Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort

Fleeing beheadings, shootings, rapes and kidnappings, nearly 1 million people are displaced by the Islamic extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique. The 5-year wave of jihadi violence in Cabo Delgado province has killed more than 4,000 people and scuppered international investments Read More …

India: Experts, agencies discuss how to counter emerging terror, IED threats at National Security Guard seminar

New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): A two-day National Security Guard (NSG) Raising Day International Seminar on the theme “Countering Emerging Terror and IED threats by Harnessing Latest Technology” was conducted on October 14 and 15 at NSG Manesar Garrison. Read More …

Somalia: At least 10 people died in roadside bomb explosion that hit a truck in Hawo Abdi

At least 10 people, including children, lost their lives and 16 others were injured in a mine explosion in Hawo Abdi area of Lower Shabelle region. The explosion hit a truck carrying vegetables heading towards Mogadishu, according to witnesses. The Read More …

Pakistan: At least 3 killed, 5 injured in Mastung blast

At least three people were killed and five injured when their vehicle was hit by a landmine blast in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Friday, according to an official. Assistant Commissioner Dasht Fareeda Tareen told Dawn.com, that the blast targeted people Read More …

North Dakota: Charges filed after 1,000 pounds of explosives discovered in Williston

A Williston man accused of storing more than 1,000 pounds of homemade explosives in his garage is now facing criminal charges. Court records show Ross Petrie, 28, is charged with a felony called “release of destructive forces.” An affidavit of Read More …

Mali: At least 11 people dead in bus blast in Mopti

An explosion killed at least eleven people on a bus in central Mali on Thursday, a region regularly rocked by jihadist violence, according to police and local sources. The bus was struck by a blast on the road between Bandiagara Read More …

Spain: Five explosive devices dating back to the Civil War neutralised in Teruel

TEDAX-NRBQ technicians assisted the Provincial Police of Teruel officers and defused five military devices in different rural locations in Teruel. In the hamlet of Caudé, the EOD team located and rendered safe a mortar round, 146mm and 105mm artillery shells. Read More …

Djibouti designates Afar rebel group as a terrorist organization

Djibouti has listed the FRUD-Armé militant group, which advocates for greater autonomy for the Afar ethnic group, as a terrorist organization on Thursday. Djibouti’s parliament decided after accusing FRUD of attacking a Djiboutian army barracks and killing seven Djiboutian troops Read More …

Israel: Violence erupts in Jerusalem in most violent night in capital in years

Two Israeli police officers were injured and nine Palestinians were arrested between Wednesday night and Thursday morning as violence broke out across Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank amid rising tensions surrounding IDF operations in Shuafat and Nablus and Read More …

Germany once again allocates 95.000 Euros to support Mine Victims in BiH

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Thomas Fitschen signed an agreement yesterday with the local non-governmental organization “Mine Detection Dog Center” (MDDC) on the provision of funds in the amount of 95,000 euros Read More …

Philippines: Seized in Central Visayas region explosives made for terrorists

After the arrest of two individuals last Sunday for allegedly selling explosive devices in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-7 is further investigating the manufacturer of these devices. Police Col. Peter Tagtag Jr., the new Read More …

Russia’s FSB detains 8 for Crimea Bridge explosion

Russia has apprehended eight suspects over the deadly explosion of the bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, the FSB security service said in a statement quoted by news agencies on Wednesday. The suspects include five Russians and “three Ukrainian and Read More …

Russia: FSB prevents terrorist attack in Nizhni Tagil, arrests plotter

The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the federal security service FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Tagil. “The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Read More …

Finland sent more of civilian material assistance to Ukraine

In August-September, Finland delivered a total of five trucks to Ukraine that contained civil defence equipment, hospital supplies and scanning equipment. The material assistance was provided through the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism. – Russia has intensified brutal attacks on civilian Read More …

Pakistan: TTP commander injured in Afghanistan attack

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan commander Maulvi Abdullah was critically injured in a targeted attack in Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Sunday. The former chief justice of the Bajaur tribal district was inside a vehicle when an improvised explosive device attack resulted in him Read More …

Germany: 500-kilogram Second World War bomb found in Frankfurt

The 500-kilogram unexploded ordnance from the Second World War is to be defused on Wednesday (12 October). On the Twitter channel of the Frankfurt fire brigade, Alexander Majunke of the explosive ordnance clearance service recently stated that it was not Read More …

Germany: Two explosive devices found on the Erfurt-Nordhausen railway line at Straußfurt

After the explosive device were found at Straußfurt station a police spokesman told MDR THÜRINGEN that one of the explosive devices had been burned in a controlled manner, the second device had been defused. According to the the police one Read More …

Pakistan: IED blast in Balochistan’s Kalat district claims two lives

IED blast in Kalat Balochistan claims two lives. At least two people lost their lives in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Balochistan’s Kalat district. Levies sources said the incident happened in the Johan area of Kalat. As per Read More …

Ontario: London police dogs make the grade during national training seminar

During a national canine unit training seminar held over the weekend, several police dogs proved that no job is too “ruff” for the furriest members of the London Police Service (LPS). According to a tweet from the London Police Service, Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Police recover IEDs and sticky bombs from Kathua district

The Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday claimed to have recovered half a dozen explosive devices from a militant hideout in the Kathua district. According to the police, the seized explosives included three IEDs and an equal number of sticky bombs. Read More …