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Dec- 2021 -

9 December

Motorbike Bombing in Iraq’s Basra Targeted Officer: PM

A deadly motorcycle bombing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra targeted an intelligence officer in the security services.

Oct- 2021 -

13 October

Americas

Joe Saballa

US Air Force F-15E Successfully Drops New 5,000-Pound Bomb

The US Air Force has successfully tested its new 5,000-pound GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator capable of destroying underground spaces such as ballistic missile and nuclear weapons facilities.

Sep- 2021 -

28 September

Americas

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Awards $85 Million Contract for Bomb Disposal Robot

The US Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies an $85-million contract to procure 170 bomb disposal robots for airbase protection.

Feb- 2021 -

16 February

Asia Pacific

Taliban militants in a line holding guns and explosives

Staff Writer

30 Taliban Fighters Die in Explosion During Bomb-Making Class

Thirty Taliban militants were killed when a bomb exploded during a bomb-making class at a mosque in Afghanistan’s Balkh province.

Dec- 2020 -

11 December

Middle East

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and Turkish soldiers in Ras Al Ain, Syria.

Staff Writer With AFP

Car Bomb Kills 16 Including 3 Turkish Personnel in NE Syria: Monitor

A car bomb killed 16 people including two civilians and three Turkish personnel at a checkpoint in the Turkish-held border town of Ras al-Ain in northeast Syria.