Philippines: Sulu roadside bombing foiled

Government security forces foiled a bombing attempt by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits along the highway in Maimbung, Sulu on Wednesday. Soldiers belonging to the 41st Infantry Battalion were conducting clearing operations when they discovered four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Read More …

Nigeria: 14-year-old killed while melting IED mistaken for scrap in Borno

A 14-year-old boy in Borno state has been reportedly killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) mistaken for scrap metal. According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the incident occurred in Banki town, Bama LGA Read More …

Ukraine: Official in Russian-controlled Kherson region killed in car bomb attack

A local official in a part of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region controlled by Russian forces was killed on Thursday in a car bomb attack, the Russian-installed local administration said. It blamed the death of Andrei Shtepa on “Ukrainian terrorists”. There Read More …

UN: The 3rd Egyptian Combat Convoy Company Receives the United Nations Medal

One-hundred and ten members of the 3rd Egyptian Combat Convoy Company were awarded the United Nations medal on 20 December 2022, as a tangible recognition of the peacekeepers’ efforts and achievements. The Egyptian company, based in Mopti, Mali, has participated Read More …

New York: Hamburg man arraigned for possessing explosive devices and violating probation

The Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced that 60-year-old Michael M. Meyers of the Town of Hamburg was arraigned on Monday before State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on a violation of probation. The district attorney’s office said on Read More …

Kenya: Three killed in al Shabaab attack in Garissa

At least three people were killed in al Shabaab attack in Garissa on Wednesday morning. The two police officers and a civilian were in a police vehicle when they were attacked between the Hayley Lapsset Camp and Garissa. Police and Read More …

Philippines: 6 soldiers hurt in Northern Samar explosion

Six Army soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) believed planted by the New People’s Army (NPA) went off in Las Navas, Northern Samar on Sunday. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) condemned the attack that occurred Read More …

India: Remote controlled IED found at Telipati, Imphal East

A remote controlled IED suspected to have been planted by miscreants was found at Telipati area under Porompat Police Station in Imphal East district at 7 am Tuesday. Upon receiving reports, teams of Imphal East District Police immediately arrived at Read More …

Pakistan: At least 13 injured as two ‘coordinated’ blasts rock Balochistan’s Khuzdar

At least 13 people including three children were injured in two coordinated blasts in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district on Monday evening. Police sources told The Express Tribune that said both bombs went off at the main Omar Farooq Chowk. The injured Read More …

Ireland: Police appeal for information on bombings that killed three people 50 years ago

Police in Ireland have issued an appeal for information about a 1972 triple-bombing which killed two teenagers and left two men seriously injured. Two children, Patrick Stanley, 16 and Geraldine O’Reilly, 15, were killed and eight other people injured when Read More …

Burkina Faso: At least eight dead, including six civilians, in two separate attacks

At least two Burkinabe soldiers and six civilians were killed Saturday in two separate attacks in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, AFP learned Monday from security and local sources. The first attack took place near Bouroum, in the northern province Read More …

Kentucky: Bardstown police investigating explosive devices found

An investigation is underway in Bardstown after a reported bomb threat. Bardstown police say around 8:30 Friday morning, officers were called to the 300 block of North 1st street for a suspicious device. When officers arrived they found what looked Read More …

Iraq: At least nine police killed in blast near Kirkuk

At least nine Iraqi federal police officers have been killed in a bomb blast near Iraq’s north-central city of Kirkuk, security sources told news agency. The sources said those killed on Sunday were traveling in a convoy when the bomb Read More …

Yemen: Al-Qaida gunmen target government forces in Abyan, 3 soldiers killed

Gunmen of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch targeted military vehicles of the country’s government forces in the southern province of Abyan on Friday, a military official told Xinhua. “Four military vehicles of the government forces were targeted by two explosions of Read More …

Nova Scotia: IED discovered during Annapolis County drug bust ‘a surprise’

What started as drug investigation in Annapolis County last month took a turn when investigators found an improvised explosive device among the drugs, cash and weapons in a car that they stopped with four suspects inside. On Nov. 13, RCMP Read More …

Central African Republic: Russian Culture Centre Head Wounded In Assassination Attempt

The head of the Russian House in the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) Bangui has been injured, a Russian embassy representative told TASS Friday. “The head of the Russian House received an anonymous parcel Friday and opened it, Read More …

Washington: Neighbors rocked by explosion near Sam Smith Park in Seattle

People living in the Central District near Sam Smith Park are on edge following an explosion early Sunday morning. “It shook the house. It was almost like a real bomb, like something you would hear from a military base or Read More …

Pakistan: At least three killed after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in Miranshah

At least three people were killed and five others were injured after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in North Waziristan’s Miranshah town. According to government sources, most of the casualties were pedestrians in the area. The injured and Read More …