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Latest News
- Nigeria security forces rescue over 300 abducted people
August 6, 2026
At least 308 people abducted in different attacks in the northern part of Nigeria were rescued, the country’s president said Wednesday. Those rescued include 163 people abducted from Woro community in Kaiama area ...
- Israel: Two IDF reservists killed, 4 seriously wounded by IED blast in south Lebanon
August 6, 2026
Two reservist soldiers were killed, and four were seriously wounded after being hit by an explosive device in the southern Lebanon town of Majdal Zoun yesterday, the IDF announces. The slain ...
- Military declares top ISWAP commanders wanted following intelligence from recovered devices
August 6, 2026
Military authorities have declared some senior commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) wanted, following forensic analyses of electronic devices recovered during recent combat operations in the Lake ...
- India: CRPF seize 14 firearms, explosives hidden along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border
August 6, 2026
Gadchiroli Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have recovered a cache of 14 firearms and explosive materials allegedly hidden by Maoists in a forest along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border ...
- Germany: Flying object hits plane at Leipzig airport as drone discovered carrying explosive device
August 5, 2026
An unidentified flying object hit a a cargo plane at a German airport on Wednesday, as the discovery of a drone carrying an explosive device caused disruption and the suspension ...
- Vietnam prioritises post-war recovery cooperation with US
August 5, 2026
Affirming that Vietnam regards the US as one of its important partners, Cuong said defence cooperation between the two countries has developed positively and been implemented effectively across a range ...
- Nigeria: Explosion kills ISWAP bombmakers in Borno
August 4, 2026
Five suspected Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists, including an alleged medical officer and four Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, specialists, have reportedly been killed in a premature explosion while ...
- France: Explosions heard as more than 400 WWII shells found in the village affected by wildfires
August 4, 2026
Hundreds of World War II shells and munitions have been discovered in the French village of Le Porge, as residents return to the ravaged community in the wake of last month’s ...
- Netherlands: Explosive found in garden of Rotterdam home
August 4, 2026
The police discovered an explosive in the garden of a home in Rotterdam on Monday evening. They cordoned off the area and called in the Ministry of Defense’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) ...
- More airlines ban humanoid robots from flights over battery safety concerns
August 4, 2026
Though human- and animal-like robots might one day make ideal travel companions for some passengers, an increasing number of airlines are banning them from both the cabin and checked baggage ...
- Somalia’s Al-Shabaab seize strategic town
August 3, 2026
Somalia’s Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab said it seized a strategic location in central Somalia on Sunday after intense fighting with government forces, a claim confirmed to AFP on Monday by locals in nearby areas. Somalia ...
- Pakistan: Police across Balochistan on high alert following Kharan attack
August 3, 2026
Police have been placed on high alert across Balochistan following an attack on a police station and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) offices in Kharan by armed men who entered the city ...
- Bangladesh: Locally made IED caused explosion that injured 3 of a family in Barishal
August 3, 2026
The explosion which injured three members of a family in Barishal’s Bakerganj upazila on Monday morning was caused by a locally made improvised explosive device (IED), said police. “Based on the ...
