Bomb scare

German police defuse 21 explosive devices uncovered at power grid in Saxony

German police said on Friday they were searching for a man who sent letters claiming responsibility for a series of sabotage attacks on the power grid after they found explosives at his home.

German special police forces secure the area on the day of German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz, and Saxony-Anhalt State Prime Minister and top candidate Sven Schulze visit to UPM Biochemicals in Leuna, Germany, September 3, 2026.
A large Iranian missile fragment found in an open area in central Israel, April 22, 2026.

Large Iranian missile fragment located in open area in central Israel

Members of the explosive ordinance disposal unit inspect a defused US-made bomb (C), dropped during World War II, that was found inside a construction site at the junction of Convention Avenue and Hung Hing Road in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong on May 11, 2018.

WWII bomb found in Hong Kong defused after mass evacuation

Illustrative: German police guard the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, before the German presidential election in Berlin, February 12, 2017

WWII bomb forces overnight evacuation in central Berlin


Bomb threats target US synagogues during Rosh Hashanah

Bomb threats have been plaguing synagogues in the US since the summer, but all the threats on Rosh Hashanah were deemed not credible.

 NEW JERSEY police officers stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, last year.

2 synagogues evacuated during livestreamed Shabbat services as wave of bomb threats enters 4th week

At least 26 congregations in 12 states have received the threats, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which is raising alarm about the barrage.

 ‘IN OSLO, Norway, it was only walking past that allowed me to see the Oslo Synagogue at all. And, merely walking by, I was approached by a security guard who wanted to know what I was doing there,’ says the writer.

Can the state be sued for a firebomb attack on a bus? High Court says no

"Questions of this kind are a matter for military investigation and are at the core of the military profession," High Court Justice Yizhak Amit noted.

‘WITHIN ANY arrangement in Israel it is critical to ensure that no one is forced to work on Shabbat, as in the case of bus drivers or construction workers.’

Tiny Pacific island Nauru declares disaster ahead of WW2 bomb operation

The unexploded bomb was discovered by construction workers working on utilities groundworks on July 7.

People rest in a shelter during evacuation before the detonation of a World War II bomb that was found on the factory site of German industrial giant Heraeus in Hanau, Germany, March 1, 2023.

Suspect in car bomb attack on Russian nationalist writer charged with terrorism

Russia's Foreign Ministry has accused Ukraine and the Western states backing it, particularly the United States, for the attack on Prilepin.

A view shows a damaged white Audi Q7 car lying overturned on a track next to a wood, after Russian nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin was allegedly wounded in a bomb attack in a village in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, May 6, 2023.

Tourist announces to Israeli airport security that he's carrying a bomb

An American tourist claimed he was being framed by a man who had planted a bomb in his bag.

 PASSENGERS DEPART Ben-Gurion Airport. Will airlines be adding new destinations?

Northern Ireland police recover suspected pipe bombs before Biden visit

"The discovery of these devices was a further sinister and worrying development," Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said in a statement.

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North Korea says it defused US Korean War bombs in Pyongyang

Explosives left over from the 1950-1953 Korean War have long been a danger to citizens in both Koreas.

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022.

Terrorist infiltration alert lifted for Israel's Beitar Illit

Terrorist infiltration warnings were given to the town of Beitar Illit late Thursday while a shooting occurred on Tel Aviv's Dizengoff street for the second time in less than a year.

A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank April 7, 2019

Christian-Jewish fellowship donated nine bomb shelters to Tiberias

The shelters gifted by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews amounted to over NIS 1 million and doubled the number of shelters.

Israelis get ready to leave a public bomb shelter and go back home, following Israel-Hamas truce, in Ashkelon, Israel May 21, 2021.