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Two people were killed and three others injured in a Wednesday evening attack at Qoqaye -Takaba in Mandera County by suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists. County Director of Criminal Investigation (CDCI), Benedict Kigen, confirmed the incident, saying two people lost their lives Read More …
Ten people were killed, and 16 others injured, when gunmen burst into a demining camp in Baghlan-e-Markazi district and opened fire. HALO Trust said the attack occurred around 9:50 pm Tuesday, local time, when some 110 men, from local communities Read More …
At least 10 deminers from the HALO Trust organization were killed and 16 more were wounded in an attack by gunmen on their office in the northern province of Baghlan on Tuesday night, a security official who wished not to Read More …
At least 16 people, including 2 civilians, were killed in the recent attack on the police headquarters in Balkh province, and 117 others, including 67 civilians, were wounded, said Mohammad Younus Stanekzai, the Balkh district governor. According to local officials, Read More …
At least one soldier was killed in an attack in northeastern Ivory Coast near the border with jihadist-hit Burkina Faso, the military said Tuesday. “Armed individuals” late Monday attacked the village of Tougbo in the district of Bouna, armed forces Read More …
The country’s power distributor, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), on Tuesday said that 23 electricity pylons have been destroyed or damaged by explosions in just a month’s time, raising concerns over the stability of the imported power as many areas Read More …
At a briefing on Monday with Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, he discussed the increasing drone threat. “We are seeing pressure from Iranian-affiliated militant groups that want to push us out of Iraq, and the latest manifestation Read More …
The suicide belt worn by Fishmongers’ Hall terrorist Usman Khan when he was shot by police was ‘an elaborate hoax’ which looked like a realistic device capable of mass destruction and death, an expert has told an inquest. Khan, 28, Read More …
At least one person was killed and eight others injured on Monday when a bomb-laden bag exploded in Syria’s border town of Al-Rai, security sources said. The bomb was left as a consignment to a shop on the busiest street Read More …
A blast struck a checkpoint in the southern Libyan city of Sebha on Sunday, killing at least two people including a senior police officer, local police, city officials and medics said. A security source in Sebha said the blast was Read More …
Four civilians were wounded Sunday when the car they were riding was hit by shrapnel from an improvised explosive device (IED) that exploded along the road in an upland village of Legazpi City, a Philippine Army (PA) report said Monday. Read More …
At least 11 civilians have been killed in northern Afghanistan when their vehicle set off a land mine, local government officials said on Sunday, accusing the Taliban of planting the roadside bomb. Husamudim Shams, the governor of the northern province Read More …
A Ukrainian soldier was injured in a landmine blast in the Donbas warzone on Saturday. The serviceman survived the explosion and was evacuated to a military hospital, reads a morning update by the Joint Forces Operation Headquarters. His condition is Read More …
A football player and his cousin were killed, while the latter’s son was wounded after an improvised explosive device allegedly planted by New People’s Army rebels went off Sunday morning in Masbate City, the military said. The blast resulted in Read More …
The Iraqi army has said that two drones were destroyed above a base housing United States troops, one month after the same base was targeted by an armed drone. The US military’s C-RAM defence system was activated to shoot down Read More …
Security sources said a car bomb was detonated on Saturday night in Qaisar district and that the Taliban then stormed district police headquarters. According to a member of the Faryab Provincial Council, at least 14 members of the Afghan forces Read More …
A Chrisitan Engineer from Kerala, who had recently converted to Islam to join Islamic State’s (IS), has been killed in a suicide bombing terror attack in Libya, reports New Indian Express. According to the reports, the intelligence officials have gathered Read More …
At about 1:00am on Sunday, a gang of heavily armed men invaded and razed down the Ashaka Police Station alongside several vehicles parked in the station premises. The unidentified attackers were said to have come with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Read More …
Seven people were injured in an explosion in Tral town of Pulwama district on Sunday. Apparently a grenade blast, it took place in the bus stand of Tral. “Seven persons were injured. They have been shifted to sub-district hospital in Read More …
There were129 fatalities due to Improvised Explosive Devices incidents recorded for 2020, the report also said. The United Nations (UN) says it has collated an estimated 1,366 incidents of explosive hazards in the past five years in Nigeria’s Northeastern states Read More …