Pakistan police kill bomber to thwart attack on Japanese nationals

Police in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi shot down a suicide bomber and a militant on Friday as they attacked a vehicle carrying five Japanese nationals, all of whom survived, a police spokesperson said. Islamist militants seeking to overthrow the Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 224

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed about a further attempted drone attack today on the training centre of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), causing no damage or casualties, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. It would be Read More …

German police arrest two men for plotting sabotage on Russia’s behalf

German police have arrested two men whom they accuse of plotting to sabotage support for Ukraine, possibly on behalf of the Russian government. The two men, named as Dieter S. and Alexander J., are “strongly suspected of having worked for Read More …

Massachusetts: Man arrested, accused of throwing pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Salem

An Oklahoma man was arrested Wednesday after authorities accused him of throwing a pipe bomb at the Massachusetts headquarters of a group called The Satanic Temple. Surveillance cameras showed a man walk up to the building soon after 4 a.m. Read More …

Nigeria: 10 reportedly killed, 20 injured in IED explosion in Borno

At least 10 persons have been reported dead while 20 others sustained varying degrees of injury when a commercial vehicle drove over an Improvised Explosive Device. The IED was reportedly planted by terrorists suspected to be members of the Islamic Read More …

Belgium: Explosive devices thrown at homes in Antwerp Province

Explosive devices were thrown at homes at three locations in Antwerp Province on Monday night. Houses in the Antwerp districts of Merksem and Borgerhout were attacked, as was a house in the municipality of Boom, around 16 kilometres south of Read More …

Ontario: Police search home after man injured with explosive

Police searched a residence just east of downtown Guelph Monday after a man hurt himself with a homemade explosive device. On Sunday morning, officers were called to Guelph General Hospital about a 27-year-old man who was being treated for hand Read More …

Hong Kong: Ringleader in a petrol bomb case jailed for almost four years

A man who was among 12 crime suspects caught during an attempt to travel to Taiwan by speedboat in 2020 was jailed for three years and 10 months by the District Court on Tuesday. Tang Kai-yin, 34, had earlier admitted Read More …

Russia: FSB prevents terror attack on Trans-Siberian Railway

Operatives from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for the Kemerovo Region have detained a 28-year-old man who plotted to set fire to over 10 relay boxes on the Trans-Siberian Railway on instructions from unknown individuals in Ukraine, the FSB press Read More …

US military’s additional review into deadly Kabul airport attack concludes troops did not see bomber ahead of attack

An additional review by the US military into the deadly Abbey Gate bombing during the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021, which aimed to clear up outstanding questions about the attack, has concluded that service members had not previously seen the suspected Read More …

India: IEDs recovered in 8 cans in Jharkhand

Security forces recovered and defused improvised explosive devices (IEDs) kept in eight cans in a forest in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Monday, police said. The explosives were recovered from the Lohra forest under the jurisdiction of the Barwadih police station Read More …

IAEA: United Nations Security Council Update

On Sunday, 7 April, the International Support and Assistance Mission to ZNPP (ISAMZ) confirmed the first attacks since November 2022 to directly target ZNPP. The ISAMZ team was able to inspect the location of one direct strike at the apex Read More …

Myanmar: 12 injured in bomb blasts in Mandalay during Thingyan water festival

Twelve people were injured in bomb blasts during the Thingyan water festival in central Myanmar’s Mandalay on Sunday, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council said. The incident occurred at around 10:25 a.m. local time (0355 GMT) on Sunday Read More …

Ethiopia: Three killed in shootout as regional rebellions spill into the capital

A shootout between militiamen and police officers killed three people Friday in the Ethiopian capital in a rare case of the country’s many regional rebellions spilling into the city. The violence occurred near Millenium Hall in Addis Ababa’s downtown as Read More …

Nepal: Little-known armed group detonates ‘pressure cooker bomb’ at Ncell tower in Sindhuli

A ‘pressure cooker bomb’ was exploded at the Ncell Tower located in Kamalamai Municipality-4 of Sindhuli. According to the police, the explosion occurred at around 1 o’clock on Wednesday night. Superintendent of Police (SP) Binod Sharma of the District Police Read More …

Russia: Ex-Ukrainian intelligence officer’s car blown up in northern Moscow

The former officer of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Vasily Prozorov, who has been speaking out against the Kiev regime, has been injured in a car explosion in the north of Moscow. An explosion occurred in a Toyota Land Cruiser Read More …

Germany: Three teenagers detained in Düsseldorf over ‘Islamist attack’ plot

Police have detained two teenage girls and a boy in western Germany on suspicions they were planning an Islamist attack, prosecutors said Friday. The trio, aged from 15 to 16, are “strongly suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated terror attack and Read More …

India: Two security personnel injured in IED blast in Bijapur

Two security personnel were injured in a Maoist IED blast in Bijapur district of Bastar on Wednesday. Bijapur is the epicentre of the crackdown by security forces in Bastar since the Vishnu Deo Sai-led BJP govt took over — 56 Read More …