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Latest News
- Northern Ireland: Police say viable pipe bomb found in front garden of Newry home
February 2, 2023
Police say a suspicious object found in the front garden of a house in Newry was a “viable pipe bomb”. The PSNI was called to Barcroft Park at 5:30pm on Wednesday. Officers ...
- UK: Cramlington WW2 shell destroyed by Army on housing estate
February 2, 2023
A World War Two shell found on a housing estate has been destroyed by Army bomb disposal experts. The unexploded device was discovered at a house on Churston Gardens in Cramlington, ...
- Lithuanian, Czech chiefs of defense agree on further cooperation
February 2, 2023
Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupsys and Major General Karel Rehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, have agreed on further cooperation, the Lithuanian ...
- India: 3 CRPF jawans injured in IED blast by Naxals in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa
February 2, 2023
Three CRPF jawans were injured after Naxals triggered an IED blast in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa area on Thursday, said a senior police officer. According to the Superintendent of Police, Ashutosh Shekhar, “Based ...
- UK: First-time metal detectorist sparks panic when he finds unexploded World War One bomb
February 2, 2023
A first-time metal detectorist sparked panic in Scotland this morning after finding an ‘unexploded device’, thought to be a World War I bomb, late on Tuesday. Ryan Junor, 39, only bought ...
- Omagh bombing inquiry launched by Northern Ireland secretary to investigate 1998 attack
February 2, 2023
An independent statutory inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing has been ordered by the Northern Ireland secretary. It comes after a High Court judge recommended in 2021 that the government should ...
- Australia: How a tiny radioactive capsule was found in Australia’s vast outback
February 1, 2023
On 25 January, when mining company Rio Tinto reported that one of their Caesium-137 radioactive capsules had gone missing, Western Australian authorities faced a seemingly impossible task. They had to locate ...
- Nigeria: ‘Four soldiers injured’ as IED explodes in Borno
January 31, 2023
At least four officers attached to the 25 task force brigade of operation Hadin Kai have been reportedly wounded after running into an improvised explosive device (IED) in Borno. The IED ...
- Ukraine: Banned Landmines Harm Civilians
January 31, 2023
Ukraine should investigate its military’s apparent use of thousands of rocket-fired antipersonnel landmines in and around the eastern city of Izium when Russian forces occupied the area, Human Rights Watch ...
- Italy on alert as anarchists attack diplomatic missions
January 31, 2023
Italy’s government has increased security at its diplomatic missions around the globe in response to “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by an informal anarchist network acting in solidarity with an ...
- Pakistan-Turkiye Joint Exercise ‘ATTATURK-XII 2023’ commences at Tarbela
January 31, 2023
The opening ceremony of Pakistan-Turkiye Joint Exercise “ATTATURK-XII 2023” was held on Monday at Tarbela. The national anthems of both countries were played at the start of the ceremony, an ...
- Syrian security forces’ bus targeted with IED, Injuring 15 personnel
January 31, 2023
An improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a bus carrying Syrian security personnel injured 15 individuals on the Daraa-Damascus highway. The incident took place as the soldiers were returning from a ...
- Israel: Explosive device hurled at police force in East Jerusalem
January 30, 2023
An improvised explosive device was on Monday hurled at police in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. There were no injuries in the incident but a building was damaged. Read more… Source: YnetNews
- New York: TSA officers available to answer questions about the job of an officer for prospective recruits at Syracuse, Binghamton and Ithaca Airports in February
January 30, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring officers to work at Syracuse Hancock International, Greater Binghamton and Ithaca Tompkins International Airports and the agency is staffing a series of informational ...
- Cyprus: Arrest over illegal explosives
January 30, 2023
Police in Famagusta on Monday arrested a 23-year-old man for illegal explosives possession. They had obtained a warrant to search the suspect’s home, where they found 14 commercial and five homemade ...
- Pakistan: 28 killed, 150 injured in blast at Peshawar Police Lines mosque
January 30, 2023
A blast inside a mosque shook Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday, with officials saying that at least 28 people were killed and 150 were injured. Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Mehsood confirmed ...
- Hero army dog who saved countless lives by sniffing out five IEDs during raid against the Taliban is awarded animal version of the Victoria Cross
January 29, 2023
A heroic army dog who saved countless lives by sniffing out five IED bombs during a raid against the Taliban has been awarded the animal version of the Victoria Cross. Bass, ...
- Iran: Isfahan military facility attacked with quadcopters equipped with bomblets
January 29, 2023
Earlier today, the Iranian Defense Ministry in a statement said that its air defense units have repelled a drone attack on a military workshop in the central city of Isfahan. The ...
- UN reports tense situation in eastern DR Congo after rebel attacks, deadly blast
January 28, 2023
Attacks by the M23 Movement rebels and an explosion wounding 18 civilians leave a tense situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said on ...
- UK: Serving member of British Army charged with terror and explosives offences
January 28, 2023
A serving member of the British Army has been charged with terror and explosives offences, the Metropolitan Police said. Daniel Abed Khalife, of Beaconside, Stafford, was charged over two incidents in ...
- UK: NHS terror suspect had ‘pressure cooker bomb filled with gunpowder’ outside hospital
January 27, 2023
A man suspected of terrorism had a pressure cooker bomb filled with gunpowder outside a hospital, a court heard. Mohammed Farooq, 27, was caught with a bomb containing 13kg of explosives ...
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