Kenya: 3 police officers killed in al Shabaab IED attack in Mandera

Three police officers were on Friday killed and three others injured when they were ambushed by al Shabaab militants in Banisa, Mandera county. Witnesses said the attackers had set an Improvised Explosive Devise on the road which hit a speeding Read More …

Afghanistan: Roadside bomb claim lives of four civilians in Ghor province

According to reports four members of one family were killed in Ghor province on Thursday morning, local officials told the media. A spokesman for the governor of Ghor Zalmay Karimi told the media that the incident happened in village Kharistan Read More …

Drones add little to rocket-filled Israel-Palestine skies, but represent growing global threat

Beneath the ongoing collision of Israel’s cutting-edge and costly missile defense systems and imprecise but inexpensive Palestinian-built rockets, Hamas has begun using so-called “kamikaze drones” to try penetrating Israeli defenses another way. The Israeli government has claimed that its Iron Read More …

Kenya: Several KDF Soldiers Feared Dead After IED Attack in Lamu

Several Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers are feared dead after a vehicle they were traveling in hit an improvised explosive device (IED). The incident occurred at the Baure area in Lamu County on Tuesday morning, according to Lamu County Commissioner Read More …

Afghanistan: Policeman Killed in Nangarhar Roadside Mine Blast

A policeman was killed in a roadside bomb blast that targeted a police vehicle in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, security sources said. The blast occurred in Jalalabad city when the vehicle of the police chief of PD8 of Read More …

India: Police officer killed in IED blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh

A head constable was killed and another policeman injured when Naxals detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place around 9.30 am under Kutru police station area, located around 450 Read More …

Northern Ireland: Policing committee hears call for information following pipe bomb incident in Tuam

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The county joint policing committee has heard calls for anyone who may have information regarding the recent pipe bomb incident in Tuam to come forward in confidence to Gardaí. Local area councillor Colm Keaveney appealed Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban demolishes bridge, launches offensive in Herat province

Local officials said that Taliban launched attacks on Obe district in western Herat province. Waheed Qatali Herat’s governor said Tuesday that the Taliban launched their attacks by demolishing a bridge that connected Obe district with other parts of the Herat Read More …

Accident blast kills 3 Taliban militants in West Afghanistan

Three Taliban militants were killed on Monday morning when a homemade improvised roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, the local government confirmed. The incident occurred along a district road in Adraskan district, in the Read More …

Bangladesh: IED found in front of police box in Narayanganj

Narayanganj Police have recovered a remote-controlled bomb from an abandoned shopping bag lying in front of a traffic police box on Dhaka-Chittagong HIghway in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj. The bomb was defused after two hours of endeavor at around 7:30pm Read More …

Afghanistan: 3rd Electricity Pylon Destroyed in Kabul in 2 Weeks

A week after two power pylons were destroyed in Kabul’s Mirbacha Kot district, on Wednesday night unidentified men blew up another power plant in Kalakan district. On Thursday morning, as an engineer of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) was trying Read More …

Israeli jet shoots down ‘suicide drone’ launched from Gaza Strip

The Israeli air force on Thursday shot down an explosives-laden “suicide drone” that was launched from the Gaza Strip toward a target off the Mediterranean coast. “A short while ago the IAF downed a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that crossed Read More …

Afghanistan: Separate blasts kill 11 civilians on first day of truce

A roadside bomb struck a car in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, killing five civilians, including a woman and children, said Jamal Naser Barekzai a spokesman for the provincial police. In another incident, two children were killed and Read More …

Arab alliance destroys Al Houthi UAVs, missiles targeting Saudi Arabia

The Arab Saudi-led alliance said it intercepted and destroyed early Thursday eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and three ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s All Houthis towards Saudi Arabia amid an upsurge of the Iran-aligned rebels’ attacks. On Monday, the alliance Read More …

Philippines: Police find improvised bomb near GenSan bus terminal

Police bomb experts today disarmed a bomb near the bus terminal in this city. Col. Gilberto Tuzon, city police director, said they were looking into who left the improvised explosive device and their motives. The improvised bomb was fashioned out Read More …

Somalia: Suicide attack kills two senior police officers in Mogadishu

At least six people, including two senior police officers, were killed and six others injured in a suicide bombing at a police station in Mogadishu’s Waberi district, police have confirmed. Police spokesman Sadik Aden Ali said that Ahmed Bashane, Waberi Read More …

Afghanistan: Will Suicide Bombing Stop After a ‘Peace Settlement’?

Kabul-based analyst Kanishka Nawabi explores the factors behind suicide attacks, and why they will continue Suicide bombing has become routine in Afghanistan, but it wasn’t always so. The reasons why suicide bombing began in Afghanistan, and why it is likely Read More …

Afghanistan: Dozens of civilians killed, wounded in separate roadside bomb blasts in Zabul and Parwan provinces.

At least 13 civilians were killed and further 37 others are wounded in separate roadside IED explosions in Zabul and Parwan provinces. Ministry of Interior Affairs said Monday that 11 civilians were killed and 28 others are wounded in a Read More …