UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A fourth U.N. peacekeeper from Ivory Coast died from injuries inflicted by an improvised explosive device and an attack by unidentified gunmen in northern Mali’s Timbuktu...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Three United Nations peacekeepers died and six more were wounded Wednesday in northern Mali hours before the U.N.’s top official in the country expressed cautious optimism that...

PARIS (AP) — The French presidency announced that two French soldiers were killed Saturday in Mali when an improvised explosive device hit their armored vehicle, five days after three others died...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to prevent the sale or shipment to Somalia of components of improvised explosive devices if there is “significant risk” they may be...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man was arrested in Lincoln after officials first found first a gun, then a homemade explosive in his car following a crash, police there said.

LONDON (AP) — U.K. counter-terrorism police have arrested a man in his 20s after a package containing a small improvised explosive device was sent to a residential address in north...

CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. military on Wednesday accused Russian mercenaries fighting on the side of eastern Libya forces of planting land mines and improvised explosive devices in and around the...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan governor's office says a car bomb, mortar shells killed 23 people at a busy market in southern Helmand province.

BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) — The Racine County Sheriff's Office said Monday that authorities who were investigating a man on allegations of child sex abuse found pipe bombs in a Burlington...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said three peacekeepers from Chad were killed and four others seriously injured Sunday in attacks against a U.N. convoy in northern Mali using improvised...

CAIRO (AP) — An explosion hit a military armored convoy in the Sinai peninsula Thursday, causing at least 10 casualties among soldiers who are participating in a campaign against an Islamic...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An improvised explosive device went off on a road in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing five forestry workers traveling to work, officials said.

BOSTON (AP) — A man has been sentenced to state prison for bombing a Boston police cruiser.

A judge sentenced 45-year-old Asim Kieta to 15 years to 18 years in state prison, followed by...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to federal prison after he carried out a more than 20-year campaign to stalk and terrorize a woman he met at a church singles club.

A Mississippi man is accused of creating an improvised explosive device in his home after watching internet videos about bomb making, prosecutors say.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A minor explosion outside a former bar in Louisiana was an attempt to extort money from a nearby business , news outlets reported.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for placing a home-made bomb at a Florida Veterans Affairs hospital.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — At least two Turkish soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded on Monday while attempting to defuse an improvised explosive device, officials said.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Defense Ministry says 17 killed in car bomb explosion in northeastern Syria.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose police have arrested a man they say had improvised explosive devices at his home and they’re investigating whether he’s connected to a bomb found at a nearby...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on a homemade bomb blowing up in a Montana schoolyard (all times local):

2:55 p.m.

Montana authorities say a device they initially thought to be the...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A dozen local bomb squads in New York state will share a $2 million federal grant for equipment and training.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that the money from the...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials say Kurdish rebels have detonated an improvised explosive device on a road in southeast Turkey, killing four people and wounding 13 others.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Attorney for Nebraska Joe Kelly says a southeastern Nebraska man has been sentenced to probation and weekends in prison for being felon in possession of a gun and for...

LONDON (AP) — Officials say a British special forces soldier who died fighting the Islamic State group in Syria was killed by friendly fire, rather than in a roadside bomb as previously...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 10 Kenyan police officers died after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device near the Somali border in a suspected extremist attack on Saturday,...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A 60-year-old U.S. Army veteran faces up to 10 years in prison on charges that he placed an improvised explosive device at a Florida Veterans Affairs hospital.

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of explosions shook the center of the northern city of Kirkuk Thursday, killing at least four people and wounding 23, Iraqi security officials said.

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A man suffered serious injuries to his hands and face Friday after a device he was holding exploded near a Southern California diner, police said.

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Police are investigating improvised explosive devices and a fire believed to be arson in towns along the Washington-Idaho state line, officials said.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man was sentenced Monday to more than 19 years in prison after authorities found two improvised explosive devices in his vehicle during a traffic...

MIDDLEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Gower looked over his shoulder as a bright light shined through one of the hatches in the troop compartment of the military vehicle he was sitting in.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Two Sri Lankan peacekeepers with the United Nations force in Mali were killed Friday after their convoy struck an explosive device in the central Mopti region, the U.N. said.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' spokesman said six Sri Lankan peacekeepers were injured in the blast near the town of Douentza.

SACO, Maine (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested a Maine man who they say tried to sell an undercover agent a homemade bomb.

The Bangor Daily News reports the 23-year-old Saco man was charged with possession of an unregistered explosive device and remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service Wednesday.

BEAVER, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Elchin last spoke to his brother, Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, Saturday via Facetime from Afghanistan.

It was the perfect time to reach out to Sgt. Elchin, who had deployed in August, because the family had gathered the weekend after Thanksgiving.

LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police are investigating after two devices were found in an unoccupied apartment in northwest London.

Police said Wednesday the "initial assessment" is that the items were improvised explosive devices.

Police said the devices were made safe and neighboring apartments that had been evacuated as a precaution have been re-opened to occupants.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities are offering a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man wanted for illegally obtaining U.S. technology that was later used in improvised explosive devices in Iraq.

Authorities say 55-year-old Hossein Ahmad Larijani is believed to be in Tehran, Iran.

He was indicted in 2010 on charges related to exporting radio transceiver modules made by a Minnesota company, which has not been publicly identified.