US pushes Congo, Rwanda for peace accord and billion-dollar mineral deals

The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western investment to the region, President Donald Trump’s Read More …

Austria: Life Sentence for Styrian Bomb Maker

A 56-year-old Styrian was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday at the Graz Regional Criminal Court for several bombs he had built and placed at the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The IT technician had actually intended to kill his ex-wife, he confessed Read More …

Russia: FSB arrests three suspects after premature detention of explosive device in Khanty-Mansiysk Region

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained three agents of Ukraine’s special services who were plotting to assassinate a serviceman taking part in the special military operation, the FSB press office reported. “In Khanty-Mansiysk Region, the FSB has thwarted the Read More …

Nigeria: IED blast kills at least 26 people in Borno State

At least 26 people were killed on Monday when two vehicles detonated an improvised explosive device in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the heartland of an Islamist insurgency, residents said. The International Safety Organization, which provides security to foreign non-governmental organisations Read More …

Iraq detains Daesh suspect accused of helping to incite New Orleans truck ramming attack

An official with the Daesh group has been detained in Iraq, suspected of being involved with inciting the pickup truck-ramming attack in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people celebrating the start of 2025, Iraqi authorities said. Iraqi Read More …

Thailand: Two more police officers murdered in Yala

Violence continued today in Thailand’s southernmost province of Yala, leaving two border patrol police officers dead and another injured. The officers were driving back from a health check-up when an improvised explosive device, planted under the road, detonated in Than Read More …

Syria: ISIL group kills five Kurdish fighters in attack in Deir Az Zor governorate

The ISIL (ISIS) group has killed five Kurdish fighters in an attack in eastern Syria’s Deir Az Zor, the group’s news agency has reported, underscoring concerns about its resurgence. Farhad Shami, spokesperson for Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), confirmed Read More …

Russia: FSB released details of explosive device which killed General Moskalik

The improvised explosive device (IED) with which General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed was assembled from TNT blocks, bolts and nails. This follows from the video of the FSB of the Russian Federation, filmed at the site of the explosion in Read More …

Yemen’s Houthi fighters down $200m worth of US drones in under six weeks

Yemen’s Houthi armed group has shot down seven US Reaper drones worth more than $200m in recent weeks, marking the most significant material loss yet in Washington’s campaign against the fighters. The drones were destroyed between March 31 and April Read More …

Pakistan: Four killed, five injured in IED explosion in Kalat

In a tragic incident in Balochistan’s Kalat district, an improvised explosive device (IED) placed by the roadside detonated, killing four people, including women and children, and injuring five others, local media reported on Thursday. According to sources from the Levies, Read More …

Russia: General Yaroslav Moskalik killed in explosion in Balashikha

The deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate (GOU) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, was killed in a car explosion in Balashikha, Moscow region. “According to preliminary information, as Read More …

Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir

Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday, after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint” following a deadly shooting in the region. Relations have Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Five tourists feared dead, eight injured in militant attack in Pahalgam

At least five tourists were feared dead and eight people injured after suspected militants opened fire at them in India’s Kashmir region on Tuesday, a police source told Reuters, in the worst such attack in the territory in nearly a Read More …

Thailand: Two nighttime attacks in Narathiwat injures 17

Seventeen people were injured in two separate attacks in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat last night, April 20. One involved a motorcycle bomb, the other a gun and grenade assault on a dinner gathering. The first attack took place as Read More …

India: Chhattisgarh jawan killed in IED blast while guarding road construction

A jawan of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday, police said. The blast occurred between Toynar and Farsegarh villages, where a CAF Read More …

Niger: One soldier killed, 13 terrorists arrested in military operations

One soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device and 13 terrorists arrested during military operations carried out between Thursday and Saturday within the national territory, the Nigerien army confirmed on Saturday. A notorious gang leader known for his atrocities Read More …

Somalia: Al-Qaida-linked militants attack a strategic town in Middle Shabelle

The Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab on Wednesday attacked a strategic town that serves as a major base for government troops, raising new concerns about the sustainability of the fight against the al-Qaida-linked militants. The dawn attack on Adan Yabal in Read More …

Nigeria: Bridge destroyed as IED ‘planted by ISWAP terrorists’ explodes in Borno

Suspected Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) on Mandafuma bridge, along Biu-Damboa road in Borno state. The explosion was aimed at hindering military reinforcements traveling through the area, and to disrupt the Read More …