Afghan forces thwart twin explosions in capital Kabul

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces have foiled militants bid to detonated two improvised explosive devices in capital Kabul. The Kabul Police Headquarters in a statement said the improvised explosive devices were planted under a culvert and on a Read More …

Four Romanian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan IED blast

Four Romanian soldiers were wounded Saturday morning in Afghanistan after the insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were in mission in Kandahar province and were further attacked with infantry weapons. The attack took place Saturday morning in Kandahar Read More …

IED Blast In Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli Day After 5 Killed In Chhattisgarh

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was critically injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Maharashtra’s Maoist-affected Gadricholi district on Wednesday, a day before voting in the area for Lok Sabha polls. The blast took place in Read More …

U.S. Service Members and Contractor Killed in Afghanistan

Three U.S. service members and one contractor were killed, and three U.S. service members were wounded by an improvised explosive device April 8 near Bagram Air Base. The wounded service members were evacuated and are receiving medical care. In accordance Read More …

Jalalabad: IED blast kills 2, 5 injured

Two people were killed and five others sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Jalalabad city on Monday morning. Tolo News confirmed that the IED was embedded in a military vehicle, after quoting provincial police spokesman, Farid Khan. The police said that the people Read More …

Two terrorists killed in an attack on a checkpoint in eastern Saudi Arabia

Saudi security forces have carried out an operation in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province which resulted in the death of two wanted suspects and the arrest of two others. The four attempted to evade a security checkpoint near Abu Hadriyah in Read More …

Bombs and arson attacks spark fears of return of terror campaign in Corsica

The Mediterranean territory, famed for its beaches and as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, was once a hotbed of anti-French militancy which led to thousands of bombings from  the 1970s to early 2000s. But since 2014, when local National Liberation Front of Read More …

3 wounded in bomb attack on Chinese police station

Two police officers and a member of the public were wounded on Thursday afternoon when an unknown attacker detonated an improvised explosive device at a police station in northeast China. The incident happened at about 1.50pm when the bomber walked Read More …

One bomb at a time: life in the throes of Pakistan’s Taliban

On a fateful September morning in 2013, police at Peshawar’s control centre received a call from one of its units in the suburbs. The caller said an improvised explosive device (IED) had been planted on Frontier Road, which separates Peshawar Read More …

‘Wannabe terrorist’ sentenced to 19 years for traveling with IEDs in Orange County

A 48-year-old man was sentenced to 19 years and four months in state prison Monday after police in Orange County last year found two improvised explosive devices in his car during a traffic stop, prosecutors said. Saleh Abdallah Ali of Read More …

Explosion close to a clinic in Jalalabad city leaves 6 women, children wounded

At least six people including three women and three children were wounded in an explosion in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province. The provincial government media office in a statement said the incident took place in the vicinity Read More …

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Claims Attack On Government Building in Mogadishu

Somali militant group al-Shabab has launched yet another complex attack in the capital, Mogadishu, witnesses, and officials say. A car bomb blast rocked the Shangani district of Mogadishu early Saturday. Witnesses said the explosion targeted a building housing the ministries Read More …

Mail Bomber Sayoc Pleads to 65 Charges for 2018 Domestic Terror Acts

Cesar Sayoc pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court Thursday to dozens of felony charges stemming from 16 explosive devices intended for high-profile liberal public figures, including former President Barack Obama and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Sayoc initially pleaded not Read More …

Unsealed search warrant shows FBI was worried about IEDs, chemical warfare agents at west Lawton apartment

An FBI search warrant, which was unsealed earlier this month, has provided new information into an investigation of a west Lawton apartment in late January, including the discovery of a potentially deadly chemical warfare agent. The FBI filed the search Read More …

Roadside bombs kill Burkina Faso police and military personnel in the Gourma

Five members of the security forces were killed in roadside bomb attacks in eastern Burkina Faso at the weekend, officials said on Monday, March 18. A police officer and a soldier were killed on Saturday when their vehicle struck an Read More …

Christchurch shootings: 49 dead in New Zealand mosque attacks

Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The first report of an attack came from the Al Noor mosque, located in central Christchurch. Witnesses told local media they Read More …