Ireland: Three men behind plot to bomb Galway mosque in November 2025 jailed for up to nine and a half years

Three men who were part of a self-styled terrorist organisation that planned to blow up a mosque in Galway last year have been jailed at the Special Criminal Court as the presiding judge told them they have “brought shame on Read More …

UK: Small homemade explosive devices found in Brentwood, man and a woman detained

Officers were called to Sawyers Grove in Brentwood at around 7.20am today, Friday 30 October, following reports of a disturbance. As part of their response, officers forced entry to an address and detained a man and a woman. A subsequent Read More …

India: Security forces defuse 2 IEDs in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district

Two live IEDs planted under a culvert were recovered and defused in Jharkhand’s Maoist-hit West Singhbhum district, a police officer said on Friday. The explosives were detected in Bahada village within Chotanagra police station limits on Thursday during a joint Read More …

Thailand: Mushroom hunter finds live M67 grenade, nearly triggers explosion with knife

A mushroom hunter in Tak province narrowly avoided a potentially fatal accident after discovering an M67 fragmentation grenade hidden beneath dry leaves in the woods and using a knife to pry it out before realising what it was. The discovery Read More …

Pakistan: One person killed, 3 others injured in Bannu blast

One person was killed and three others sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the Dabak Saidkhel area of Bannu on Tuesday. According to an initial police report, local elder Malik Sabeel Khan was travelling along with Read More …

Florida: Teen arrested accused of seeking ISIS help to build explosives

A 15-year-old Gainesville boy is accused of seeking ISIS help to build drones and explosives, with investigators finding bomb-making files and chemicals at his home. Jude Sleeper was arrested Monday and charged with making or attempting to make a destructive Read More …

Syria: Landmine blast kills four-year-old boy, injures two in Hama

A four-year-old boy was killed and two members of his family were injured when a landmine exploded during an olive harvest in Syria’s northern Hama countryside. The explosion occurred on farmland in the town of Halfaya as a family was Read More …

Pakistan: Armed Forces attacked, bridge destroyed in Balochistan

Clashes between Pakistani forces and armed fighters were reported in Balochistan’s Nushki and Khuzdar districts over the weekend, while an explosion hit a Coast Guards officer’s vehicle in Pasni, according to local sources. In Nushki, armed fighters attacked troops advancing Read More …

Syria: Former military commander reportedly targeted near Qara

A vehicle targeted near the Syrian town of Qara on the Damascus–Homs highway was carrying Abu Abdul Rahman al-Libi, who currently holds a position in the General Security Service, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Monday, citing sources Read More …

Cyprus: 20-year-old remanded over attempted bombing of Limassol shop

A 20-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Saturday in connection with an attempted bombing at the entrance of a shop in Limassol on September 30. The suspect was arrested on Friday under a court warrant issued Read More …

Colombia: Car bomb explosion at Casanare tollbooth leaves four injured

A powerful explosion at the San Pedro tollbooth, located on the road connecting the municipalities of Villanueva and Monterrey in Casanare, early Friday morning, October 23, 2026, left at least four people injured and caused considerable property damage. Authorities are Read More …

Ireland: Two arrested as counter-terror gardaí seize explosives in Louth

Two men have been arrested and suspected explosive materials have been seized as part of a “counter-terrorism operation” in Carlingford, Co Louth. The Garda Special Detective Unit seized “component parts and suspected explosive material” following the search, which was assisted Read More …

India: IED disguised as torch behind blast that injured two in Bengaluru

Preliminary investigations into a blast that occurred on October 20 at an under-construction building in east Bengaluru, in which two workers from UP and Assam were injured, have revealed that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) disguised as a torch caused Read More …

WHO supports Nigeria after first Ebola case confirmed

The patient is a woman who recently travelled from Uganda and began showing symptoms on 7 October, four days after her arrival. The woman sought care at a private health facility in the capital, Abuja, on 11 October; laboratory testing Read More …

Israel: An explosive device, dozens of remote triggering systems seized by police alongside weapons and drugs in the Galilee

A major cache of weapons, explosive devices, and narcotics was uncovered over the weekend in an open area near the village of Rama in the Galilee. According to police suspicions, the stockpile was used by the Abu Latif crime organization, Read More …

Colorado: 5 firearms, improvised explosive device found in suspect’s vehicle

A suspect who was taken into custody Monday after police issued a shelter-in-place in Lakewood had a handful of firearms and an improvised explosive device in his vehicle, police said in a news release Tuesday. The suspect, 35-year-old Hawk Douglas, Read More …

Bangladesh: Police identify ‘time bomb’ at Lalon Shah shrine in Kushtia

Police have identified the device recovered near the entrance to Lalon Shah’s shrine in Kushtia as a time bomb, using technology similar to one found under a Dhaka metro rail station in July.  They recovered two small bottles filled with Read More …

Poland probes Ukrainian drone crash after Lithuania reports airspace breach

Poland has said it is examining the circumstances surrounding a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives that crashed in Lithuania, after officials in Vilnius insisted it had entered the country from Polish airspace. The drone exploded in Lithuania’s northern Pasvalys district on Read More …

Pakistan: Army major killed in Gwadar IED attack

An Army major was martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack during a security operation in Gwadar on Sunday, while security forces killed four terrorists in a separate operation in Kalat district, the military’s media wing said. Major Wajahat Read More …

Pakistan: Terrorist held for planting two IEDs

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have arrested a suspect, who had allegedly planted two high-intensity explosive devices on a road in the suburbs of Bahawalpur city. According to CTD officials, the suspect, whose name was not disclosed, had Read More …