Somalia: ISIS attacks military bases in Puntland

ISIS attacked military bases in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, a military official said on Tuesday. Puntland announced a major offensive against ISIS and a rival group, the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, in December Read More …

Afghanistan: Suicide bombing in Kunduz kills five, injures seven

A spokesman for the Kunduz police headquarters says five people were killed and seven others injured in a suicide bombing on Tuesday morning. Jumaddin Khaksar, a spokesman for the provincial police headquarters, added that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives Read More …

Pakistan army foils militant attempt to take security post in Balochistan

Islamist militants in an explosive-laden vehicle were thwarted in their attempt to overrun a Pakistani security post near the border with Afghanistan, the army said on Tuesday. The five attackers, including two suicide bombers, were killed when the post came Read More …

Nigeria: Suicide attack kills 27 soldiers in the northeast

At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a suicide attack attributed to jihadist militants in the northeast, military sources confirmed on Sunday. The attack occurred during a ground offensive launched on Friday by troops targeting a stronghold of Islamic Read More …

Somalia offers $30,000 bounty for al-Shabab bomb expert

The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has announced a $30,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Yusuf Mohamed Hussein, known as Jeeri-Arab, a senior Al-Shabab operative linked to the group’s bomb disposal unit. In a statement released Read More …

Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion investigators piece together suspect’s final hours

Matthew Livelsberger — the suspected driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded on New Year’s Day outside the Trump International Las Vegas Hotel — died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound prior to the blast, officials said at a Thursday press Read More …

Pope assassination plot foiled by UK intelligence

A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence, according to his upcoming autobiography. The Pope writes that, after landing in Baghdad in March 2021, he was told an event Read More …

Pakistan: Two killed in motorcycle explosion in Qilla Abdullah

On Monday, police reported that two individuals riding a motorcycle laden with explosives were killed in southwestern Pakistan. According to the police, the incident occurred when the explosives on the motorcycle detonated near a police station, killing the riders. The Read More …

Brazil: Suspected bomber dead after trying to enter Brazil’s Supreme Court ahead of G20

A man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil’s Supreme Court after trying to enter the building on Wednesday, officials said, stirring security concerns before the country hosts global leaders from the Group of 20 major economies. The blasts come Read More …

Pakistan: Mastermind, female accomplice involved in Karachi airport terror attack arrested

Sindh Home Minister Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar on Monday announced the arrest of three terrorists, including the mastermind behind the deadly blast near the Karachi airport that killed two Chinese nationals among three people. “Javed alias Sami, who is the Read More …

Pakistan: At least 25 killed, over 40 injured in suicide blast at Quetta railway station

At least 25 people were killed and 40 others were injured in a suicide explosion at Quetta’s railway station, marking the latest incident of unrest in Balochistan. Preliminary reports indicate that the explosion took place at the railway station’s booking Read More …

Pakistan: Conflicting reports of ‘operation’ near Pakistan-Iran border

Conflicting reports emerged about a cross-border operation, conducted by Iranian forces in the Sistan and Balochistan province, with Iranian officials claiming the targets were Afghan-Tajik militants, while other sources suggest they may have been smugglers. Iranian authorities said that 18 Read More …

Pakistan: 8 killed, 5 wounded in suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said. The bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces kill nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers in Bajaur

Pakistan’s security forces killed nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers, during an operation in the Bajaur district, according to the military’s media wing, ISPR. The operation was conducted on the night of October 23-24, following intelligence reports of the militants’ Read More …

Somalia: Seven killed in suicide bombing at cafe in Mogadishu

Seven people have been killed and six injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a cafe outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. According to police, both officers and civilians were among the victims, who Read More …

Afghanistan: Deadly Suicide Explosion in Kabul Leaves 6 Dead, 13 Injured

Kabul security command reported that in today’s explosion (Monday, September 2) in the Qala-e-Bakhtiar area of the sixth security district of Kabul city, six people were killed and thirteen others were injured. Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Kabul security Read More …

Yemen: Suicide bomber kills 16 soldiers in Abyan province

A suicide bomber has killed 16 Yemeni pro-government soldiers and wounded 18 others in a military post in the southern province of Abyan, local authorities have said. The attacker “drove a booby-trapped car into a site for the security forces” Read More …

Somalia: Mogadishu beach attack kills 32 civilians

At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday evening, police said, an attack blamed by Somali state media on the militant Islamist group al Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram IED Attack Claims 17 Lives, Injures Over 20 in Konduga

At least 17 people have been killed and over 20 injured after a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber targeted a market in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the Kawuri community, located approximately 50 Read More …

Pakistan: Casualties reported after two separate terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Two soldiers and five civilians were martyred in a terrorist attack on a rural health centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. In a separate terrorist attack targeting Bannu Cantonment on Monday Read More …