Brazil: Explosive device found on Copacabana

The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro coordinated a specialized operation on Monday, April 13, 2026, to remove an explosive device found on the Copacabana beach boardwalk. The intervention occurred at the site where crews are currently building the stage Read More …

Portugal: March for Life in Lisbon attacked with an explosive device

A man has been arrested by police in connection to an attack on the March for Life in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday when an improvised explosive device was thrown into a crowd of attendees. According to a statement by the Read More …

Italy: Rail sabotage – old tactics, new radical ties

Low-cost, high-impact sabotage: targeting signaling systems stops trains without touching the rolling stock. According to Roberto Setola, director of the Master’s program in Homeland Security at the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, the method is a classic of the anarchist Read More …

Western Australia: Homemade “fragment bomb” thrown into a crowd at a Perth Invasion Day rally

A homemade “fragment bomb” thrown into a crowd at a Perth Invasion Day rally yesterday was hidden in a child’s Disney-themed sock, according to a woman who picked it up. Police alleged the device was packed with chemicals and designed Read More …

U.S. DOJ: Former U.S. Navy SEAL Convicted of Transporting Explosives to Throw at Law Enforcement at California Protests

ALBUQUERQUE – After a five-day jury trial and approximately three hours of deliberation, a federal jury convicted Gregory Vandenberg, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, of intending to use explosives against law enforcement officers at the June 14, 2025, “No Kings Read More …

Syria: 8 killed, 18 injured in terrorist explosion at mosque in Homs

Eight people were killed and 18 others injured in an initial toll following a terrorist explosion at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab district of Homs, central Syria. Officials at the Syrian Health Ministry said Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram suicide bomber behind Borno mosque blast

The headquarters of Operation Hadin Kai, Nigerian Army, has confirmed that the explosion at a mosque in Borno State on Wednesday December 24, 2025, was carried out by a suicide bomber. PUNCH Online had reported that at least five people Read More …

Bondi Beach terror attack: Police uncover ‘several devices’ as public urged to ‘stay away’

Police have said a number of “improvised explosive devices” found in a shooter’s car have been removed from Bondi Beach after officiers earlier warned the public to stay away from the area after at least 16 people were killed.. According Read More …

New South Wales: At least 12 people dead as Bondi Beach attack declared act of terrorism

At least 12 people, including one shooter, have been killed in an attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, in what has been declared a terrorist incident. The second shooter is in police custody, and is in a critical Read More …

Victoria: Man pleads guilty after detonating improvised explosive at defence expo in Melbourne last year

An engineer who set off an improvised explosive device in an effort to disrupt an international weapons expo has described it as a “terrible error in judgment”. Shamera Fernando detonated a “homemade incendiary device” in the bathroom of the Melbourne Read More …

India: Delhi Police foils ISIS-inspired terror plot; two operatives held for planning attack on prominent mall, public park

October 24 (ANI): In a major counter-terror operation, the Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested two ISIS operatives who were allegedly planning to carry out a terror attack in a high-footfall area of the national capital during the Diwali festive Read More …

Washington D.C.: Man arrested at D.C. Catholic church had 200 homemade explosives

A man had more than 200 handmade destructive devices — including bottle rockets and molotov cocktails — in a tent on the steps of a D.C. cathedral where Supreme Court justices were expected to attend Mass on Sunday, court records Read More …

Germany: Oktoberfest 2025 ends with financial loss due to bomb scare in Munich

The closure, followed by searches by emergency services for booby traps and an increased security presence, had a knock on effect on the festival’s financial impact. The 2025 Oktoberfest, the world’s largest folk festival, closed in the southern German city Read More …

UK: Two killed and suspect shot dead in Manchester synagogue car ramming and stabbing attack

Three people have died, including the suspected attacker, in a car ramming and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester, with the suspect shot by police. The incident came on Yom Kippur – the holiest day in the Jewish religious Read More …

Michigan: 4 dead and 8 injured in church shooting and fire

The person accused in a fatal shooting and fire Sunday at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township is a 40-year-old area man with a military background. Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, is from Burton, a Read More …

U.S. CDC: Summary of Updates to the NIOSH Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Respiratory Protection Handbook

NIOSH approves respirators that help protect emergency responders and workers from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) hazards. These hazards can be encountered during disasters, emergencies, or intentional attacks. NIOSH recently released an updated version of its Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Read More …

Ireland: Gardaí investigate bomb threat to Simon Harris’s Wicklow home in major security operation

Gardaí are investigating claims that a bomb has been left at the home of Tánaiste Simon Harris in Greystones, Co Wicklow. Multiple calls were made to An Garda Síochána claiming there was a bomb at the Harris family home on Read More …

Germany: Juvenile involved in Taylor Swift concert plot gets suspended sentence

A Berlin court on Tuesday gave a 16-year old who helped prepare a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year a suspended 1-1/2 year prison sentence under juvenile criminal law. Charges against the Syrian adolescent, who Read More …

New Jersey: 177th Civil Engineer Squadron trains with NJ state agencies for World Cup security

ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. – Airmen from the 177th Civil Engineer Squadron of the New Jersey Air National Guard participated in a training exercise with the 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) from the NJ Read More …

Syria: At least 20 killed in Damascus church bombing attack, dozens wounded

A suicide bomber in Syria has carried out an attack inside a church filled with people, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more, according to the Syria’s Ministry of Health and security officials. The explosion in Dweil’a on Read More …