Austria: Vienna police warn of credible threat of ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches

Austrian police warn of the danger of an ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches in Vienna. The country’s intelligence service didn’t disclose any further information as to the threats received. Police in Vienna tweeted that they had heighted security in front of certain buildings, including churches, Read More …

India: Miscreants Hurl Crude Bombs at Police Team during Raid, 5 Detained

Miscreants have allegedly hurled crude bombs at a police team during a raid in Berhampur on Wednesday. The incident took place at Srikshetra Vihar locality under Bada Bazaar police limits the city. No policeman has been injured in the incident. Read More …

Iraq: Basra, the city most saturated with landmines worldwide

The Directorate for Mine Action (DMA) of the Iraqi Ministry of Environment revealed that Basra came first worldwide as the city with the most landmines. Media Director of the DMA, Mustafa Hamid, explained that the southern Iraqi city of Basra Read More …

Somalia: Suicide bombing kills 5, injures 11, including governor in Bardera

At least 5 people have been killed and 11 wounded, including a governor, in a suicide bombing in southwestern Somalia on Tuesday. “A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a guesthouse in Bardera where government officials were staying,” said Read More …

Cambodia: Kandal joins growing list of mine-free jurisdictions

Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth reiterated that the clearance of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) remains indispensable work, as he declared Kandal another mine-free province on March 13. Kandal now joins Phnom Penh and eight provinces – Stung Read More …

Afghan Forces Arrest Man in Kabul with Magnetic IEDs

A man was arrested in Kabul’s capital city of Afghanistan with six magnetic Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), according to the Ministry of National Defense on Monday. The Ministry said that the apprehended capture was made possible based on the intelligence Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces seize explosives, pistols from LeT’s Anantnag hideout

Security forces on Monday seized a large number of arms and ammunition including explosives in a raid at a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) hideout in Anantnag district, police said. This is the second hideout raided by security forces in 24 hours. On Read More …

Israel: Explosion at Megiddo junction being investigated as possible terror attack

At around 6:00 this morning, an improvised explosive device (IED) placed at the side of the road near the Megiddo junction exploded, seriously injuring Sharaf al-Din, a 21-year-old resident of Salem. The IED was placed along Route 65 and exploded Read More …

Pakistan: Attack on PTI MPA’s son leaves two dead

Two security guards of the son of Balochistan MPA Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind were killed, while one other sustained injuries on Saturday in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack that occurred in the Noshman area of Balochistan, the district administration Read More …

Afghanistan: ISIL claims attack targeting journalists in Mazar-i-Sharif

The ISIL (ISIS) armed group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. The blast targeting media workers was Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, three injured in Harnai IED blast

One person was killed and three others were injured in an explosion in the Hazara dam area of Harnai district on Thursday. Officials said unknown miscreants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) at the under-construction dam which exploded when a Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban governor of Balkh province killed in blast

The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province has been killed inside his office in a suicide attack that was later claimed by the ISIL armed group. The killing of Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the provincial governor, on Thursday marked one of Read More …

Israel: Terrorist bombing attack near Gaza border

Palestinian Arab terrorists operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip detonated a bomb next to a passing Israeli military bulldozer along the frontier Wednesday afternoon, an IDF spokesperson said. The bomb was set off while the bulldozer was carrying out routine Read More …

FBI offering $250K reward for unsolved 2008 Times Square bombing

The FBI announced a new reward Tuesday of up to $250,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspect involved in the unsolved 2008 bombing of the U.S. Armed Forces recruiting station in Times Square. The Read More …

UK: Suspected grenade in Salisbury destroyed in controlled explosion

A suspected grenade which was found near Kivel Court in Salisbury on Monday (March 6) has been destroyed in a controlled explosion, a spokesperson for Wiltshire Police has confirmed. The device was found shortly before 2pm just off Churchill Way. Read More …

California: Homemade bombs targeted homes in Merced, Lemoore, maker gets 10-year fed prison sentence

A Merced man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for making bombs that he used to retaliate against three intended victims in Merced and Lemoore, federal prosecutors said. The office of U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert Read More …

New Zealand: Video shows bumbling would-be bank robbers’ attempt to blow up an ANZ cash machine

The moment two bumbling would-be bank robbers used homemade explosives to blow their way into a Hamilton ATM can now be shown for the first time. CCTV footage of the unsolved August 2020 pipe bomb attack clearly shows how two Read More …