Nigeria: At least 20 people killed in attacks on communities in Benue state

At least 20 people have been killed during simultaneous attacks by unidentified gunmen on several communities in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state, police said on Tuesday. The attacks occurred late Sunday in communities within the Gwer West and Apa areas, said Read More …

Ukraine claims to have damaged Russia’s bridge to annexed Crimea

Ukraine’s SBU security service has said it has hit the road and rail bridge linking Russia and Ukraine’s annexed Crimean peninsula below the water level with explosives, in its third attack on the key supply line for Russian forces in Read More …

Mali army foils attempted infiltration in Timbuktu

The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) have announced that they successfully repelled an attempted infiltration targeting their military base in the northern city of Timbuktu. According to the General Staff of the FAMa, thirteen assailants were neutralised during a counter-offensive launched Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, four injured in Quetta car blast

One person was killed and four others injured — one of them seriously — in a bomb explosion in a vehicle in the provincial capital on late Sunday evening. Police said the blast took place in a car at a Read More …

Colorado: Attack at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall in burns eight people

A suspect is in custody after what the FBI is calling a “targeted act of violence” at Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. Witnesses said the suspect used a “makeshift flamethrower” and threw Molotov cocktails that burned multiple Read More …

Pakistan: May sees modest rise in attacks, but militants fail to escalate amid regional crisis

Despite heightened military tensions between Pakistan and India in May, militant groups were unable to significantly escalate their activities in Pakistan, according to data released by the Islamabad-based think tank, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) on Sunday. Read More …

Pakistan: Gun, bomb attacks claim three lives in Dera, Quetta

A Levies official was martyred in a shooting in Dera Bugti and a Levies police station was set on fire in Mastung district, while a roadside blast on the outskirts of Quetta left two siblings dead and nine others wounded Read More …

Russia: Two deadly bridge collapses in regions bordering Ukraine blamed on deliberate explosions

Two bridges collapsed in separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine on Saturday night, killing seven people and injuring dozens, with Russian officials alleging the bridges had been deliberately blown up. The first bridge collapsed late Saturday in the Bryansk region, crashing Read More …

India: IED blast injures three villagers in insurgency hit Bijapur in Chhattisgarh

At a time when all of Bastar is on high alert following the loot of 5,000kg explosives by Maoists in neighbouring Odisha, three villagers were grievously injured in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district Friday morning. All three Read More …

Nigeria: Borno residents mourn 8 volunteers Killed in an IED blast

Borno State is in mourning over the tragic death of eight Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast on Tuesday along the Dikwa-Marte road. CJTF is a security volunteer outfit supporting the Nigerian Read More …

ISIS Claims First Attack on Syria’s New Government Forces since Assad’s Fall

The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for its first attack targeting Syria’s new government forces since the oust of Bashar al-Assad, marking a significant development in the militant group’s resurgence efforts, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Read More …

Mexico arrests 10 Colombian ex-soldiers after deadly blast

Ten Colombian former soldiers were among the suspects arrested after an improvised landmine killed six Mexican troops in a drug cartel heartland this week, authorities said Friday. More than 40 explosive devices were seized along with other weapons in the Read More …

Pakistan: Additional Deputy Commissioner killed, buildings set on fire as terrorists attack Balochistan’s Sorab

Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Hidayat Buledi was martyred in a terrorist attack on the deputy commissioner’s residence in Sorab, Khuzdar district, carried out by Fitna al-Hindustan, according to provincial spokesperson Shahid Rind. In a statement, Rind said that armed terrorists, Read More …

Mozambique: Jihadist attacks hit northern provinces as Total readies to resume gas project

A series of attacks in northern Mozambique this month point to a resurgence of violence by Islamic State-linked militants as energy giant TotalEnergies prepares to resume a major gas project, analysts say. The group terrorised northern Mozambique for years before Read More …

Mexico: Eight soldiers killed in explosion on the borders of Michoacán and Jalisco

The number of Special Forces soldiers killed by the explosion of a mine-type device on the border between Michoacán and Jalisco has risen to eight, federal sources reported. The initial report had been of two officers and four troops killed Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb blast injures 17 at volleyball ground in Waziristan

At least 17 civilians, including children, were injured on Tuesday evening after an explosion in a volleyball ground in Barmal area of Lower Wana Tehsil, South Waziristan. According to local sources, residents were engaged in a friendly volleyball match when Read More …

Nigeria: ISWAP evacuates 15 bodies, abandons VBIED after failed attack in Borno

Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, fighters have hastily evacuated at least 15 dead bodies of their comrades after a failed midnight assault on New Marte in Borno State. According to a report, the insurgents arrived on motorcycles and with Read More …

India: Suspected Khalistani terrorist killed in blast in Amritsar

A suspected Khalistani terrorist died in a blast while retrieving explosive material from a vacant area on the Majitha road bypass in Punjab’s Amritsar on Tuesday, police said. The intensity of the explosion, which took place around 9:30 am, was Read More …