Articles for Explosive Devices

J&K on high alert after 7 improvised explosive devices recovered in 10 days
1 week ago

J&K on high alert after 7 improvised explosive devices recovered in 10 days

India Today  

Security agencies have issued a high alert across Jammu and Kashmir following a series of terror encounters and the recovery of seven improvised explosive devices in 10 days. Security agencies have also noted instances of infiltration and warned that foreign terrorists in the region may become more active as summer approaches. Terrorists have been continuously trying to target security forces' …

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No condoms for Gaza: Why Donald Trump has suspended ‘$50-million contraceptive programme’
1 month, 4 weeks ago

No condoms for Gaza: Why Donald Trump has suspended ‘$50-million contraceptive programme’

Firstpost  

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the Biden administration had earmarked $50 million for a condom distribution programme in the Gaza Strip. Donald Trump's White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt justified a sweeping freeze in US overseas assistance by citing a $50 million condom distribution programme in the Gaza Strip. And on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt …

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Prosecutors say 150 pipe bombs found at Virginia man’s home in what could be FBI’s largest-ever seizure of explosive devices
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Prosecutors say 150 pipe bombs found at Virginia man’s home in what could be FBI’s largest-ever seizure of explosive devices

CNN  

CNN — Prosecutors are fighting to keep a Virginia man behind bars after they say investigators found what could be the largest number of “finished explosive devices” in FBI history at his 20-acre home near Norfolk. Some were allegedly marked “lethal.” Prosecutors say the pipe bombs were found in a backpack, a detached garage, and that a few “were preloaded …

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Florida man arrested after explosive devices found in casino toilet
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Florida man arrested after explosive devices found in casino toilet

The Independent  

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FBI discovered a DHS document describing improvised explosive devices during investigation of Trump’s would-be assassin
7 months ago

FBI discovered a DHS document describing improvised explosive devices during investigation of Trump’s would-be assassin

CNN  

CNN — Among the documents Donald Trump’s would-be-assassin studied while formulating his plans for an attack on the former president was a public document from the Department of Homeland Security, describing different kinds of improvised explosive devices and the number of explosives needed to inflict casualties over certain distances, a senior law enforcement official told CNN. The FBI discovered saved …

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Donald Trump Assassination attempt: Suspected Shooter had explosive devices in his car
8 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump Assassination attempt: Suspected Shooter had explosive devices in his car

Op India  

In a major revelation in the Donald Trump Assassination attempt, the Wall Street Journal has reported that the US authorities have found explosive devices in the car of the suspected shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, who tried to assassinate Former US President and Republican nominee, Donald Trump. According to the report, the shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks yesterday parked the car near …

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Indian Army foils IED attack in Manipur, three explosive devices defused
10 months ago

Indian Army foils IED attack in Manipur, three explosive devices defused

India Today  

The Indian Army on Sunday said that they averted explosions in trouble-torn Manipur by defusing three IEDs planted on a road in Imphal East district. As it turned out, the alertness and vigil of the Indian Army personnel deployed in Manipur under Red Shield Division resulted in averting a major tragedy by successfully diffusing three Improvised Explosive Devices in Imphal …

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‘Many explosive devices’, said email sent to NCR schools
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Many explosive devices’, said email sent to NCR schools

Hindustan Times  

There are “many explosive devices”, said the email sent to over 50 schools in the National Capital Region on Wednesday even as the Delhi Police said they conducted a thorough check and that the threat appears to be a hoax while requesting the public not to panic and maintain peace. Police said multiple distress calls regarding bomb threats were received. …

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Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 'counter-terrorism activity' in West Bank
1 year, 6 months ago

Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 'counter-terrorism activity' in West Bank

ABC  

Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians, including a fighter of the Hamas group, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, emergency workers and Hamas said. Key points: The Nur Shams camp near Tulkarm was raided in the early hours of Sunday morning Israeli forces engaged in an hours-long gun battle with Palestinian fighters, witnesses said …

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Mexican army says drug cartels are increasing their use of roadside bombs
1 year, 7 months ago

Mexican army says drug cartels are increasing their use of roadside bombs

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices this year, with 42 soldiers, police and suspects wounded by IEDs so far in 2023, up from 16 in 2022. The figures provided by Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval appeared to include only those wounded by explosive devices, …

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Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Mexico kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians
1 year, 8 months ago

Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Mexico kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. It appeared to be the first time that a Mexican cartel killed law enforcement personnel with improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and was the latest example of the increasingly open, military-style …

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Israeli military raid kills 1 Palestinian, 4 people wounded in separate West Bank shooting attack
1 year, 9 months ago

Israeli military raid kills 1 Palestinian, 4 people wounded in separate West Bank shooting attack

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — A raid by Israeli security forces into the northern West Bank set off a gunfight with militants that killed a young Palestinian man on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli military stormed into the dense Balata refugee camp near the city of Nablus and surrounded a concrete apartment building, Palestinian residents said. Wanted Palestinian militant Issam al-Salaj, …

