Nigeria: NDLEA intercepts Kaduna-bound explosives, drugs, arrests grandma, others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted 399 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices, (IEDs), from one Asana Oluwagbenga Leke, 39, along Mokwa-Jebba road on Thursday 7th September. The suspect who has been handed over to authorities Read More …

Texas: Authorities Discover Backpacks Filled With Ammo, Homemade Explosive At Southern Border

U.S. Border Patrol authorities on Wednesday discovered backpacks with ammunition and a homemade explosive along the Rio Grande Valley sector, where authorities have previously admitted Mexican cartels maintain control of the region. According to Chavez, the McAllen Police Department helped Read More …

Swedish cities hit by four residential explosions in an hour

Bomb squad experts have been called in after Swedish cities were rocked by four explosions in an hour, police have said, with the country struggling to rein in a rise of gang-related violence. Just after 1am local time (midnight BST), Read More …

Ecuadorian police arrest six after car bombs explode in Quito

Police in Ecuador have arrested six suspects after a car bombing in a commercial area of the capital, Quito, as the South American nation grapples with a surge in violence that authorities say is linked to drug trafficking. The explosion Read More …

Mexico: Drug cartels are sharply increasing use of bomb-dropping drones

The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices — especially bomb-dropping drones — this year, with 42 soldiers, police and suspects wounded by IEDs so far in 2023, up Read More …

Mexican army says drug cartels are increasing their use of roadside bombs

The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices this year, with 42 soldiers, police and suspects wounded by IEDs so far in 2023, up from 16 in 2022. The Read More …

Syria: SAMA TV reporter and three Army personnel martyred in Daraa

SANA-SAMA TV reporter, Firas al-Ahmad, and three members of the army forces were martyred when an explosive device planted by terrorists went off on their way back to al-Shayyiah in Daraa countryside. That was after combing the border with Jordan Read More …

Calls for Sweden to introduce licence system for explosives

More than 100 bombing incidents have happened so far this year, according to the latest police statistics, which is more than the whole of last year. The explosives industry wants tougher regulations around who is allowed to handle explosives, similar Read More …

US Imposes Sanctions on 20 Individuals and 29 Firms in Maldives Over Terror Links

The United States has designated 20 individuals and 29 companies as being operatives and facilitators for the terror groups, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qa’ida in the Indian Ocean state of Maldives. The announcement by the US Read More …

Mexico: Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Jalisco kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians

A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. The governor of Jalisco state said the explosions were “a trap” set by the Read More …