Islamic State’

Israeli authorities say they have arrested a suspect in Jerusalem over twin bombings that killed two people last month and that he identifies with Islamic State. Aslam Farouh, 26, an Arab man with an Israeli residency card, lived between Ramallah Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Police recover IED in Udhampurm district, suspect detained

Police on Monday recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said. IED-like material weighing around 15 kilogram and stored in a cylindrical object and 300-400 grams of RDX, seven 7.62mm cartridges, and five detonators Read More …

Afghanistan: Head of Badakhshan Security Department Killed in Faizabad Blast

A blast targeted a vehicle in the city of Faizabad, Badakhshan province, on Monday morning, killing head of the provincial security department, Abdulhaq Abu Omar, the ministry of interior confirmed. The blast happened nearby the compound of the security department, Read More …

Pakistan: 5 army personnel martyred in IED blast in Balochistan’s Kahan

Five Pakistan Army personnel were martyred in a blast on Sunday from an improvised explosive device (IED) during a clearance operation in Balochistan’s Kahan area, the military’s media wing confirmed. A press release from the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Read More …

Brazil: Police arrest man suspected of planting explosives at Brasilia International Airport ahead of presidential inauguration

The man arrested for being involved in a bombing attempt at Brasilia International Airport over the weekend said in a written statement to police that he intended to “create chaos” so a “siege state in the country” would be installed Read More …

Burkina Faso: At least 21 civilians killed in bus explosion in Gourma province

A public transport bus hit an improvised explosive device near the village of Bougui at the exit of the town of Fada N’Gourma, in the east of the country on Sunday, December 25, 2022. “At least 21 people died. These Read More …

Russia’s FSB liquidated Ukrainian sabotage group trying to enter Bryansk region

Russia’s FSB security service said on Monday that a four-person Ukrainian “sabotage group” had been “liquidated” while trying to enter Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported. “As a result of a clash on December Read More …