Pakistan: Two IEDs defused in Bannu

The personnel of the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) defused two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and saved the area from destruction in Janikhel on Wednesday. The police said that suspected militants had planted two IEDs, one each to a grocery shop Read More …

Ireland: Explosive discovered in field in operation targeting Limerick organised crime

Gardaí arrested five men and seized drugs worth over €70,000 in an operation targeting organised crime in Co Limerick on Tuesday. A number of searches were conducted by gardaí attached to Limerick crime functional area at locations in Limerick, Cork Read More …

Mexican drug cartels throwing explosives along Texas southern border

Mexican drug cartel operatives continue to engage in violent acts along the southern border of Texas near the Rio Grande, as new video shows them throwing explosives as an intimidation tactic, authorities say. The Texas Department of Public Safety posted Read More …

India: Man arrested for hurling crude bomb outside Tamil Nadu governor’s residence

A man was arrested on Wednesday (Oct 25) from India’s southern Chennai city after he hurled a crude bomb outside the Tamil Nadu state governor’s residence. Police said that upon reaching the main gate the alleged perpetrator pulled out a Read More …

US troops in Middle East attacked 14 times, injuring 24 people over the last week

U.S. troops positioned in the Middle East have been attacked 14 times in the last week with a mix of one-way drones and rockets, resulting in 24 people getting injured, according to Pentagon officials. U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Air Read More …

Israel launches strike on Hamas tunnel to stop ‘imminent terror attack’

Israeli forces conducted an airstrike on the Al-Ansar mosque in Jenin, a city in the northern West Bank, which they said was being used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants “who were organizing an imminent terror attack.” In a joint Read More …

Somalia: Death toll rises to 6 in Al-Shabab attack outside Mogadishu

The number of people killed by a car bomb blast that exploded outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu on Saturday morning has jumped to at least 6. The al Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for Saturday’s blast, which struck a police checkpoint Read More …

Cyprus: One arrested after bombing near Israel’s Embassy in Nicosia

Police in Cyprus have arrested one person after a bomb was detonated on Saturday near the Israeli embassy in Nicosia. Officials said the explosion occurred at 1:37 am. Cyprus police report finding shrapnel as close as 30 meters from the Read More …

Thailand: Coordinated attacks, bombings rock Narathiwat

Suspected insurgents launched a series of coordinated attacks in Tak Bai district of this southern border province in the early hours of Saturday, police said. An improvised explosive device (IED), assembled inside a fire extinguisher cylinder, was detonated outside a Read More …

California man detonates explosive-filled teddy bear in parking lot

A man in California was arrested after he was allegedly caught on surveillance video placing a fluffy teddy bear, filled with explosives, in a parking lot and detonating it. The San Bernardino Police Department said officers responded to a possible explosive Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police investigating potential sectarian hate crime after pipe bomb attack on Derry home

A woman in her 20s was inside the home in Heron Way when the device partially exploded at the backdoor at around 11.30pm. She wasn’t injured however damage was caused to the door. A number of nearby homes were evacuated Read More …

Drones target US troops in Iraq, causing minor injuries

The first attack early on Wednesday involved two one-way drones that targeted al-Asad base, two U.S. officials said. One of the drones was intercepted but still managed to explode, causing the minor injuries and damaging some equipment. Some U.S. troops Read More …

Philippines: Misamis Occidental governor survives IED attack

Misamis Occidental Gov. Henry Oaminal and two of his security escorts were unhurt when an improvised explosive device went off in Barangay Lapasan in Clarin town before midnight on Sunday. Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief Maj. Gen. Steve Crespillo said Read More …

Uganda: Honeymooning couple among three dead

A couple on their honeymoon and their guide were killed in a “cowardly terrorist attack” at a national park in south-west Uganda, authorities say. Uganda’s police said the trio were killed, and their vehicle burned, in the Queen Elizabeth National Read More …

Germany: Firebomb attack on Berlin synagogue as tensions rise in Middle East

Berlin synagogue has been attacked with Molotov cocktails amid an increase in antisemitic incidents in the German capital following the escalating violence in the Middle East. The Kahal Adass Jisroel community said its synagogue in the Mitte area of the Read More …

Pakistan: Child killed, 8 injured in hand grenade explosion in Balochistan Wadh

A child lost his life while eight others were injured on Tuesday when a hand grenade exploded in the Zarchain area of Balochistan’s Wadh city, police said. According to Wadh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Abdul Manaf, the children from Read More …

Belgium: Suspect shot dead by police after killing of Swedish football fans

The man suspected of killing two Swedish football fans and wounding another in a terrorist attack in Brussels on Monday night has died after being shot by police. Belgium’s interior minister, Annelies Verlinden, told the broadcaster VRT that an automatic Read More …

Ugandan police foil ADF plot to bomb churches

Ugandan police have foiled a plot by Islamic State-linked militants to bomb churches in central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Two bombs were linked to public address systems and sent to pastors, disguised as gifts, Mr Museveni said. Read More …

Philippines: Local bomb-maker killed in accidental IED blast in Maguindanao del Sur

A local terrorist was killed in an accidental explosion of an improvised bomb he was assembling in Barangay Malangog in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday afternoon, the police and military reported. Initial reports on Monday identified the fatality Read More …

Somali TV journalist killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing

A Somali television journalist was killed Monday evening in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Mogadishu, police said. Abdifatah Moalim Nur Qeys, who worked for Somali Cable Television, was fatally injured in the explosion at Blue Sky restaurant near Read More …