Iraq: Car bomb kills PUK counter-terrorism official in Erbil

A car exploded in the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil on Friday afternoon, killing the driver and injuring several others. The Region’s counter-terrorism directorate (CTD) said the explosion was due to a “sticky bomb” attached to the vehicle. The explosion Read More …

US officials say Ukraine behind car bomb assassination of Putin ally’s daughter

US intelligence believes parts of the Ukrainian government gave the go-ahead for a car bomb that killed the daughter of a staunch Putin ally in August, according to a report Wednesday. Kyiv has unequivocally denied any involvement in the blast Read More …

DR Congo: Improvised explosive device planted in cinema in the city of Butembo, North Kivu wounds 3 people

An improvised explosive device, IED, planted in a local cinema in Butembo in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo went off injuring three people, Anadolu news agency reports. Paul Ngoma, the Chief of police in the town told the Turkish news Read More …

Nigeria: Scores feared dead after stepping on IEDs along Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok Road

Scores of motorists and travellers were, yesterday, feared dead as they stepped on Improved Explosives Devices, IEDs, planted by terrorists, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, on the Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok road. The terrorists, who also razed houses, were Read More …

MINUSCA: 3 Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in IED blast in Central African Republic Ouham-Pendé prefecture

Three peacekeepers from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), of the Bangladeshi battalion, lost their lives on the night of Monday, October 3, 2022, following the explosion of an explosive device near the Read More …

Somalia: At Least 20 Killed in Triple Car Bombings in Hiran Region

At least 20 people were killed in a triple car bombing attack Monday in central Somalia, among them two local government officials. Witnesses said two vehicles loaded with explosives detonated in the morning, and a third in the afternoon. The Read More …

DR Congo: 13 Killed in Rebel Attack in Beni Region

Suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the town of Beu-Manyama in the Beni region on Sunday night, residents said. “Three soldiers were killed in the ADF incursion and two others wounded,” local leader Charles Endukadi told AFP, Read More …

Yemen: 2 killed as blast hits pro-government security patrol in Shabwah

A homemade bomb blast struck a regular patrol of the pro-government forces in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Shabwa on Saturday, killing a military officer and a soldier, a government official told Xinhua. “The explosion is caused by an Improvised Explosive Read More …

Afghanistan: 19 Killed in Explosion at Kabul Educational Center

Kabul’s security department’s spokesman Khalid Zadran said that 19 people died in an explosion on Friday at Kaaj educational center, and 27 others are injured. Khalid Zadran said that students came to the center, in PD13, to take the Kankor Read More …

Somalia: State TV journalist killed while covering military operation on the outskirts of Mogadishu

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the bomb attack that targeted Somali National Television (SNTV) journalist, Ahmed Mohamed Shakur alongside security officials during a security operation in Basra town, about 30km north of Mogadishu on Friday 30 September, 2022. Ahmed Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 2 hurt in twin IED blasts ahead of Shah’s visit

Ahead of the scheduled visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Jammu and Kashmir, twin IED blasts in two passenger buses within a time gap of eight hours rocked Udhampur district. Two persons were left injured in the blasts. Read More …

India: CRPF jawan killed in IED blast in Bijapur district

A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, suspected to have triggered by Naxalites, in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident occurred at around 6:30 pm Read More …

Turkey: Explosion near police building in Mersin kills one police officer

One police officer was killed late on Monday when a bomb exploded near a residence that houses police in the southern Turkish province of Mersin, while a second officer was wounded, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. He said the Kurdistan Read More …

Yemen: 2 killed in IED explosion in Taiz province

At least two people were killed and 11 others injured when an explosion struck a civilian bus in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz on Sunday, a security official told Xinhua. “An explosion caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) targeted Read More …

Pakistan: Two soldiers killed in IED blast in North Waziristan

Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the General Area Esham of the North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Sunday. Read More …

Syria: Military vehicle comes under IED attack east of Daraa

An explosive device planted by unknown persons exploded in a military vehicle belonging to the Damascus government forces in the town of Naimah, east of Daraa, amid reports of casualties among Damascus forces.. A military vehicle of Damascus forces was Read More …

Terror groups are recruiting engineer-terrorists

US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence opines that terrorists will conduct AI-powered cyberattacks and pair AI software with commercially available drones to create ‘smart weapons’. The recent issue of “Voice of Khorasan”, the Islamic State’s mouthpiece in Afghanistan and Read More …

West Bank: Terrorists place explosive device at gas station in Kedumim

Terrorists placed an explosive device containing four kilograms of explosives at the gas station at the entrance to Kedumim in Samaria Sunday, the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. Bomb disposal teams neutralized the device, and there were Read More …