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A fresh wave of violence struck Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as terrorists attacked the Gandi Chowk police station in Lakki Marwat, killing one civilian and injuring a police official. According to police, the deceased was identified as Ahmad Khan, a watchman at Read More …
The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western investment to the region, President Donald Trump’s Read More …
At least 26 people were killed on Monday when two vehicles detonated an improvised explosive device in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the heartland of an Islamist insurgency, residents said. The International Safety Organization, which provides security to foreign non-governmental organisations Read More …
Violence continued today in Thailand’s southernmost province of Yala, leaving two border patrol police officers dead and another injured. The officers were driving back from a health check-up when an improvised explosive device, planted under the road, detonated in Than Read More …
The ISIL (ISIS) group has killed five Kurdish fighters in an attack in eastern Syria’s Deir Az Zor, the group’s news agency has reported, underscoring concerns about its resurgence. Farhad Shami, spokesperson for Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), confirmed Read More …
Yemen’s Houthi armed group has shot down seven US Reaper drones worth more than $200m in recent weeks, marking the most significant material loss yet in Washington’s campaign against the fighters. The drones were destroyed between March 31 and April Read More …
In a tragic incident in Balochistan’s Kalat district, an improvised explosive device (IED) placed by the roadside detonated, killing four people, including women and children, and injuring five others, local media reported on Thursday. According to sources from the Levies, Read More …
Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday, after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint” following a deadly shooting in the region. Relations have Read More …
Sudan’s National Mine Action Center (NMAC) announced on Wednesday that 40 incidents involving landmine or Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) explosions have been recorded since the conflict began in April 2023, killing 16 people and injuring 50 others in various Read More …
Somali army forces repelled an early morning Al-Shabaab assault on a key military base in the Wargaadhi area of Middle Shabelle region on Thursday, according to government officials. The attack began shortly after morning prayers with explosions and a coordinated Read More …
At least five tourists were feared dead and eight people injured after suspected militants opened fire at them in India’s Kashmir region on Tuesday, a police source told Reuters, in the worst such attack in the territory in nearly a Read More …
Seventeen people were injured in two separate attacks in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat last night, April 20. One involved a motorcycle bomb, the other a gun and grenade assault on a dinner gathering. The first attack took place as Read More …
A jawan of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday, police said. The blast occurred between Toynar and Farsegarh villages, where a CAF Read More …
One soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device and 13 terrorists arrested during military operations carried out between Thursday and Saturday within the national territory, the Nigerien army confirmed on Saturday. A notorious gang leader known for his atrocities Read More …
The Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab on Wednesday attacked a strategic town that serves as a major base for government troops, raising new concerns about the sustainability of the fight against the al-Qaida-linked militants. The dawn attack on Adan Yabal in Read More …
Suspected Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) on Mandafuma bridge, along Biu-Damboa road in Borno state. The explosion was aimed at hindering military reinforcements traveling through the area, and to disrupt the Read More …
Three policemen were martyred and at least 16 others were injured on Tuesday morning as a blast targeted a vehicle of the Balochistan Constabulary on Mastung district’s Dasht Road, officials said. Militants in Balochistan, previously engaged in a low-level insurgency, Read More …
Four rangers were injured when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle with a sidecar went off near their housing unit in Rangae district on Sunday. Security cameras installed near the blast site showed an unknown number of men driving the Read More …
A roadside bomb suspected to have been planted by Islamic extremists in northeastern Nigeria struck a passenger bus, killing eight people and wounding more than a dozen others, authorities said. The bus was traveling along the Damboa-Maiduguri highway in the Read More …
A Jharkhand Jaguar jawan was killed and a head constable of 203 battalion of CoBRA sustained injuries while trying to defuse an IED planted by Maoists in West Singhbhum’s Saranda forests Saturday. Gunfight broke out on borders of Chotanagra & Read More …