Somalia: Mayor among the dead in police station bombing in Beletwyene

A bomb explosion went off Saturday afternoon at a police station in Ferfer Town located in the Somalia border with Ethiopia killing at least three people. Sources in the town said a bomb suspected to have been planted in a Read More …

Two Turkish soldiers killed, five wounded in Syria’s Idlib

On Friday evening, several Turkish soldiers were killed and wounded, in an explosion targeting a military convoy of the Turkish forces on the road between Idlib city and Bab al-Hawa crossing, north of Idlib, northwest Syria. A landmine exploded while Read More …

Afghanistan: Deadly blast hits Shiite mosque in Kandahar during Friday prayers

A large explosion tore through a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, causing heavy casualties, a spokesman of the Taliban government’s interior ministry said. Qari Saeed Khosti said authorities were collecting details of the Read More …

Afghanistan: Blast in Kunar province kills Taliban commander, injures 11

A bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying a Taliban police chief in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing him and wounding 11 others, officials said. The blast happened in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province, targeting the Taliban police chief for Read More …

Supreme Court appears likely to allow death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

A divided Supreme Court seemed prepared Wednesday to allow the death sentence to be reimposed for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after a federal appeals court voided it. A majority of the justices suggested that they did not agree with Read More …

Somalia: Over 6 killed as 2 separate terror attacks hit Mogadishu

At least three people were killed and several wounded Tuesday evening when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy restaurant in Somalian capital Mogadishu’s Yaqshid district, according to a police official. Meanwhile, an intelligence officer and two bodyguards Read More …

Kenya: KDF soldier injured in suspected Al-Shabaab attack in Lamu

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier was seriously injured when the vehicle he was traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) suspected to have been planted on the road by Al-Shabaab terrorists between Milimani and Baure in Lamu Read More …

Kosovo Arrests Five Suspects for Plotting Terrorist Attacks

Kosovo’s Special Prosecution on Sunday said police had arrested five persons suspected of planning terrorist actions against country’s constitutional order and security. Explosive devices, fire arms, drones and anti-tank weapons were seized during the operation, which was conducted after several Read More …

Philippines: Army disposes 77 IHL-banned APMs seized from CPP-NPA in Mindanao

Cagayan de Oro City – The Army’ 4th Infantry Division (4ID) successfully disposed of more than 70 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) seized from the communist terrorist groups (CTG), commonly known as the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Read More …

Pakistan: TV journalist killed by a magnetic explosive device in Hub, Balochistan

A journalist has been killed in a targeted attack in the southern Pakistani town of Hub, police officials say, with the ethnic separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claiming responsibility for the attack in a statement. Shahid Zehri was killed while Read More …

Yemen: Six killed in Aden car bombing targeting officials

A car bomb targeting the governor’s convoy shook Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least six people and wounding seven, the information minister said on Twitter. Governor Ahmed Lamlas and agriculture minister Salem al-Suqatri, both members Read More …

Afghanistan: Deadly explosion kills and wounds worshipers in Northern Kunduz Province

A deadly explosion in Khan Abad port of northern Kunduz province inflicted casualties to at least 80 worshipers on Friday, October 8, BBC reported. The explosion has occurred in a mosque where hundreds of people had gathered to perform Friday Read More …

Afghanistan: ISIS-K suicide bomber who carried out deadly Kabul airport attack had been released from prison days earlier

The ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed 13 US service members outside Kabul airport in August had just been released from prison by the Taliban before the attack, according to a new report. Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri was among those let out Read More …

Mali: Several soldiers killed in IED attack in Mopti region

At least nine soldiers have been killed and 11 more wounded in an attack in central Mali, the army said, but local officials said the death toll was even higher. The attack on Wednesday occurred near the village of Bodio Read More …

Afghanistan: 3 Taliban members wounded in roadside bomb blast in Nangarhar

Afghan media quoted Taliban officials as saying that an explosion in Nangarhar province and an armed attack in Laghman province wounded Taliban members and Afghan civilians. This explosion happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday near Qala-e-Akhund in Kameh District Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban eliminates ISIS-K hideout in north of Kabul

The Taliban fighters reportedly conducted operations in Kabul’s northern suburb-Police District 17, Khair Khana- eliminating a safe haven of the ISIS Khorasan branch. Local residents have confirmed the shooting of light and heavy weapons in the area and have also Read More …

Mali: One UN Peacekeeper Killed, Four Wounded In IED Explosion Near Tessalit, Kidal

One U.N. peacekeeper was killed and four more were severely wounded when their convoy hit an improvised explosive device in northern Mali on Saturday, the U.N. force in Mali said. The bloodshed near the town of Tessalit followed the killing Read More …

Kenya military says 15 Al-Shabaab fighters killed by IED in Lamu

At least fifteen Al -Shabaab militants on Monday died in a deadly Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Lamu near the Kenya- Somalia border, according to a KDF spokesperson. The 15 were travelling inside a vehicle that ran over the Read More …