California: Homemade explosives found in probationer’s car near sheriff’s office in Placer County

Authorities arrested a probationer after investigators discovered homemade fireworks and explosive devices inside his vehicle parked near the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. According to the sheriff’s office, just after 2 p.m. Feb. 4, the Placer County Probation Department contacted the Read More …

New York: Two men charged for throwing makeshift bombs near the NYC mayor’s home

Two Pennsylvania men on Saturday followed the route taken by thousands as they crossed the George Washington Bridge into New York City. But less than an hour later, their trajectory took a dark turn as they were arrested for throwing Read More …

Belgium: Liège synagogue rocked by explosion in ‘antisemitic’ attack

An explosion struck a synagogue in the Walloon city of Liège early Monday morning, causing material damage in an “act of antisemitism,” officials said. No one was injured or killed. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever condemned the attack on Read More …

Become the capability: Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit

The Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU) is a highly specialized unit within Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM). It provides critical counter-Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and full-spectrum exploitation effects for the Government of Canada (GC) by collecting, Read More …

Norway: Explosion at US embassy in Oslo causes minor damage

The US embassy in Oslo was hit by an explosion early Sunday, according to Norwegian police who said the blast caused minor damage but no injuries. “We’ve determined that an explosion hit the American embassy,” Oslo police spokesperson told NRK. Read More …

UK: Four people arrested under National Security Act

Four people have been arrested as part of a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation into suspected National Security Act offences. The men [A-D] were arrested on Friday, 6 March on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, contrary to section 3 Read More …

UK: Man convicted of attempted murder after explosive device found in Borehamwood

A 38-year-old man has been convicted of attempted murder after a homemade explosive device was discovered beneath a vehicle on a residential driveway in Borehamwood last summer. Robert Kovacs, of Tenby Road, Edgware, was found guilty on Tuesday (3 March) Read More …

Ohio: Man sentenced for taking explosive device to area sports complex

James River Phillips, 21, was sentenced to three years of probation for illegally transporting explosive materials. As previously reported by News Center 7, Phillips was arrested by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force after investigations in Mason, Oxford, and Liberty Read More …

Sweden: Hand grenade left outside car dealers in Malmö

After an alarm was raised about a suspected explosive device left outside a car dealership in Malmö, Wednesday morning, police have confirmed that the object was a live hand grenade. A large area had been cordoned off this morning, affecting Read More …

US launches military operations in Ecuador

U.S. forces have launched military operations with Ecuador against “designated terrorist organizations” inside the South American country, Southern Command said Tuesday. The military released no details on the operations but suggested in a statement that it was an extension of Read More …

Russia: FSB thwarts planned terrorist attack on industrial facility CEO

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a plotted terrorist attack on an industrial facility CEO in the Sverdlovsk Region; a Ukrainian handler remotely detonated an explosive device, killing the attacker in Yekaterinburg, the press office reported. “The Yekaterinburg Read More …

Somalia: Army, allies seize key al-Shabaab strongholds in south in fresh offensive

The Somali army, backed by international allies, including Ugandan troops serving with the African Union mission (AUSSOM), captured key al-Shabaab-held areas in southern Somalia on Monday, a Somali Defense Ministry statement said. The forces secured Daarusalaam and Mubaarak in Lower Read More …

Russia: Remote detonation of explosive devices kills three police officers in late 2025, 2026

Three police officers in Moscow, two late last year and one last week, were killed when explosive devices they were carrying were detonated remotely, Russian Interior Ministry Spokeswoman Irina Volk said. “Recently and at the end of last year, the Read More …

Georgia: Bomb squad training in Augusta includes loud explosions

Later this week the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Hazardous Devices Unit (Bomb Squad) will be testing explosives, related to training March 2nd through March 6th 2026. These tests will take place between the hours of 8am and 5pm. The training Read More …

Nigeria: NPF, UNMAS train personnel on counter-IEDs in Northeast

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), in collaboration with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), has trained its personnel on the counter-Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the Northeast. According to the Borno State Police Command, the seven-month training commenced from Read More …

Texas: Shooter wearing Iranian flag shirt kills three, injures 14 in Austin

The FBI said it was examining “indicators” that suggest a possible terrorism link to a mass shooting early on Sunday in Austin, Texas, in which police said at least three people were killed and 14 were injured. The male suspect Read More …

Pakistan: 9 dead in violent clashes near US Consulate in Karachi

Nine people died in Karachi on Sunday, a hospital official said, after protesters clashed with law enforcement personnel near the US Consulate on Mai Kolachi Road, as protests erupted countrywide against the US-Israeli attacks on Iran. The protests follow the Read More …

UK: Counter terrorism police arrest two people in Hull with ‘potentially suspicious items’ found

A man and a woman have been arrested in Hull following a raid by counter terror police at a property in Morpeth Street yesterday. The pair, both 23, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. Counter terrorism police said Read More …

Wisconsin: Police find homemade explosives, weapons in drug trafficking bust at Green Bay house

A man accused of dealing drugs in Green Bay is also charged with having more than a dozen different homemade bombs at his home. The improvised explosive devices were found during a police drug bust. According to a criminal complaint, Read More …

Michigan: Ionia corrections officer stockpiled 196 guns, explosives and stolen prison munitions

Newly obtained court records paint a far more alarming picture of the weapons and explosives authorities say they found at the home of an Ionia County corrections officer whose backyard blasts have terrorized neighbors for years. An eight-page transcript from Read More …