Ukraine: Ukrposhta’s cash-in-transit van robbery: Court rules to arrest three suspects

Poltava’s Zhovtnevy district court has ruled to arrest three suspects in a bomb attack on an Ukrposhta cash-in-transit van in Poltava region. As UNIAN reported earlier, unidentified persons blew up a cash-in-transit van near the village of Tyshky in Poltava Read More …

Explosion reported close to a ministry compound in Kabul city

An explosion went off close to the Ministry of Public Works in Kabul city earlier today with the preliminary reports indicating the blast wounded at least two people. A security source confirmed the explosion took place close to the Ministry Read More …

Roadside bomb kills, wounds 5 children in South of Afghanistan

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion killed or wounded at least five children in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan. The 205th Atal Corps in a statement said the terrorists had planted an Improvised Explosive Device on a roadside in Qalat, Read More …

Philippines: Policeman, civilian killed in Maguindanao IED attack

A policeman and a civilian were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded along a provincial road in Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao, Thursday night. According to Maguindanao Provincial Police Office Director Col. Arnold Santiago, four other policemen were wounded Read More …

UK: Four men are arrested in joint operation in East London and Leicestershire by anti-terror police

Armed police have stormed an east London property with a chainsaw – as four men were arrested for plotting a terror attack. Dramatic video shows a squad of gun-toting officers bursting into a house on Ilfracombe Gardens in Goodmayes, Redbridge, Read More …

Suicide car bomb attack hits Afghan forces’ check post in Wardak

A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives close to a security check post in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan. According to local officials, the incident took place earlier today in Sayedabad district of Wardak province. Mohibullah Sharifzai, Read More …

Can the operator of a drone be located by following the drone’s path?

Small commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs), called drones in common language, pose significant security risks due to their agility, high availability and low price. There is, therefor, a growing need to develop methods for detection, localization and mitigation of malicious Read More …

Nigeria: Improvised Explosive Device Kills Soldier, Injures Others During Boko Haram Ambush In Borno

A Nigerian Army officer, Second Lieutenant Abdullahi Alhassan, has been killed by Improvised Explosive Device during an ambush by Boko Haram fighters along Maiduguri-Damaturu Road in Mainok. Two others sustained various degrees of injuries while a patrol vehicle conveying troops Read More …

Northern Ireland: Hoax device shaped like pipe-bomb left at a property in Castlederg

Last night police were at the scene of a security alert in the Millbrook Gardens area of Castlederg following the report of a suspicious object. This morning a PSNI spokesman revealed the security alert was now over. The statement said that Read More …

UK: Bomb squad called after Lincolnshire Police find suspected explosive device

A bomb squad has been called to Boston after police found what is believed to be an explosive device. Officers from Lincolnshire Police have raided an address in Margaret Drive at 8am this morning, Tuesday, July 7 following a tip Read More …

7/7 London bombings: What happened, how many victims were there and who were the bombers?

The horrific 7/7 bombings were one of the worst terror attacks ever to hit London – with fifty-two innocent people killed in a series of coordinated explosions by four suicide bombers on July 7, 2005. A group of three suicide Read More …

Suicide attacks thwarted in Kabul city: NDS

The Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) thwarted militants plot to carry out suicide attacks in Kabul city. According to a statement released by NDS, the Special Forces conducted a complex operation in Kabul city and arrested Read More …

Kentucky: Sheriff’s office: Pipe bomb found in hunting area in Boone County

The Boone County Sheriff’s Office says it found a homemade pipe bomb that was set up for a delayed explosion. The bomb was safely dismantled, but Chief Deputy Brian Pontius warned there could be others. “We have no way to guarantee Read More …

Cameroon: Search operations intensify after 3rd explosive device detonates in Yaounde

Security forces in Cameroon’s political capital Yaounde have intensified sporadic search operations in neighbourhoods after a third explosive device detonated at Rond Point Damas last Thursday July 2, 2020, days after the first two detonated. According to reports, Tuesday July Read More …

India: IED injures two DRG personnel, 6 defused in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district

Two District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel sustained minor injuries on Monday when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said. The incident took place at around 10.30 am in a     forest in Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: NIA makes 7th arrest in Pulwama terror attack case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Jammu and Kashmir resident Bilal Ahmed Kuchey for playing a key role in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF troopers in Kashmir valley, an official agency release said on Tuesday. Read More …

Terrorist groups must not be allowed to exploit ‘fragilities’ caused by global health pandemic

As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the world’s health systems, economies and local communities, the UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted how the pandemic has laid bare vulnerabilities to “new and emerging forms of terrorism”, such as cyberattacks, bioterrorism and the misuse Read More …

Statement by Acting SRSG Stephanie Williams on the Death of Two Libyan Mine Clearance Workers in Southern Tripoli

Tripoli, 06 July 2020 – Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams expresses her deep sadness and regret over the death of two humanitarian mine Read More …