Myanmar: Eight killed in Yangon prison bomb explosions

At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 18. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since a military coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian Read More …

Iraq: IED explosion kills Peshmerga officer, wounds seven others

In improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in the Garmiyan region of Sulaimani province on Wednesday, at least a Peshmerga officer was killed and seven others were wounded, the Kurdish force announced. The forces were deployed in Tawer Kawa village of Read More …

Mali: Progress on transition, peace process, amid ongoing insecurity

El-Ghassim Wane, head of the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, presented the latest UN Secretary-General’s report on the peacekeeping operation. He briefed ambassadors on progress in the transition and peace process, while also addressing ongoing insecurity and rising humanitarian needs. Read More …

Fourth UN peacekeeper dies after Mali roadside bomb attack

A fourth United Nations soldier has died from injuries from a highway bomb in northern Mali, a day after the blast claimed the lives of three of his comrades, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission said Tuesday. Their vehicle Read More …

Somalia: IED blast in Mogadishu leaves 8 dead, 5 injured

At least 8 people were killed and over 5 wounded in an explosion that rocked Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Monday evening, witnesses and police said. The IED blast occurred on a busy street in El-Qalow area located in the Read More …

Mali: Two MINUSMA peacekeepers killed in IED blast in Tessalit, Kidal region

Two MINUSMA peacekeepers were killed today, 17 October, when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device during a search and detection patrol of mines in Tessalit, Kidal region. This incident also resulted in 4 serious injuries among peacekeepers. Read More …

Niger: Roadside bomb kills two people in Diffa Region

wo people were killed in southeastern Niger on Sunday by a road bomb which exploded as they were passing with donkeys, local sources told AFP. “Two women were killed and a child was seriously wounded when an improvised explosive device Read More …

Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort

Fleeing beheadings, shootings, rapes and kidnappings, nearly 1 million people are displaced by the Islamic extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique. The 5-year wave of jihadi violence in Cabo Delgado province has killed more than 4,000 people and scuppered international investments Read More …

Somalia: At least 10 people died in roadside bomb explosion that hit a truck in Hawo Abdi

At least 10 people, including children, lost their lives and 16 others were injured in a mine explosion in Hawo Abdi area of Lower Shabelle region. The explosion hit a truck carrying vegetables heading towards Mogadishu, according to witnesses. The Read More …

Pakistan: At least 3 killed, 5 injured in Mastung blast

At least three people were killed and five injured when their vehicle was hit by a landmine blast in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Friday, according to an official. Assistant Commissioner Dasht Fareeda Tareen told Dawn.com, that the blast targeted people Read More …

Mali: At least 11 people dead in bus blast in Mopti

An explosion killed at least eleven people on a bus in central Mali on Thursday, a region regularly rocked by jihadist violence, according to police and local sources. The bus was struck by a blast on the road between Bandiagara Read More …

Djibouti designates Afar rebel group as a terrorist organization

Djibouti has listed the FRUD-Armé militant group, which advocates for greater autonomy for the Afar ethnic group, as a terrorist organization on Thursday. Djibouti’s parliament decided after accusing FRUD of attacking a Djiboutian army barracks and killing seven Djiboutian troops Read More …

Russia’s FSB detains 8 for Crimea Bridge explosion

Russia has apprehended eight suspects over the deadly explosion of the bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, the FSB security service said in a statement quoted by news agencies on Wednesday. The suspects include five Russians and “three Ukrainian and Read More …

Russia: FSB prevents terrorist attack in Nizhni Tagil, arrests plotter

The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the federal security service FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Tagil. “The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Read More …

Pakistan: TTP commander injured in Afghanistan attack

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan commander Maulvi Abdullah was critically injured in a targeted attack in Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Sunday. The former chief justice of the Bajaur tribal district was inside a vehicle when an improvised explosive device attack resulted in him Read More …

Suspected Ukrainian Explosive Sea Drone Made From Recreational Watercraft Parts

A small, unmanned watercraft of unknown origin washed up from the Black Sea on the shore of Crimea, near Russia’s naval base in Sevastopol, late last month. Pictures posted on Russian social media show what appears to be a small, Read More …

Bali bombings: mistakes the Bali terrorists made that helped save hundreds of people

As a country boy who played with fireworks growing up, Shane Hamming would become the key Australian explosives expert deployed to ground zero following the Bali bombings. Hamming spent the bulk of his 26-year police service at the Australian Bomb Read More …

Pakistan: IED blast in Balochistan’s Kalat district claims two lives

IED blast in Kalat Balochistan claims two lives. At least two people lost their lives in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Balochistan’s Kalat district. Levies sources said the incident happened in the Johan area of Kalat. As per Read More …

Huge explosion destroys part of bridge linking Russia and Crimea

A huge explosion rocked a strategically important bridge linking Russia and the Crimean Peninsula early Saturday, bringing down sections of road and causing fuel tanker wagons to catch fire on a train. A day after President Vladimir Putin celebrated his Read More …