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- Yemen: Car bomb targeting security official leaves 6 dead in Aden
June 29, 2022
A car bomb targeting a top provincial security official in the southern Yemen city of Aden killed at least six people Wednesday and wounded eight others, Yemeni officials said. A car ...
- Queensland: Engineers render ‘booby-trapped city’ safe
June 29, 2022
Under the quiet jungle canopy of the Canungra field training area in Tamborine Mountain, south-east Queensland, three teams of six explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians worked methodically to detect, identify ...
- California: Homemade Bomb Found Outside Church In Lakeport
June 28, 2022
A church in Lake County was evacuated after a groundskeeper found a homemade bomb in some nearby bushes. The bomb was discovered after Sunday morning’s service at Saint John’s Episcopal ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists arrested for 2 Rajouri blasts, IEDs seized
June 28, 2022
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists have been arrested in connection with the recent blasts in Kotranka and Budhal areas of Rajouri district but the police are still looking for Lashkar commander Talib ...
- Syria: U.S. strike targets ‘senior’ militant in Idlib province
June 27, 2022
The United States carried out a strike in Syria’s Idlib province on Monday that targeted a senior leader of an Al-Qaeda aligned militant group, the U.S. military said. The strikes targeted ...
- Committing to anti-personnel mine ban saves civilian lives
June 27, 2022
The ICRC welcomes the changes to the United States anti-personnel landmine policy and its declared intention to be compliant with and ultimately accede to the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits their ...
- Colorado: Homemade Explosive Components Found Inside Burning Home In Boulder County
June 27, 2022
Firefighters found homemade explosive components in the basement of a home that exploded on Sunday night. Crews rushed to the home in the 7000 block of Durham Circle in Boulder ...
- Yemen: At least 689 mines removed in just one week
June 26, 2022
The Yemen’s Executive Center for Mine Action announced the removal of 689 mines, explosive devices and ammunition remnants of the US-Saudi-UAE aggression in several governorates within a week. The center explained ...
- NATO to help secure Qatar World Cup 2022
June 26, 2022
NATO confirmed on Thursday that it will assist Qatar in security measures during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, as part of the bloc’s close cooperation with Doha. “The support will include ...
- Terrorists sites promoting al-Qaeda, the Taliban and neo-Nazi groups are openly online
June 26, 2022
Almost 200 terrorists websites are operating openly and some get 1.54million visitors every month, tech experts warn. The sick extremist sites are available on the open internet, not even hidden on ...
- Turkish security forces defuse bomb planted in truck in northern Syria
June 25, 2022
Turkish security forces defused a bomb planted in a truck in Syria’s northern Jerablus region, bordering Türkiye, the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Saturday. According to the ministry, police received a ...
- Morocco and UN to Strengthen Counterterrorism Cooperation
June 25, 2022
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, said on Friday that cooperation between Morocco and the UN in the field of counterterrorism is “strong and fruitful.” The statement came during a ...
- New York: Nassau Police disable improvised “soda bomb” device left near elementary school gate
June 24, 2022
Nassau County police say several homemade explosives were found not far from a school. The alarming discovery was made next to a school gate used by children. Nassau Police say it was ...
- Colorado: Grand Junction Police investigating IED found in parking lot
June 24, 2022
The Grand Junction Police Department is investigating an improvised explosive device that was found Monday night in a parking lot off North Ninth Street. According to GJPD, officers responded to a ...
- Nigeria: Terrorists bomb another police station in Kogi state
June 24, 2022
A police inspector on duty was killed when terrorists launched an improvised explosive device (IED) at a police station in Kogi Friday morning. The police station is located at Eika-Ohizenyi, in ...
- Ukraine: Russian-installed Kherson official killed in bomb blast
June 24, 2022
A senior official in the Russian-installed administration of Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region was killed in an apparent assassination on Friday, the deputy head of the administration told Reuters. Dmitry Savluchenko, head ...
- Dogs in bomb-detecting harnesses help NYPD patrol the city
June 23, 2022
The New York City Police Department recently deployed new technology for the canine unit to help prevent terrorist attacks — and keep the Big Apple’s subway system safe. The technology is ...
- Solomon Islands: ADF helps clear explosive legacy of WW2 battle
June 23, 2022
Almost 80 years after the WW2 Battle of Guadalcanal, the legacy of the six-month conflict continues to claim casualties in Solomon Islands. Explosive remnants of the battle lie centimetres below the ...
- Thailand: Local EOD robots ready for action
June 23, 2022
The Defence Science and Technology Department (DSTD) have certified two locally made Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robots to be used for commercial purposes and in Thailand’s deep south. The Defence Technology ...
- ANG/IG leads multi-agency CAMR training, exercise at Morris ANG Base
June 23, 2022
MORRIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Ariz. — The Air National Guard (ANG) Inspector General’s (IG) office led a 5-day training, known as a Counter CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) ...
- Mali: eight Burkinabe peacekeepers wounded near Timbuktu
June 23, 2022
Eight peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were wounded Thursday in the explosion of a mine in the Timbuktu region, plagued by violence by jihadist groups, the ...
- Syria: SDF arrests ISIS bomb specialist in Tabqa
June 22, 2022
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has arrested an ISIS improvised explosive device (IED) specialist in Tabqa, the US-led Combined Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant (SOJTF) announced on Wednesday. “The SDF, with ...
- US airman arrested over insider bombing attack that hurt 4 US troops
June 22, 2022
A U.S. Airman has been arrested in connection with a suspected insider attack at a U.S. base in Syria in April, during which someone planted a bomb that injured four ...
- Nigeria: Troops Intercept Explosives, Ammunition In Cross River
June 22, 2022
Troops of 13 Brigade operating under command of 82 Division, Nigerian Army on Tuesday 21 June 2022, intercepted a Toyota Camry car with registration number JAL 492 AA, loaded with ...
- Mine Exploitation: What Happens When the Fleet Has to Clear Modern, Unknown Mines?
June 22, 2022
Across from the quarterdeck of the Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), the EOD Memorial bears the names of the 343 military EOD technicians killed in the line of duty ...
- Ukraine’s Bomb Squads Have a New Top Dog
June 22, 2022
The U.S. Army has agreed to provide one of its two robotic dogs to help an American nonprofit clean up mines and other ordnance in Ukraine, according to a person ...
- Philippines: IED explodes outside Lamitan City Hall
June 22, 2022
An improvised explosive device (IED) went off Monday evening outside the Lamitan City Hall in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, police said. Police said it is investigating the motive of ...
- Most land mine use by US military banned, except for Korea
June 21, 2022
President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that it would restrict the use of anti-personnel land mines by the U.S. military, aligning the country’s policy more closely with an international treaty ...
- FACT SHEET: Changes to U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine Policy
June 21, 2022
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing important policy changes to U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine policy. After conducting a comprehensive policy review, the United States is joining the vast majority of countries ...
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