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Two schoolchildren were killed after a quadcopter drone, reportedly operated from an unknown location, struck a hilly area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Thursday. Local residents and official sources told Dawn that the fatal incident occurred in the Shahi Thangi area, Read More …
Security forces recovered a cache of arms, communication equipment and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during an operation conducted in the general area between Border Pillar No. 72 and 73 under Moreh Police Station in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district on May 20. Read More …
Thai police have expanded the case against Chinese national Mingchen Sun, who was arrested in connection with the possession of military-grade weapons and explosives, into seven separate cases, with 11 suspects arrested so far. Police said the expanded investigation has Read More …
A police bomb squad has carried out a controlled explosion in a Scottish town after a suspected hand grenade was found in a garden. Officers were sent to the property in the Broadloan area of Renfrew at 7.30pm on Monday night after Read More …
Lithuania’s police officers neutralised a combat drone that crashed in the northern Utena district in a controlled explosion, authorities announced on Monday afternoon. Earlier on Monday, the police said the drone, believed to be Ukrainian, was carrying carrying explosives and Read More …
Four soldiers have sustained varying degrees of injuries following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack and subsequent ambush on troops along the Damboa–Kumala–Maiduguri main supply route in Borno State. Sources, according to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst Read More …
On the western shore of Albania’s Sazan Island, where waves crash against steep cliffs, lies an area that seafarers call “Gryka e Xhehenemit” – the Gorge of Hell. On the surface, the transparent waters offer a fairytale view – precisely Read More …
A man in his 30s was arrested in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood after a report was received that he was holding explosives at his home and threatening to use them. Police officers who arrived at the suspect’s apartment conducted a search Read More …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, citing rising cases, cross-border spread and significant uncertainties about the scale of Read More …
No fewer than six suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed following a premature Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that detonated in the Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources said the incident occurred Read More …
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed into a building in the Kazim Karabekir neighborhood of Samsun’s Ilkadim district at approximately 6:30 a.m. Saturday. At least three homes were damaged and the incident caused a brief panic among residents who initially Read More …
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed deep concern over the contamination of two-thirds of Afghanistan’s land by explosive materials, reporting that an average of 15 civilians lose their lives each month due to Read More …
The suspect was detained by officers from the Policia Nacional following an investigation into his alleged links to ISIS ideology and extremist propaganda. He is suspected of alleged membership of a terrorist group, glorification of terrorism, self-training, self-indoctrination and the indoctrination Read More …
In a breakthrough in the investigation into the improvised explosive device (IED) blast outside the Border Security Force (BSF) Punjab Frontier headquarters in Jalandhar earlier this month, the Jalandhar commissionerate police, in coordination with central agencies and the Delhi Police Read More …
A device containing low-grade explosives was found on the premises of a private hospital in Pune city’s Hadapsar area on Wednesday (May 13, 2026). A team of the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) was immediately rushed to the spot Read More …
On 11 May 2026 at 12:15 PM, a report stated that a man with shrapnel injuries was admitted to Salin Township Public Hospital in Magway Region. The victim was identified as U San Htay (61 years old), a resident of Read More …
A Pennsylvania man admitted to denotating an explosive device under a vehicle that was parked at his former supervisor’s residence, announced U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer. Michael Patrick Takacs, Jr., 44, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Read More …
The Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and detonated an improvised explosive device found underwater at the Converse Reservoir dam, the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System announced Tuesday. The multi-agency effort included the Mobile County Sheriff’s Read More …
Iraqi security forces carried out a controlled explosion of war remnants near Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, a police source told Shafaq News. The materials included rockets, ammunition, and other unexploded ordnance previously recovered during search operations in several areas. Read More …
A massive explosion at a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, police and rescue officials said, the latest incident in the region that threatens to reignite fighting with neighbouring Afghanistan. The blast Read More …