Jammu and Kashmir: Army recovers ammunition, IED in Poonch

Poonch/Jammu: The Army on Thursday recovered a consignment suspected to have been dropped by a drone along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, recovering 70 rounds of ammunition and a suspected improvised explosive devic… According to them, Read More …

Pakistan sees 34 percent increase in terrorism in 2025

Terrorism in Pakistan rose by 34 percent in 2025, despite record counter-militancy operations that resulted in the killing of 1,313 militants in military actions and armed clashes with security forces. An additional 602 militants were killed in retaliatory fire by Read More …

Somalia: Al-Shabaab attack on army base repelled in Middle Shabelle region

The Al-Shabaab militant group launched a pre-dawn attack on Friday in Wargaadhi area of Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, targeting a military base housing Danab special forces, security officials said. The assault began with explosions before a brief exchange of gunfire, Read More …

Nigeria: 30 gunmen stormed, bombed police facility in Ondo

Following an attack on the Divisional Police Station in the Ipele community, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, the police command in the state has disclosed that the attack was carried out by 30 gunmen on New Year eve. Read More …

Nigeria: Bandits kill several people in IED explosion in Zamfara

The police command in Zamfara, on Saturday, confirmed that some objects suspected to be improvised explosive devices exploded along the Magami–Dansadau Road in Maru LGA. The command’s spokesman, Yazid Abubakar, confirmed. Mr Abubakar, who declined to make further comments, said Read More …

Pakistan: Over 10kg RCIED defused in Bannu

The Bannu police foiled a major act of sabotage by neutralising a bomb, weighting about 10 kilogrammes. A locally-made improvised explosive device, planted near Road Darashah Kallay within the jurisdiction of Basiyakhel police station, was timely defused, thereby preventing a Read More …

Syria: 8 killed, 18 injured in terrorist explosion at mosque in Homs

Eight people were killed and 18 others injured in an initial toll following a terrorist explosion at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab district of Homs, central Syria. Officials at the Syrian Health Ministry said Read More …

Gaza: IDF officer lightly hurt by explosive device in Rafah

An IDF officer was lightly injured when an armored vehicle was hit by an explosive device in southern Gaza’s Rafah earlier today, the military says. The Namer armored personnel carrier had been involved in efforts to clear Rafah’s Jenina neighborhood Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram suicide bomber behind Borno mosque blast

The headquarters of Operation Hadin Kai, Nigerian Army, has confirmed that the explosion at a mosque in Borno State on Wednesday December 24, 2025, was carried out by a suicide bomber. PUNCH Online had reported that at least five people Read More …

Turkey: Senior figure of ISIS terror group captured in Afghanistan-Pakistan region

The individual had taken an active role in ISIS camps and had risen to a so-called administrator position over time. As a result of MIT’s intelligence work, it was identified that the individual was Mehmet Goren, codenamed Yahya, a so-called Read More …

Russia: Senior Russian general killed in bomb blast in Moscow

The head of the Operational Training Directorate at the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, was killed in an explosion in southern Moscow on Monday morning, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS. “According Read More …

Pakistan: Trains suspended after Balochistan attacks

Unidentified miscreants targeted the railway infrastructure near the Machh-Sibi section with an improvised explosive device (IED) on Friday evening, destroying a portion of the railway track and forcing authorities to suspend several passenger train services. After the blast, security forces Read More …

US military launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths

The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter almost a week ago. A U.S. Read More …

Pakistan: Five militants killed in North Waziristan Boya army camp attack

An attack unfolded at the Boya military camp in the Datta Khel area in North Waziristan on Friday. The assailants used an explosive‑laden vehicle and suicide jackets to breach and assault the camp. All four militants were killed, and the Read More …

Ukraine strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker in Mediterranean for first time

In an unprecedented attack, Ukrainian aerial drones struck a Russian shadow fleet tanker in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, an official at Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told POLITICO on Friday. The SBU official said the drones hit the tanker Read More …

The Philippines’ long battle against Islamist extremism is back in the spotlight following Bondi attack

As Australian authorities try to retrace the steps and understand the motivations of the Bondi Beach gunmen who killed 15 people on Sunday, one key focus has emerged: their travel to the Philippines last month, shortly before the attack. Officials Read More …

Syria: IED blast targets Defense Ministry vehicle in Deir ez-Zor

An explosion hit a Syrian Ministry of Defense pickup truck on Tuesday in central Al-Bukamal, east of Deir ez-Zor. Shafaq News correspondent reported that the blast, likely caused by an improvised explosive device planted inside the vehicle, resulted in casualties, Read More …

Iran: Three police officers killed in terrorist attack at checkpoint in Kerman province

At least three police officers were killed after coming under fire during an armed clash with unidentified terrorists at a security checkpoint in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman, authorities said. In a statement released Tuesday, the Quds Base of the Read More …

Sudan: Six peacekeepers killed in drone attack on UN logistics base in South Kordofan

A solemn farewell ceremony was held on Monday at the headquarters of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) to honour six Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in a drone attack on a UN logistics base in Kadugli, South Kordofan. Providing Read More …

Bondi Beach terror attack: Police uncover ‘several devices’ as public urged to ‘stay away’

Police have said a number of “improvised explosive devices” found in a shooter’s car have been removed from Bondi Beach after officiers earlier warned the public to stay away from the area after at least 16 people were killed.. According Read More …