India: Security forces seize eight IEDs in Chaibasa

Chaibasa Police along with CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) and Jharkhand Jaguar, recovered eight IEDs from the Tonto police station area in a joint operation, said police. “Each of these IEDs weighs around 2 kg. These were planted by Naxals Read More …

Ecuador: Crackdown in two states after police killings

A state of emergency and curfews have been declared in two Ecuador provinces after a series of attacks that killed five police officers. President Guillermo Lasso said the attacks by increasingly powerful drug gangs were a declaration of wa Six Read More …

UK: Manchester Arena’s weapon scanning tech questioned

Some of the world’s biggest venues, including Manchester Arena, are using weapons scanners “incapable” of detecting some large knives. Evolv, a company that sells artificial-intelligence (AI) scanners, claims they can detect all weapons. But documents shared with BBC News by Read More …

Northern Ireland: Fire at Orange Hall in Magherafel treated as hate crime

A fire that extensively damaged an Orange hall in Magherafelt is being treated as a hate crime, police have said. Firefighters tackled the blaze at the premises on the Aghagaskin Road on Sunday evening. Police believe entry was forced at Read More …

Kenya: 2 children die in explosion after tinkering with RPG in Mandera

Two children died Sunday morning after an explosive went off while they were herding goats at Iresuki village in Mandera County. Confirming the incident, Mandera CIO Benedict Kigen said the warhead, suspected to have been launched from a rocket-propelled grenade Read More …

Nepal: Two girls killed and three other children seriously injured in IED explosion in Kalikot

Two girls, both aged four, died in an explosion of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Ranabada of Tilagupha Municipality-10 in Kalikot district on Saturday. Three other children sustained serious injuries in the blast. The incident happened at around 8am. According Read More …

UK: Man ‘throws petrol bomb out of his car’ at Dover immigration centre before ‘killing himself’

This is the moment a man throws a “petrol bomb” out of a car at a Dover immigration centre before witnesses claim he killed himself. Cops confirmed between two and three “incendiary devices” were lobbed into the immigration border force Read More …

Finland: Weapons supplied to Ukraine have ended up with criminals in Finland

Organised crime is growing in Finland and there is a high demand for weapons. The routes and connections from Ukraine to Finland are already in place. The police are hoping for additional resources for an increasing workload due to the Read More …

Somalia: ‘Scores of casualties’ after twin blasts in Mogadishu

Twin car bombings rocked Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday causing “scores of casualties”. A vehicle loaded with explosives was driven into the education ministry compound and was followed by gunfire, police officer Ibrahim Mohamed said. “In a few minutes another Read More …

Northern Ireland: ‘Viable pipe bomb type device’ found by PSNI during security alert in Cookstown, Co Tyrone

A number of residents were evacuated from their Co Tyrone homes on Friday afternoon after a viable pipe bomb type device was found in the area. Police and Ammunition Technical Officers attended the scene in the Millburn Close area of Read More …

Pakistan: One killed in South Waziristan roadside bombing

A passerby was killed and another person sustained injuries when a roadside bomb targeting the former head of a pro-government peace committee exploded in the Birmil subdivision of South Waziristan here on Monday, sources said. The sources said that Taj Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Roadside bombs aimed to target security force convoys, civilians

Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) or roadside side bombs are aimed to target convoys of security forces and civilians in Kashmir, and this year 8-9 IED’s have been diffused or recovered by agencies, officials said. A top army officer told Rising Read More …

Northern Ireland: Controlled explosion on ‘viable’ pipe bomb in east Belfast

A controlled explosion has been carried out during a security alert in east Belfast after a “viable pipe bomb type device” was found, police have said. A number of homes were evacuated when the device was discovered in the Dundela Read More …

Northern Ireland: ‘Miracle no one was hurt’ after petrol station ATM explosion in County Down

It was a “miracle” no one was hurt after an explosion at a petrol station ATM on Monday, the site’s owner has said. Police received a report shortly after 03:15 BST of an ATM on fire at Temple, south of Read More …

Ukraine: Multiple people injured following car bomb explosion in Melitopol

M people have been injured as a result of a car bomb explosion in Ukraine’s Melitopol on Tuesday, October 25. The car bomb exploded near the office of the ZATV television company in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhya Region, according to initial reports. Read More …

Israeli raid on Nablus kills 5, destroys bomb lab in escalating violence

Israeli security forces blew up a weapons workshop and killed the leader of an alleged terrorist cell during a deadly raid in Nablus early Tuesday, military officials said. At least five Palestinians were killed and more than 20 injured in Read More …

UK, US and France release rare joint statement after Russia contacts them over ‘dirty bomb’ claims

Russia has engaged in an unusual burst of contact with the West’s three nuclear powers to raise baseless claims about a dirty bomb plot in Ukraine, amid fears of further escalation. In the past 48 hours, Vladimir Putin’s defence minister, Read More …