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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 …
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 …
This apparent lack of interest in “Israel’s Vietnam” appears tragic when one considers how closely the contours of that conflict foreshadowed the tactical and operational challenges American forces would face in the “Forever Wars” of Afghanistan and Iraq. Perhaps no Read More …
U.S. Army soldier has reportedly pleaded guilty to sharing instructions for making explosive devices, months after federal officials accused him of planning to carry out terrorist attacks on American soil. Jarrett William Smith was arrested in September after he allegedly Read More …
An improvised explosive device was discovered in a rubbish bin at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point on Tuesday morning, just 12 hours after a Hong Kong public toilet was set ablaze by a suspected home-made bomb, making it the third Read More …
Detectives investigating the seizure of two powerful home-made bombs at a Hong Kong school campus believe they were intended for an attack on police at a massive anti-government march over the weekend, sources said on Tuesday. The apparent bomb plot, Read More …
Maguindanao, Philippines — Suspected extremists set off a roadside improvised bomb along a narrow road here and exploded it while the car of a ranking Moro rebel leader was passing by Sunday morning. The explosive was placed underneath a parked motorcycle Read More …
Last week’s terror attack that left 11 General Service Unit (GSU) officers dead in Garissa has put in sharp focus the rising use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by Al-Shabaab against security officers along the Kenya-Somalia border. Every year, thousands Read More …
The explosive device, set off with a mobile phone, indicated an escalation in the street-level arms race between police officers and the protesters. HONG KONG — A homemade bomb was detonated in Hong Kong on Sunday amid violent protests, the police Read More …
FORT DRUM, N.Y. — The Improvised Explosive Device, or IED, is a well-known threat to service members operating in potentially hostile environments like Afghanistan and Iraq. This weapon has inflicted a destructive toll since Operation Enduring Freedom, but 1st Brigade Read More …
A 48-hour gun ban will be implemented from Jan. 8 to 10 as a security measure for the “Traslacion” of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9, Manila Police District (MPD) director Chief Supt. Joel Coronel said in a press briefing Read More …
A bomb that killed a Maltese anti-corruption journalist was detonated by one of the suspects sending a text message from a boat, prosecutors believe. Daphne Caruana Galizia’s car was blown up as she drove from her home on the island Read More …
A cellphone makes a convenient detonator for an improvised explosive device. But it’s also one of the most conveniently trackable devices under the eye of American law enforcement. Less than 48 hours after a bomb exploded in a dumpster on Read More …
The Nokia 105 is marketed as a super-durable, dirt cheap phone with a long battery life. It also appears to be the most popular device among ISIS’ ranks for setting off bombs. The must-have cellphone for ISIS fighters in Iraq Read More …
January 31, 2015 SUKKUR: Fifty-eight people were killed and over 49 injured when a bomb tore through a Shia mosque packed with worshippers here on Friday, around 470 kilometers north of Karachi.The incident took place at Markazi Jamia Masjid Syedu Read More …