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Explained | How to minimise the threat from improvised explosive devices?
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained | How to minimise the threat from improvised explosive devices?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On May 5, five soldiers were killed and another was injured in a gunfight with militants in the Rajouri-Poonch sector of Jammu division. Olive green vehicles of the Army and light green vehicles of the CRPF are easily identified from a distance, giving adequate time and opportunity to terrorists to organise an IED ambush. If vehicle …

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British Muslim man found guilty of terrorism, was found making bombs
2 years ago

British Muslim man found guilty of terrorism, was found making bombs

Op India  

A British Muslim from Surrey, a county in England, has been found guilty of terrorism offences, including possessing explosive substances, according to the statement released by Surrey police. “Today, at the Old Bailey, the 47-year-old was found guilty of two counts of possessing an article for the purpose of terrorism, contrary to Section 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and …

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Judge: Teaching people how to kill federal agents is not protected by First Amendment
2 years, 2 months ago

Judge: Teaching people how to kill federal agents is not protected by First Amendment

Raw Story  

A North Carolina man indicted for allegedly teaching a government informant how to make explosive devices for the purpose of killing law enforcement officers is scheduled to face trial next month after he attempted — and failed — to get charges against him tossed. U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever III rejected Christopher "Kit" Arthur’s motion for dismissal last …

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Ukraine latest updates: Thousands seek evacuation from Mariupol
3 years ago

Ukraine latest updates: Thousands seek evacuation from Mariupol

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine news from March 22: Deputy prime minister says at least 100,000 civilians are trying to escape from Mariupol. “This disturbing decision… is another example of the Russian government’s widening crackdown on dissent and freedom of expression, which is intended to hide the Kremlin’s brutal war, and unprovoked war against Ukraine.” 22 Mar 2022 - 19:32 GMT Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to …

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2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthis died fighting: UN
3 years, 1 month ago

2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthis died fighting: UN

Al Jazeera  

A United Nations report found children aged between 10 and 17 years are being lured into fighting Yemen’s internationally recognised government. In an annual report to the Security Council circulated on Saturday, UN experts said they had found evidence the Houthis used several summer camps and a mosque to disseminate their ideology and recruit children to fight Yemen’s internationally recognised …

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Why was Poppy Day bomber still in UK despite SEVEN years of failed asylum requests?
3 years, 4 months ago

Why was Poppy Day bomber still in UK despite SEVEN years of failed asylum requests?

Daily Mail  

How 40,000 failed asylum seekers are STILL waiting to be deported from the UK and the number being forced to leave Britain has dropped to just 8,000-a-year from almost 50,000 in 2013 This chart shows the number of enforced and voluntary deportations of asylum seekers over the past decade. Al Swealmeen pictured with Malcolm and Elizabeth Hitchcott, the couple who …

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Hostages strapped to getaway cars as human shields as bank robbers descend on Brazilian city
3 years, 6 months ago

Hostages strapped to getaway cars as human shields as bank robbers descend on Brazilian city

The Independent  

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No such thing as ‘safe and sane’ fireworks in a bone-dry California primed to burn
3 years, 8 months ago

No such thing as ‘safe and sane’ fireworks in a bone-dry California primed to burn

LA Times  

Fireworks over North Hollywood, as seen from Burbank, in 2020. “The conditions are dry and ready to burn,” Chief Mike Richwine of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said during a news conference Thursday, “and all it takes is a single firework or a single spark.” The drought has dried up millions of acres of forestland and chaparral-studded …

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17 hurt in huge blast during LAPD detonation of explosive devices
3 years, 8 months ago

17 hurt in huge blast during LAPD detonation of explosive devices

LA Times  

A major explosion in South Los Angeles on Wednesday evening damaged homes and injured 17 people, including police officers, as a bomb squad attempted to safely detonate improvised explosive devices that had been seized from a home along with about 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. At a news conference, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said officials responding to a …

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UN adds explosive components ban to Somalia arms embargo
5 years, 4 months ago

UN adds explosive components ban to Somalia arms embargo

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Friday extended an arms embargo on Somalia and a ban on trade in charcoal, a key source of funds for al-Shabab extremists — and it imposed a new ban on ingredients for explosive devices the group is increasingly using. The resolution condemned al-Shabab attacks and expressed “grave concern” at the “serious threat” …

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Explosive devices found after man burned at Adelaide home where black powder ignited
5 years, 6 months ago

Explosive devices found after man burned at Adelaide home where black powder ignited

ABC  

Police say "explosive devices" have been discovered at a home in Adelaide's south where a small explosion occurred early this morning, leaving a man with serious burns to his face and upper body. Key points: Police are analysing a black powder that sparked an explosion at Woodcroft overnight The explosion was contained to a home but left a man with …

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The Fight Against Terrorism and Extremism and Human Rights Protection in Xinjiang
6 years ago

The Fight Against Terrorism and Extremism and Human Rights Protection in Xinjiang

China Daily  

The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China March 2019 Contents Foreword I. Xinjiang Has Long Been an Inseparable Part of Chinese Territory II. At the turn of the 20th century, separatists and religious extremists in and outside China, inheriting the so-called theories of “Pan-Turkism” and “Pan-Islamism” created by former colonialists, spread the word that Uygurs were …

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