Ireland: Nine people arrested in garda operation targeting criminal gangs

Nine people have been arrested by gardai targeting organised criminality in Limerick. More than 170 gardai were involved in carrying out over 60 searches of properties on Wednesday across counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary. As part of Operation Coronation, gardai Read More …

Suspect in Minneapolis police station burning arrested in Breckenridge

The Breckenridge Police Department assisted federal agencies in arresting a suspected arsonist out of Minneapolis last weekend. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 22, of Brainerd, Minnesota, is one of at least two suspects wanted for allegedly setting fire to a Minneapolis police Read More …

Landmines spell silent threat in Libyan former war zone

The smell of gunpowder still lingered in the battle-scarred south of Libya’s capital when Hicham Suleiman, a teacher in his 50s, cautiously returned to his home. He left his car some 400 metres (yards) from his house and continued on Read More …

Somali police arrest suspect in Mogadishu car bombing

Zakia Hussein, deputy police commander confirmed that no one was injured in the attack. The VBIED went off near the security checkpoint at KM4 junction. “The driver of the VBIED has been apprehended and there were no casualties resulting from Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces defuse IED found on Srinagar-Bandipora road

A bomb disposal squad defused an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) which was found at Bandipora-Srinagar Highway, in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir. The suspected IED was found by security forces in J&K’s Bandipora district on June 13. It consists Read More …

Deadly blast in a Kabul mosque kills a prominent religious cleric

A deadly blast on a mosque in Kabul during the Friday prayers killed 4 including a prominent religious cleric, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said. According to the Ministry, the explosives were placed inside the mosque that killed Azizullah Mofleh, Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, 15 injured in Rawalpindi blast

A man was killed and 15 others were injured in an IED blast in Rawalpindi’s Saddar area, police said Friday. The Rawalpindi CCPO and other police officials along with the bomb disposal squad immediately reached the spot. The body and Read More …

Kentucky: LMPD – Two Explosions Set Off At Protests Near Waterfront Park Late Thursday

Two explosions occurred alongside protesters near Louisville’s Waterfront Park Thursday night. Louisville Metro Chief of Public Safety Amy Hess said that one of the explosions left a crater roughly one-and-a-half feet in length on Witherspoon Street. Another nearby explosion, the Read More …

New York Police: Man brought explosives into Long Island hospital

Police say a man dressed in tactical gear was found with three explosive device in his backpack at a Long Island hospital and has been arrested on weapons and drug charges. Police say 33-year-old Robert Roden had walked into the Read More …

UK: Bomb squad carry out controlled explosion in Glasgow home

A man has been arrested after suspicious items were discovered in a Glasgow property late last night. Emergency services rushed to the scene on Liddesdale Square in  Glasgow North where the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit safely removed the items before carrying Read More …

Pakistan: CTD arrests Daesh operative in Gujranwala

Counter Terrorism Department conducted an intelligence based operation in Gujranwala on Wednesday and arrested a terrorist belonging to proscribed organisation Daesh from whom explosive material was also recovered. According to the details, the CTD Team Gujranwala got information from a Read More …

Two Pakistani Troops Killed In North Waziristan Bomb Attack

A roadside bomb targeting a vehicle carrying troops has exploded in northwestern Pakistan, killing two soldiers and wounding two others, the military says. The Pakistani army said in a statement on June 10 that the attack occurred near the town of Miran Read More …

Russia: FSB thwarts terror attack at marketplace in Crimean capital

The Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented a terror attack at a marketplace in Simferopol and detained five suspected Russian nationals who maintained contacts with Ukrainian radical forces, the FSB press office told TASS on Wednesday. “The Federal Security Service Read More …

Terrorists Capitalize on COVID-19 to Erode State Authority, Attack National, International Forces in Sahel, Peacekeeping Chief Tells Security Council

African Members Emphasize Urgent Need to Boost Operational Capacity of G5 Sahel Joint Force, Humanitarian Relief for Displaced COVID-19 has added a layer of complexity to the highly volatile security situation in the Sahel, with terrorists capitalizing on the pandemic Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces avert militant attack by timely detection of IED in Baramulla

Security forces averted a militant attack by timely detection of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. A patrol party of the Army noticed the IED planted by the ultras by the roadside at the Saidpora crossing Read More …

Northern Ireland: Shandon Park bomb accused in bid to have case thrown out

A man accused of trying to murder a PSNI officer is to mount a legal bid to have the case thrown out, it emerged today. 39 year-old Peter Granaghan faces charges linked to a bomb found under the off-duty policeman’s Read More …

Virginia man blew off hand making explosives to target ‘hot cheerleaders’

A southwest Virginia man who blew off his hand in an apparent explosives accident has been charged in federal court after authorities say they found evidence he was making a bomb and wanted to target “hot cheerleaders” because of his Read More …

Hong Kong police arrest 2 people on suspicion of making explosives

A 16-year-old teenager and a 52-year-old woman were arrested on Monday in Hong Kong on suspicion of making or possession of explosives, police said. Chow Cheung-yau, superintendent of the Hong Kong police’s Narcotics Bureau, told a press conference that the Read More …