California: Shrapnel hit 2 CHP vehicles during Marine Corps demonstration at Camp Pendleton

Metal shrapnel from an explosive ordnance fired during the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday hit two California Highway Patrol vehicles, the agency published in an internal report. The celebration, which included a military exercise Read More …

Ireland: Improvised explosive device, guns and drugs seized during Carlow raid, two arrested

A viable improvised explosive device, four firearms and drugs worth €45,000 were seized during raids in Co Carlow on Thursday and Friday. Gardaí carried out searches on a number of properties as part of investigations into the sale and supply Read More …

Italy: Bomb explodes outside home of top investigative journalist

A bomb exploded outside the home of one of Italy’s top investigative journalists late on Thursday, damaging two cars and a nearby house, prompting messages of solidarity for the reporter from colleagues and politicians. The rudimentary device, likely made from Read More …

US Navy detains two survivors of strike against alleged drug boat

The US military is holding two survivors on a Navy ship after the US carried out a Thursday strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, according to three US officials. The strike, which President Donald Trump confirmed Friday, Read More …

Thailand: Roadside bomb blast in Narathiwat injures police, civilians

Three police officers and six civilians were injured, with four badly hurt, when a roadside bomb was detonated in Yi-Ngo district of this southern province on Thursday. The incident occurred at about 9am on Ram Komut Road where police from Read More …

Ireland: Suspected pipebomb thrown at house in Limerick city

Gardaí are investigating after a suspected pipebomb was fired at a house in Limerick city overnight. The missile, understood to have been an IED (improvised explosive device), was thrown at the property, situated at Hyde Road, Ballinacurra Weston on Wednesday Read More …

Syria: Bombing targeting oil facility guards killed four people and wounded nine others

Syria’s energy authorities on Thursday strongly condemned what it described as a “cowardly terrorist attack” that killed four people and wounded nine others when a roadside bomb struck a bus carrying oil facility guards near the town of Saalo in Read More …

California: Man arrested after IED discovered in Susanville

A man is facing charges after an improvised explosive device was found in a Susanville residence. At around 1:45 p.m. Monday, officers with the Susanville Police Department responded to a call for service in the area of Campbell Road. Police Read More …

Ecuador: One dead after vehicle explodes outside shopping mall

At least one person was killed when a pick-up truck exploded outside a shopping mall in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, on Tuesday evening local time. Ecuador’s Interior Minister John Reimberg said police had found explosive devices inside the remains of Read More …

India: ‘Victim-Operated IEDs on the rise’, National Security Guard warns of shift in terror tactics

A detailed analysis by the National Security Guard (NSG) has revealed a significant shift in the tactics used by extremist groups across India, with a sharp increase in the use of victim-operated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during 2024. The findings, Read More …

UK: ‘Nerdy’ man made explosive devices in shed

A “nerdy” autistic heroin user who liked “doing science” has gone on trial charged with making explosive substances in his garden shed. Harry Whittaker, 33, has denied two allegations of making explosive substances, and four of possessing explosive substances, at Read More …

Italy: Three police officers killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion during eviction attempt

Three members of Italy’s military police, the carabinieri, were killed and another 13 officers injured in an explosion as law enforcement attempted to carry out an eviction near the northeastern city of Verona, authorities said on Tuesday. Two middle-aged brothers Read More …

Tennessee: Sevier County explosion leads to arrest

A Sevier County Sheriff’s Office investigation into an explosion at a home in the Ellis Woods Loop area has led to an arrest, Sheriff Michael Hodges announced Monday. The explosion happened Sunday. Hodges said an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) technician Read More …

Greece: Explosion at Ministry of Rural Development in Athens

A late-night explosion caused by an incendiary device rocked the Ministry of Rural Development building on Syngrou Avenue in Athens on Saturday, October 11, 2025, resulting in significant material damage but no injuries. Security footage obtained by MEGA captured the Read More …

Thailand: Two more landmines found at Ban Nong Ya Kaew

The First Army Area’s landmine clearance operation at Ban Nong Ya Kaew in Sa Kaeo province on Sunday uncovered two additional landmines, bringing the total number of explosives detected and neutralised in the area to seven within four days. The Read More …

Bangladesh border guard injured in mine blast near Myanmar border

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been injured after a mine exploded while he was part of a patrol in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border area in Bandarban. The incident occurred in Naikhongchhari’s Tambru area around 12:30pm on Sunday, according Read More …

UK: Secondary school-aged boy charged after bomb squad called to North Tyneside incident

A secondary school-aged boy has been charged after an incident that led to the deployment of an army bomb disposal team in North Tyneside. Police received a report of “suspicious activity” in the area on Friday (10 October) at around Read More …

India: Ri-Bhoi Police Diffuse Powerful IED in Umsning Market

A major tragedy was averted in the state of Meghalaya, when police managed to locate and defuse an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Umsning market, in the Ri-Bhoi district, on the evening of 11th October. At approximately 7.30 PM, Read More …

Pakistan says it will ‘take all measures to defend its territory’ after Afghanistan aggression

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday warned Afghanistan that Pakistan was “exercising extreme caution in its defensive response” to the former’s unprovoked firing raids along the border, terming it a “serious provocation”. In a statement on Read More …

Afghanistan: Armed forces of the Islamic Emirate have carried out a counter-attack operation against Pakistan security forces

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 others wounded during an operation conducted last night. Mujahid added that during the retaliatory operations carried out across the hypothetical Durand Line, Read More …