Special Forces foil militants bid to detonate a bomb close to a school in Kabul

The Afghan Special Forces foiled the militants bid to detonate an improvised explosive device close to a school in Kabul. According to a statement released by Special Operations Corps, the Special Forces discovered a remote-controlled improvised explosive device which the Read More …

Pakistan: Cop killed in Quetta IED blast, 10 injured

At least one policeman was martyred and 10 people, including five policemen, injured in an attack on a police vehicle at Quetta’s Double Road area on Tuesday. Initial reports suggest that unknown assailants targetted the police van through an improvised explosive Read More …

Suspected improvised explosive device discovered at Hong Kong protest

A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) was found in Mong Kok near police vans during a protest on Sunday. At around 8pm, riot police were clearing protester roadblocks on Nathan Road before a loud bang was heard near the T.O.P mall Read More …

Philippines: IED explodes inside Bilibid’s maximum security compound

An improvised explosive device (IED) suddenly went off while authorities were demolishing illegal structures inside the maximum security compound (MaxSeCom) of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Friday morning. Police Major General Guillermo Eleazar, regional director of Read More …

Five suspected pipe bombs made safe in County Offaly, Ireland

A number of buildings were evacuated in Offaly on Wednesday night after five suspected pipe bombs were discovered. An Army EOD team attended the scene after being alerted to the situation by gardaí. Gardaí called the bomb disposal team to investigate Read More …

‘Numerous explosive devices’ found in abandoned New Hampshire home

Police in Hinsdale, New Hampshire are investigating after “numerous explosive devices” were found in an abandoned home. Hinsdale Police, along with New Hampshire State Police, Hinsdale Fire, and other agencies are at a home on Indian Acres. Access to the area is Read More …

Blast Kills 6 In Kapisa, Women and Children

At least six members of the same family were killed by a roadside IED blast on Tuesday in Kapisa province, according to local officials. Two children and four women were killed in Baies Khail village of Najrab district in Kapisa Read More …

Israel: Security forces arrest terrorists who murdered Rina Shnerb

IDF and Border Police forces arrested the terrorists who allegedly murdered 17-year-old Rina Shnerb and wounded her father, Rabbi Eitan Shnerb and brother Dvir near Ein Bubin spring in August next to the settlement of Dolev. The three alleged terrorists, from Ramallah and Read More …

Three killed, including opposition politician, in blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan province

A blast in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed three, including an opposition political leader, on Saturday afternoon, police and officials said. Maulana Mohamad Hanif, Deputy Secretary General of the opposition party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), was among those killed in Read More …

Explosion near polling station as Afghans vote for new president

An explosion has occurred near a polling station in the Afghan city of Kandahar just an hour after voters began queuing to cast their vote to elect a new president. A senior provincial government official said three people were injured Read More …

Pakistan: Two soldiers injured in South Waziristan IED blast

Two security personnel sustained serious injuries in a blast in South Waziristan tribal district on Thursday, local sources said. The sources said an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near Dashka check post in Makeen area of South Waziristan due to Read More …

NATO Secretary General in Iraq: training national forces is a key tool in fighting terrorism

ATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Tuesday (17 September 2019) for talks on the Alliance’s new training mission in the country and the security situation in the region. The Secretary General paid tribute Read More …

Explosion hits riot police bus in southern Turkey; 5 wounded

Turkey’s official news agency says a bomb exploded in southern Adana province, wounding five people. The governor’s office in Adana said Wednesday the explosion went off as a riot police bus passed. The statement said a police officer was among Read More …

Ghana halts ‘elaborate plot to destabilise country’

Ghanaian security forces have arrested and are questioning three alleged coup plotters after their plans to target the presidency were foiled. In a statement posted on Twitter, Ghana’s government said the plot had “the ultimate aim of destabilising the country”. Read More …

NIA recovers IED materials from Bengaluru module of Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh

The National Investigation Agency said on Tuesday that it has recovered Improvised Explosive Device materials from the Bengaluru module of Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) which was busted this year. The items were seized based on the information provided by Jahidul Islam, Read More …

Infantryman arrested for allegedly offering bomb-making instructions to target politicians

A soldier with the 1st Infantry Division has been charged with sending instructions for making a bomb over social media, some of which would have resulted in viable explosives, and were sent with the knowledge that they could be used Read More …

Police seize huge cache of explosives, arms from Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

Police have foiled a major terror bid by recovering a huge amount of explosives, arms and ammunition in two different intelligence-based search and strike operations in Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday. According to the police, more than 20 kilograms (kg) Read More …

Japan’s commitment to Mideast remains vital

Japan has earned the well-deserved respect of the world, emerging from conflict to become an economic success at home and a strong proponent of socially responsible policies and actions both at home and abroad. I am a beneficiary of both Read More …