Mali: Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers injured in IED attack in Timbuktu Region

Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers were injured when a motorcade of a patrol team under Bangladesh Formed Police Unit (BANFPU-2) came under attack by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mali on Sunday morning. The Armoured personnel Carrier (APC), which was carrying Read More …

Pakistan: 19 injured due to IED blast in DI Khan

At least 19 security personnel were injured due to an improvised explosive device blast near Security forces’ convoy in Cheh Kan area of Dera Ismail Khan today. According to the Police, the convoy was enroute to South Waziristan when terrorists Read More …

For Ukraine Military, Far-Right Russian Volunteers Make for Worrisome Allies

A group of fighters aligned with Ukraine, who had participated earlier this week in the most intense fighting inside Russia’s borders since the invasion, gathered the foreign and local press in an undisclosed location on Wednesday to celebrate, to taunt Read More …

Philippines: Army, PNP foil bomb try in Cotabato City

Military and police bomb experts safely deactivated at dawn on Thursday, May 25, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) left near the main gate of the Husky Bus passenger terminal here. Police Col. Querubin Manalang Jr., city police director, said the Read More …

India: Man killed, wife injured in IED explosion in West Singhbhum

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that was planted in a forest by CPI(Maoist) in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district exploded killing a man and injuring his wife, a senior police officer said on Thursday. The victim has been identified as 50-year-old Read More …

Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills four at checkpoint in North Waziristan

A suicide bomber killed four people when he detonated a car bomb at a police checkpoint in a marketplace in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. Pakistan is grappling with an uptick in militancy since the Taliban returned to power Read More …

India: Fox-hole IEDs with 50 kg explosives found by security forces in Chhattisgarh

A major Maoist attack was averted by the security forces after they found Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) containing around 50 kilogram of explosives buried under a road in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district Wednesday. The IEDs were spotted by a team of Read More …

Mali: Four Sri Lankan peacekeepers injured in IED explosion in the Kidal region

The detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mali injured four UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka, a UN spokesman said. The injuries are not serious, and the peacekeepers from the UN mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, are receiving Read More …

Kenya: Police recover IEDs, rifles and grenades in Garissa

Police Officers have recovered warfare equipment in Garissa. In the operation conducted on Monday, members of the National Police Service recovered the equipment including two RPGs with seven warheads, six AK47 alongside two hand grenades, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) materials, Read More …

India: High-capacity country-made bombs found at police station in Kerala’s Kannur

Eight high-capacity country-made bombs were found at Kizhakkal within Kannavam police station limits in Kannur district, police said on Monday. The bombs were tied in sacks and kept under the culvert. high capacity country made bombs found at police station Read More …

India: Coimbatore blast, 190kg of explosive material bought for IED

The suicide bomber in October 2022 Coimbatore blast, Jameesha Mubeen, and two of his relatives had purchased 190 kg of explosive material – both through e-commerce websites and offline – to make a potent Improvised Explosive Device (IED) for the Read More …

Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold

In the first of a series of features exploring the fight against trafficking in the Sahel, UN News takes a closer look at what’s behind the growth of the phenomenon. A tangled trafficking web has been woven across the Sahel, Read More …

India: 10 year boy dies in IED blast triggered by Maoists in West Singhbhum

A 10-year-old boy tragically lost his life in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, suspected to be triggered by Maoist insurgents. The incident occurred last evening in a remote village located in the Jharkhand district, leaving the local community in Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, six injured as Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade comes under suicide attack

A man was killed and six others were injured in a tragic incident of a suicide attack near Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade in Zhob on Friday. According to police, Mr Haq remained safe during the blast. The JI chief Read More …

India: Army finds remotely controlled IEDs in Imphal

Security personnel have recovered explosives and a “Remote Initiation Mechanism” for improvised explosive devices (IED) in Manipur where soldiers continue patrolling areas affected by ethnic clashes, the Army said on Thursday. The Assam Riffles have also cleared roadblocks set up Read More …

Bangladesh: Two army men killed in KNA attack in Bandarban

Two soldiers of the Bangladesh Army were killed and two others were injured when the separatist group Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA) carried out an attack in Ruma upazila of Bandarban on Tuesday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed in a Read More …

Nigeria: 3 soldiers killed, 10 others wounded in ISWAP IED attack in Borno State

Three soldiers have been killed while 10 others sustained various degrees of injuries in an ambush on their convoy by the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group, while repelling terrorists in Abadam local government area of Read More …

Kenya: Three injured after vehicle was hit by IED in Mandera

Three people were Sunday, May 14 injured when a public service vehicle they were traveling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mandera East. Police said the three were en route to Mandera Town from Elwak when an Read More …

Nigeria: Suicide bomber bombs self in Kaduna

A suspected member of Boko Haram on Monday morning was reported to have blown himself off with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to avoid being arrested by security operatives. The Nation gathered the incident occurred at Ibrahim Haske Road in Read More …