7/7 bombings: How the tragic events of July 2005 changed UK counter-terrorism forever

It is a date seared into the collective memories of all over a certain age. That morning on July 7, 2005, just before 9am, suicide bombers detonated devices on three Tube trains in central London. An hour later, a fourth Read More …

Pakistan: Four killed, five injured in IED explosion in Kalat

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 …

Iraq: ISIS suicide bomber detonates near army position in Salahaddin province

Two ISIS militants, including a suicide-bomber who self-detonated, were killed during clashes with Iraqi security forces in northern Iraq on Wednesday, according to Baghdad’s Security Media Cell. “After intensive monitoring and the use of technical and intelligence resources, a force Read More …

US CENTCOM Forces Kill ISIS Chief of Global Operations Who Also Served as ISIS

Tampa, Fla. – On March 13, U.S. Central Command forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and Security Forces, conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the Global ISIS #2 leader, chief of operations and the Delegated Read More …

Pakistan: Terrorists using women, children as human shields hindering Bolan train rescue

Security forces have rescued at least 190 hostages and killed 30 terrorists involved in the hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan’s Bolan district, vowing to continue the clearance operation until the last militant is neutralised. The train, carrying 400 Read More …

Man allegedly behind 2021 Kabul airport bombing being extradited to U.S.

Mohammad Sharifullah, who has been connected with the August 2021 Abbey Gate suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, has been extradited to the United States, U.S. officials told CBS News. The attack killed 13 American service Read More …

Pakistan: At least six people including JUI-S leader killed in suicide blast in madressah in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least six people, including JUI-S leader Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani, were killed and 15 injured when a suicide blast ripped through the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, according to officials. The blast tore through the Read More …

Somalia offers $30,000 bounty for al-Shabab bomb expert

The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has announced a $30,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Yusuf Mohamed Hussein, known as Jeeri-Arab, a senior Al-Shabab operative linked to the group’s bomb disposal unit. In a statement released Read More …

Pope assassination plot foiled by UK intelligence

A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence, according to his upcoming autobiography. The Pope writes that, after landing in Baghdad in March 2021, he was told an event Read More …

Pakistan: Sabotage plot foiled as CTD kills three terrorists in Rawalpindi

Security forces averted a major sabotage bid in Rawalpindi as three militants from Fitna-al-Khawarij were killed during a fierce exchange of gunfire with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel. The operation, based on intelligence reports, took place near Chakri in Rawalpindi Read More …

Pakistan: 8 killed, 5 wounded in suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said. The bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali Read More …

Iraq: 4 ISIS leaders killed in raid that left 7 US service members injured

Four senior ISIS leaders were killed in last month’s U.S.-Iraqi military raid in western Iraq including the group’s top operations leader in Iraq and its chief bombmaker for whom the United States had offered a $5 million reward, the U.S. Read More …

Afghanistan: Deadly Suicide Explosion in Kabul Leaves 6 Dead, 13 Injured

Kabul security command reported that in today’s explosion (Monday, September 2) in the Qala-e-Bakhtiar area of the sixth security district of Kabul city, six people were killed and thirteen others were injured. Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Kabul security Read More …

US CENTCOM Forces and Iraqi Security Forces conduct partnered raid in Western Iraq

TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces and Iraqi Security Forces conducted a partnered raid in Western Iraq in the early hours of Aug. 29, resulting in the death of 15 ISIS operatives. The ISIS element was armed with Read More …

Somalia: Mogadishu beach attack kills 32 civilians

At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday evening, police said, an attack blamed by Somali state media on the militant Islamist group al Read More …

Nigeria: Multiple suicide bombings kill at least 18 people in northeast of the country

At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, authorities said. In one of three blasts on Saturday in the town of Gwoza, Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces ‘carried out over 7,000 anti-terror ops’ in less than 3 months

Pakistan’s security forces have carried out as many as 7,745 anti-terror operations from April 1 to June 10 in their bid to curb the scourge of terrorism faced by the country, sources told Geo News on Wednesday. These operations were Read More …

Russia: Two police officers killed in militant attack in North Caucasus

Two police officers have been killed and another four suffered wounds in a militant attack on a traffic police unit in Russia’s Karachay-Circassian Region in the North Caucasus, the regional branch of the Interior Ministry said in a statement. According Read More …

New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing

New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last week, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The incident was Read More …

Pakistan police kill bomber to thwart attack on Japanese nationals

Police in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi shot down a suicide bomber and a militant on Friday as they attacked a vehicle carrying five Japanese nationals, all of whom survived, a police spokesperson said. Islamist militants seeking to overthrow the Read More …