Philippines: Troops capture 2 NPA fighters in Zamboanga

Troops captured two young communist rebels, one of whom was wounded in clashes in Bukidnon, officials said Sunday. Army Lt. Col. Ezra Balagtey, a spokesman for the Eastern Mindanao Command, said a 17-year-old New People’s Army (NPA) fighter was rushed Read More …

Philippines: Relentless AFP ops lead to surrender of 47 NPA rebels, supporters

Around 47 members and supporters of the New People’s Army (NPA) voluntarily surrendered earlier this month due to severe pressure from military operations and the hardships of always being on the run. In a statement Sunday, Armed Forces of the Read More …

Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) Fire Investigators Need Help Regarding Dangerous Explosive – video

Portland Fire & Rescue Fire (PF&R) Investigators and Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Detectives are investigating an explosive device that was thrown over the fence at MCSO deputies in front of the 3rd ave. side of the Justice Center late Read More …

California: Santa Cruz Deputy Killed, Another Wounded In Ben Lomond Ambush

A veteran Santa Cruz County Sheriff Deputy was killed and a second was severely injured by an improvised explosive device Saturday during “an ambush” in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A grief-stricken Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said the dead Read More …

Southeast Asia’s Overlooked Foreign Fighter Problem

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continues to confront a dilemma: what to do with the fighters accused of fleeing to Syria to join the Islamic State. To the extent that this issue gets any airtime in English-language press, the focus tends to Read More …

Nigeria: How explosion killed nine-year-old child of suspected Boko Haram member

A nine-year-old boy was on Monday killed and his teenage brother injured by an explosive device they had taken to an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, Borno State for their father. The kids had taken the device from Read More …

Pennsylvania: Man Accused Of Leaving Backpack Of Explosives In Downtown Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh police and ATF agents searched the home of a man accused of leaving explosives next to a downtown Pittsburgh building. Matthew Michanowicz, 52, is charged with possessing weapons of mass destruction and possession of explosive or incendiary materials or Read More …

Explosion leaves 4 dead, wounded in Kabul

An explosion killed a civilian and wounded three others in Kabul earlier today, the security officials said. Officials in Kabul Police Headquarters confirmed that a roadside bomb went off in Qarabagh district earlier today, killing one civilian and wounding three Read More …

FBI investigating reported homemade explosives in Tazewell County

Multiple witnesses are reporting the detonation of a homemade explosive device. The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Virginia State Police and the FBI, are investigating an incident that occurred on Holy Road just outside of the Town of Read More …

Assam: IED recovered at Bogapani, defused by army’s bomb squad

Security forces on Wednesday recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Bogapani, which was wrapped in polythene. The IED was recovered from NH 36 and it was diffused by a bomb squad of the army from Dinjan. It is suspected Read More …

Top Jaish bombmaker killed, hunt for 2 missing car bombs in Kashmir is on

Fauji Bhai alias Abdul Rehman, a top bomb-maker Jaish-e-Mohammed, was among the three terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Kashmir’s Pulwama on Wednesday morning. The operation was conducted by a joint team of security personnel that had been tracking Read More …

ISIS in Africa: The End of the “Sahel Exception”

This article will analyze two exceptions. The first is the long absence of confrontation between al Qaeda and Islamic state offshoots in the Sahel area. The second is an elected official conducting negotiations with an al Qaeda offshoot. Both constitute Read More …

Kansas soldier to be sentenced in explosives, napalm case

The sentencing of a U.S. Army soldier whose two convictions for providing information on how to manufacture an explosive device and napalm has been postponed to mid-July, U.S. District Court records show. Jarrett William Smith, 24, had been scheduled to Read More …

Stash of explosive devices discovered in Russia’s Chuvashia

Investigators in Russia’s Chuvashia Region initiated criminal proceedings over terrorism charges after a stash of improvised explosive devices was found, the Investigative Committee’s regional directorate announced Tuesday. “Criminal proceedings were initiated over preparations to conduct a terror attack under Article 205 of Read More …

Bombing kills Iraqi soldiers near disputed town, as anti-terror operations continue

The Iraqi army on Monday announced that an improvised explosive device (IED) had killed two of its soldiers, as they were conducting anti-terror operations near the disputed town of Makhmour, some 100 kilometers southeast of Mosul. Iraq’s Security Media Cell, Read More …

Landmine blast kills 7 laborers in Afghanistan

A landmine blast in Afghanistan’s restive northern Kunduz province killed at least seven farm laborers, an official confirmed on Tuesday. The governor’s spokesman Esmatullah Muradi told Anadolu Agency the incident took place in the Jungle Bashi area of Khan Abad Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 children killed, wounded in an explosion in Nangarhar province

An explosion killed or wounded two children in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, the Afghan military said. The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said an improvised explosive device, planted by anti-government armed elements, went off in Shabi area of Read More …