FBI probing cases of bomb-laden drones in US

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday the agency is investigating several cases in which people sought to fly drones equipped with home-made bombs within the United States. “We are investigating, even as we speak, several instances within the US of Read More …

Afghanistan: Prisoner transport vehicle explosion leaves 5 injured in Takhar province

According to the source, this explosion took place on Wednesday, November 16, before noon, on 3rd Gudam Street, in front of the court gate of Taleqan city, the provincial capital of Takhar. The domestic media outlets also reported that the Read More …

Arabian Sea: Drone hits Israeli-linked tanker off the coast of Oman

An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by an Iranian bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Tehran, officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Greece said Iran freed two Greek oil tankers held by Read More …

Ivory Coast to withdraw from UN peacekeeping force in Mali

Ivory Coast will be gradually withdrawing its military contingent from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) after the continued detention of 46 Ivorian soldiers who have been accused of being mercenaries. The announcement was made in a letter, Read More …

Italy: Four neo-Nazis arrested by anti-terror police

Four neo-Nazi militants were arrested by Italian anti-terror police in Naples and around Italy in an investigation by Naples prosecutors on Tuesday. The four belong to white supremacist, Holocaust denial and neo-Nazi groups, the police said. The four had already Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Explosives found near police post destroyed by bomb squad

Two improvised explosive devices found near a police post were destroyed on Tuesday in a controlled explosion on the outskirts of Jammu, an official said. The weight of each device was 500 grams and they were kept inside a black Read More …

Somalia: Human rights chief decries steep rise in civilian casualties

A steep rise in civilian casualties across Somalia, largely at the hands of Al-Shabaab militants, has exacerbated an already grim human rights and humanitarian situation there, said the UN human rights chief on Monday. According to latest UN figures, at Read More …

Türkiye: 6 dead, 53 wounded in explosion on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue

At least six people were killed and 53 others injured when an explosion hit Istanbul’s popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue on Sunday. The casualties were confirmed by official sources. “The relevant units of our state are working to find the perpetrators Read More …

Pennsylvania: ISIS supporter sentenced to 17 years for bomb plot targeting Pittsburgh church

A Pittsburgh man who plotted to bomb a local church out of a desire to show support for the Islamic State group was sentenced this week to a 17-year prison term. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 24, who is originally from Syria Read More …

Somali Telecommunications Center, Tower Destroyed in Explosion

Somalia’s largest telecommunications company, Hormuud Telecom, says one of its centers and a telecommunications tower have been destroyed in an explosion in Qaayib, a village in the Galmudug state of Somalia. The company said a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) Read More …

Six UN peace keepers wounded in IED attack in central Mali

Six U.N. peacekeepers were wounded in central Mali when two armored vehicles in a convoy were hit by separate improvised explosive devices, the United Nations said Monday. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali reported that the incidents took place in Read More …

Egypt: Senior officer, three pro-government militia allies killed in North Sinai

An IED blast claimed the lives of a senior officer and three members of a Bedouin pro-government militia on Sunday, in the latest attack on security forces in the restive North Sinai. Militants belonging to the Islamic State group remain Read More …

Philippines: 1 dead, 11 hurt in Tacurong City bus bombing

A passenger was killed while 11 others were badly hurt in a bomb explosion inside a bus in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat province at noon on Sunday. Police Lt. Col. Joan Maganto, chief of the Tacurong City Police, said Read More …

Somalia: Explosion in Mogadishu Kills 2 Students

Police in Somalia say at least two people have been killed and five others wounded by a roadside explosion that hit a vehicle carrying students in the Dayniile district of Mogadishu. “Those wounded include people traveling with the students, and Read More …

Somali army chief confirms five dead in attack on training camp

The Somali army chief has confirmed that at least 5 people died and 11 were injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Gen Dhagabadan Army Training Camp in southern Mogadishu on Sunday evening. Speaking to the state Read More …

UK: Firebombing of Dover immigration centre was motivated by ‘extreme right-wing’ terrorist ideology

The firebombing of an immigration centre in Dover was motivated by extreme right-wing terrorist ideology, police have confirmed. Counter Terrorism Policing South East has said on Saturday they have recovered evidence indicating it was ‘motivated by a terrorist ideology’. The Read More …

UK: Six police officers are under investigation over Manchester Arena terror attack

Six police officers are under investigation over the terror attack on Manchester Arena, it emerged yesterday. The Independent Office for Police Conduct is carrying out a probe into two Greater Manchester Police officers, while four members of British Transport Police Read More …

Somalia: Mogadishu’s deputy mayor car targeted in roadside bomb

At least one child died and 11 others were injured after an IED explosion in Dayniile district of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, the latest in a series of terrorist attacks. The remote-controlled landmine blast targeted the car of the Read More …