Russia: FSB reports thwarting assassination of Tsargrad CEO Malofeev

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian special services to assassinate Russian billionaire businessman and CEO of the Tsargrad group of companies Konstantin Malofeev, the FSB’s Center for Public Relations (CPR) told TASS. “The Federal Security Read More …

Afghanistan: At least four killed in explosion in Takhar Province

According to local media on Thursday, an explosion was reported in Taloqan, the centre of Takhar province in Afghanistan. A bomb attached to a vehicle in the Sar Chowk area of Taloqan city reportedly caused the explosion. Read more… Source: Read More …

Afghanistan: 2 injured in a car bomb blast in Kabul

Two civilians were injured as a blast rocked Police District 2 of Afghan capital Kabul city on Saturday, Kabul’s police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. “Two civilians were injured after a sticky bomb struck a vehicle in Police District 2 today Read More …

Syrian security forces’ bus targeted with IED, Injuring 15 personnel

An improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a bus carrying Syrian security personnel injured 15 individuals on the Daraa-Damascus highway. The incident took place as the soldiers were returning from a mission in Daraa province. Read more… Source: Tasnim News Read More …

Russian intelligence claims to have thwarted terrorist attack on South Stream pipeline

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported Thursday that it successfully foiled a suspected terrorist attack on the South Stream pipeline, which transports natural gas from Russian territory to countries such as Bulgaria, Italy and Austria. Russian authorities said that several Read More …

Northern Ireland: Four appear in court after gun and pipe bomb seizures

Four men have been charged with various weapons and explosive offences after a pre-planned police operation targeting the East Belfast UVF on Friday night. The operation involved searches of three residential properties and one business premises in the lower Newtownards Read More …

Iraq: Car bomb kills PUK counter-terrorism official in Erbil

A car exploded in the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil on Friday afternoon, killing the driver and injuring several others. The Region’s counter-terrorism directorate (CTD) said the explosion was due to a “sticky bomb” attached to the vehicle. The explosion Read More …

US officials say Ukraine behind car bomb assassination of Putin ally’s daughter

US intelligence believes parts of the Ukrainian government gave the go-ahead for a car bomb that killed the daughter of a staunch Putin ally in August, according to a report Wednesday. Kyiv has unequivocally denied any involvement in the blast Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: LeT planned blasts in Udhampur with an eye on Amit Shah’s visit

Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit was behind the recent twin blasts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur which were carried out ahead of high profile visit of the Union home minister to convey “all is not well” in the Union Territory, DGP Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: In a first, ‘Magnetic IED’ recovered in Baramulla district

In a first, government forces on Sunday claimed to have recovered magnetic improvised devices in Sopore village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, issued to a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that a Read More …

India: Man who planted IED under cop’s car in Amritsar among seven held

Punjab Police have cracked the Amritsar improvised explosive device (IED) case with the arrest of seven persons, including a man who had planted the explosive under a sub-inspector’s car August 16, police said on Saturday. The police claimed it to Read More …

Ukraine: Russia-Appointed Official In Zaporizhzhya Region Killed In Car Bombing

The Moscow-appointed mayor of the Russia-occupied Ukrainian town of Mykhaylivka, Ivan Sushko, has been killed by a car bomb. A representative of Russia-imposed authorities in parts of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya region, Volodymyr Rogov, wrote on Telegram on August 24 that Sushko Read More …

Russia: Darya Dugina’s murder masterminded by Ukrainian secret services

The murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, Russia’s federal security service FSB has said. It was prepared by Ukrainian secret services. The perpetrator – a citizen of Ukraine identified as Natalia Vovk – escaped to Estonia, the Read More …

India: 2 more persons held for planting IED under Punjab cop’s vehicle

Two more persons were arrested in connection with an improvised explosive device (IED) planted under the vehicle of Punjab Police sub-inspector Dilbag Singh in Ranjit Avenue locality of Amritsar. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a man from Shirdi on Read More …

Russia: Daughter of Russian public figure Alexander Dugin died in car explosion

Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russian public figure Alexander Dugin, died as a result of the car explosion in the Moscow Region, Andrey Krasnov, the head of the Russian Horizon social movement and the person familiar with her, told TASS Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 3 magnetic IEDs recovered from shot down drone in Dayaran area

Ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, police shot down a Pakistani drone carrying three magnetic improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the International Border (IB) in Kanachak sector of Akhnoor in Jammu on Monday night. Police said the drone was shot Read More …

Afghanistan: Explosion in Kabul Targets Kabul Municipality’s Head of District 4

The Taliban security officials in Kabul confirmed the explosion in Taimani Project, the capital’s fourth district, stating that many civilians were wounded. The explosion, which took place in Kabul’s PD 4 around 6:00 p.m., was caused by a magnetic bomb Read More …

Northern Iraq: Bomb injures person near headquarters of Iranian opposition party in Erbil

A person was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a car detonated near the headquarters of an Iranian opposition party in the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil, the Kurdistan Region’s Directorate General of Counter-Terrorism (CTD) reported on Monday. Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Drone shot down near IB in Kathua; sticky bombs, grenades recovered

Police today averted major threat to annual pilgrimage of Shri Amarnath Ji, beginning June 30, when it shot down a Pakistani drone near the International Border in Rajbagh area of Kathua district and recovered seven magnetic bombs from it besides Read More …

Pakistan: Security Forces Defused Magnetically Attached IED Planted In Vehicle At Balochistan University

A major terror bid has been foiled by the timely action of the law enforcement agencies in Quetta as they defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a vehicle parked at Balochistan University, ARY News reported on Thursday. The Read More …