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The sound of an explosion was heard close to a governmental compound amid reports several people have been killed or wounded in the blast and clashes between the security forces and assailant militants. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Read More …
A large number of suspected firearms and explosives were found at three properties in County Durham and Darlington. A police spokesperson said: “Upon entering the property, officers located a large quantity of suspected firearms and what appeared to be explosive material. Read More …
The Army Bomb Disposal Team has removed two explosive devices from a property in Louth. The team was called to a house in Drogheda yesterday evening to remove the improvised explosive devices, following a request from gardaí. The team arrived Read More …
A bomb explosion in the west of Ethiopia has killed at least 10 people travelling in a minibus. The bomb was detonated in the village of Toga close to the border between the regional states of Oromia and Benishangul Gumuz. Read More …
A bomb-maker who had a dartboard featuring images of Barack Obama, the Duchess of Cambridge and Cheryl Tweedy has been jailed for five years. Matthew Glynn, 37, had an arsenal of weapons including Samurai swords, axes and knives at his Read More …
At least four Taliban militants were killed and two others were wounded in a premature explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in Read More …
A dedicated mine clearance unit has been created in the Belarusian army, BelTA learned from Chief of the Engineer Corps, Chief of the Engineer Corps Office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Colonel Andrei Kurakov. According Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) thanks the European Union for its continuous support to explosive hazard management and capacity enhancement activities in liberated areas of Iraq, which contributes to the safe, orderly and dignified return of displaced communities Read More …
An improvised explosive device has been found and made safe in Co Meath. Gardaí called the Defence Force’s bomb squad to the scene at Brews Hill in Navan in the early hours of this morning. After arriving at the scene Read More …
A bomb explosion ripped through the offices of Greek television station Skai TV in Athens in the early hours of Monday morning. No injuries were reported, however, the force of the blast caused “extensive damage” to the station, Skai TV reported. Read More …
At least five Taliban militants were killed in a premature blast in restive southern province of Zabul, local police said on Sunday. “The killed militants were trying to plant an improvised explosive device (IED) along a road on outskirts of Read More …
A group of scientists from High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a device called ‘OPX Revilator’, which can detect more than 25 pure explosives as well as trace of explosives mixtures Read More …
At least three Kenyan Soldiers sustained injuries after suspected Alshabab militants blew up their vehicle using an Improvised explosive device (IED) along the Bothai lamu road. The soldiers who were part of the team involved in an operation to flush Read More …
Plans to update rules on the use and sale of chemicals that could be used to make homemade explosives were backed by the Civil Liberties Committee on Monday. The current rules restrict access to a number of chemicals that could Read More …
Four people were killed and two Nato force members were injured after a Taliban suicide bomber detonated next to a convoy of Afghanistan’s top intelligence officers in Kabul on Tuesday morning, reports say. At least four more wounded were in Read More …
Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials on Sunday said that Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used in yesterday’s blast at ‘Mehfil-e-Milad’ event held near Gulistan-e-Johar in Karachi. The BDS officials visited the bomb site and revealed that the a low intensity Read More …
Lebanese authorities thwarted a plan by Isis to carry out bomb attacks during the country’s parliamentary elections earlier this year, the country’s caretaker interior minister said Monday. The militant group smuggled explosives from Syria in buckets of cheese to use in attacks Read More …
Tunisia has arrested an eight-member terrorist cell planning attacks in the country, according to the Interior Ministry on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry said security forces had busted a group dubbed “Jihad and Tawhid Battalion” and foiled its plans Read More …
Three people were injured by an explosion on a highway in northeast Kenya on Saturday. “There was an IED (improvised explosive device) incident… involving a civilian truck ferrying merchandise,” Joseph Kanyiri, a government administrator in the area said, adding the Read More …
At least four Taliban militants were blown up by own explosives in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Afghan military said Saturday. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said the incident has Read More …