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Two explosive devices have targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece, one of which went off causing no injuries, according to Greek police. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and officers said they were investigating. A homemade Read More …
Two men have been arrested following a ordnance disposal operation in Bargoed. Gwent Police said officers had received reports of “a suspicious device found at an address in Sycamore Court”. The incident was reported at around 12.30pm on Wednesday. “Officers Read More …
Spain has ordered increased security at government buildings and embassies after the discovery of six letter bombs and incendiary devices over the past seven days, including one that exploded at Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid on Wednesday, lightly injuring an employee. Read More …
MINUSMA employee killed in explosive explosion in Kidal Region, North of Mali when his motorcycle hit an improvised explosive device (IED). On November 22 an improvised explosive device detonated on the road to Timbuktu, injuring three UN peacekeepers. Today, 30 Read More …
A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a police escort for a polio vaccination team in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding more than 30, police said, just two days after the militants ended a ceasefire. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Read More …
An employee at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid has sustained minor injuries after opening what is thought to have been a homemade letter bomb, prompting Kyiv to warn its diplomats to bolster their security precautions. Oleh Nikolenko, a spokesperson for Read More …
Security forces killed 10 terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the general area of Balochistan’s Hoshab, according to a statement from the military’s media wing on Tuesday. The IBO was conducted to clear a hideout of terrorists linked to Read More …
An IED (Improvised Explosive Device) exploded in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Tuesday morning, injuring a CRPF constable, according to an official. The injured jawan has been identified as constable Deepak Paswan (CRPF 168 battalion). “The blast occurred at around 8 Read More …
Incident apparently a response to the snatching of body of a Druze youth killed in a car accident week earlier Three Israeli Druze soldiers are suspected of throwing an improvised explosive device (IED) at a Palestinian home in the Bethlehem Read More …
A seventh man has been arrested by police investigating the attempted murder of two police officers in Strabane, County Tyrone. The two officers escaped injury when a bomb detonated at the side of their vehicle on 17 November. The New Read More …
A roadside bomb killed four troops in northern Burkina Faso, an area wracked by jihadi insurgency, the army said on Saturday, while three civilians died in another strike in the same region. The troops were killed on Friday when an Read More …
Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) said Saturday a senior commander was killed in a bomb explosion in the southern Shabwa province. In a statement, the STC-affiliated Shabwa Defense Forces said Major Salem Al-Jabwani lost his life in the explosion Read More …
Police and army have averted a major tragedy by defusing two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. A spokesman of Kulgam Police said on Twitter that the IEDs were planted in the Frisal Read More …
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday said it had thwarted a bus bombing by a Gazan with a permit to work in Israel. The agency arrested 31-year-old Fathi Ziad Zakot, a resident of Rafah in the southern Gaza Read More …
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported Thursday that it successfully foiled a suspected terrorist attack on the South Stream pipeline, which transports natural gas from Russian territory to countries such as Bulgaria, Italy and Austria. Russian authorities said that several Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 1,000,000 (approximately USD 999,500) from the Government of Italy, which will support life-saving mine action activities in Iraq. Activities will include delivering sustainable and efficient explosive hazard Read More …
Bomb and chemical weapons instructions linked to the Manchester Arena bomber have been removed from the internet. The recent video had received more than 100 views. Suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people and injured more than 1,000 when he Read More …
The blast in Mangaluru in Karnataka on November 19 is a troubling sign of the radicalisation among a section of Muslims. Mohammed Shariq, who was allegedly carrying the improvised explosive device (IED) in a pressure cooker in an autorickshaw, may Read More …
A 40-year-old man is being questioned here in connection with the autorickshaw blast in Karnataka’s Mangaluru as the mobile SIM card used by the accused was allegedly bought using his Aadhar card, police said on Sunday. Based on information, police Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated on the road to Timbuktu, Mali, on Monday morning injured three UN peacekeepers, a UN spokesman said. “The UN condemns the attack and wish the peacekeepers a speedy recovery,” said Farhan Haq, the deputy Read More …