UAE places 19 individuals, entities on its Local Terrorist List

The UAE has decided to add 19 individuals and entities to its Local Terrorist List for their links to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organisation. This decision has been made under Resolution No. (1) of 2025 issued by the UAE Cabinet, Read More …

UK: East Anglia’s hidden and explosive dangers

East Anglia offers a unique opportunity for offshore energy generation, as well as other large scale infrastructure projects, such as the Lower Thames crossing. There has been many a failed dream too, from Maplin Sands, to London Britannia aka ‘Boris Read More …

UK: Illegal amount of potentially explosive chemical was stored at farm by pyrotechnic enthusiast

A member of the UK Pyrotechnics Society was found with a huge, illegal amount of a chemical used for explosives. Some of it was sold to people in the UK and Europe and he had not checked whether or not Read More …

UK: Isle of Wight man accused of making improvised explosives

The case of George Swain, of Mary Rose Avenue, Wootton Bridge, was heard before Portsmouth magistrates on Saturday, November 30. The 26-year-old is accused of two counts of making an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose, namely an improvised explosive Read More …

Norway Provides Ukrainian Navy With $240M for Minehunting and Autonomy

On Monday, the Norwegian government announced a new grant of about $240 million to support Ukraine’s navy in its fight against Russian forces in the Black Sea. The grant includes financing for the joint Norwegian/British Maritime Capability Coalition, a capacity-building Read More …

UK: Four homemade bombs found in Portsmouth

Police and an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit attended a vacant house in Spinnaker Drive, Hilsea, on Tuesday of last week around 11am to deal with the potential life and death situation. The horrifying discovery was made by a Read More …

UK: Anti-aircraft artillery round found in Norwich river

Police have confirmed the device pulled from a city river over the weekend was an explosive. People were warned to avoid the Bishop Bridge area of Norwich on Sunday after a teenage boy pulled a suspected bomb from the River Read More …

US-British airstrike targets Yemen’s Al-Tuhayta in Hodeida

Yemeni media report that a joint American-British airstrike has hit the Al-Tuhayta district in southern Hodeida governorate, located along the Red Sea in western Yemen. The latest airstrike on Yemen’s Al-Tuhayta district follows a month of intensive US-UK raids targeting Read More …

Northern Ireland: Man arrested for possessing explosives following security alert

A man in his 50s has been arrested following a security alert in Co Londonderry. Homes in the Ranaghan Road area close to Maghera were evacuated and nearby roads closed following the discovery of a suspicious device in the area Read More …

Ukraine intel unit dubbed “The Chemists” deployed kamikaze drones and operators to Syria

About 20 experienced drone operators and 150 drones were shipped over from GUR to the rebel headquarters in Idlib, Syria, four weeks ago. The Ukrainian military aid was a welcome injection of expertise and firepower for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Read More …

UK: Bomb disposal team carries out controlled explosion in Cambridgeshire field

A bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion in a Cambridgeshire field in Yelling, northeast of St Neots, last week, after police officers came across ammunition that did not appear to be stable. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said: “Last Read More …

UK: Man to stand trial accused of having items to make explosive devices

A man will stand trial next year accused of having items to make explosive devices. Shazad Khan faced the allegation as he appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday. The indictment claims the 51 year-old Read More …

UK: Unexploded ordnance made safe in Portsmouth

A piece of unexploded ordnance that led to buildings along a seafront being evacuated has been safely removed. Cordons were put in place in the Pier Road area of in Southsea after police were called at 09:37 GMT. A spokesperson Read More …

UK: Boys charged after police exposed to alkaline

Two teenage boys have been charged after a suspected chemical attack at a south-west London railway station which caused two police officers to be taken to hospital. The boys, aged 14 and 16, were spotted at Surbiton railway station “acting Read More …

UK: Protest arrests after seven detained over links to Kurdish rebel group PKK

Seven people have now been arrested by counter-terrorism police in London for suspected activity linked to the banned militant group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The Metropolitan Police said two women, aged 59 and 31, and four men, aged 27, Read More …