Welcome to the Counter-IED Report website, a one-stop source of information and news for Counter-IED professionals. The Counter-IED Report is the leading international subscription-based publication covering the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The purpose of the Counter-IED Report is to identify technological advances, as well as strategies and tactics to counter threat networks, reduce IED production and placement, assist in post-conflict humanitarian demining, and capacity-building efforts worldwide. We are committed to providing up-to-date, first-hand expertise and facilitating information sharing among stakeholders, academia and industry. The magazine is published in print, e-book and PDF formats and distributed worldwide. The distribution is tailored to the highly engaged audience of Counter-IED, EOD, CBRNe, Defence, Law Enforcement, Humanitarian Demining and Security professionals and senior decision makers in government, public and private sectors. Additional hard copies of the Report are also distributed at the defence and security events through our Media Partnership Program.
Latest News
- India: IED disguised as torch behind blast that injured two in Bengaluru
October 22, 2026
Preliminary investigations into a blast that occurred on October 20 at an under-construction building in east Bengaluru, in which two workers from UP and Assam were injured, have revealed that ...
- Greece: Explosion injures four people in Athens
October 21, 2026
Two police officers and two members of the public were injured in an explosion at a building in central Athens, Greek police said on Wednesday. A police official who declined ...
- Yemen: HALO deminers trapped inside besieged Taiz
October 21, 2026
Around 30 staff from the HALO Trust, the world’s largest humanitarian landmine clearance organisation, are among hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the frontline Yemeni city of Taiz, after ...
- Bangladesh: 103 crude bombs recovered in Rajshahi
October 21, 2026
A total of 103 handmade crude bombs were recovered from an abandoned cement sack in the Aduburi area of Rajshahi city early today, said the Special Response Battalion (SRB). An SRB-5 ...
- WHO supports Nigeria after first Ebola case confirmed
October 21, 2026
The patient is a woman who recently travelled from Uganda and began showing symptoms on 7 October, four days after her arrival. The woman sought care at a private health facility ...
- Cambodia, Croatia foster demining cooperation
October 20, 2026
Cambodia and Croatia have pledged to further exchange experiences and lessons on mine action to strengthen cooperation in the field, following Croatia’s successful mine actions under the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Mine ...
- European Peace Facility: Council adopts assistance measure to support defence capacities of Nigeria
October 20, 2026
The Council today adopted an assistance measure worth €20 million under the European Peace Facility (EPF) in support of the armed forces of Nigeria. It is the first bilateral assistance measure ...
- Israel: An explosive device, dozens of remote triggering systems seized by police alongside weapons and drugs in the Galilee
October 20, 2026
A major cache of weapons, explosive devices, and narcotics was uncovered over the weekend in an open area near the village of Rama in the Galilee. According to police suspicions, ...
- Colorado: 5 firearms, improvised explosive device found in suspect’s vehicle
October 20, 2026
A suspect who was taken into custody Monday after police issued a shelter-in-place in Lakewood had a handful of firearms and an improvised explosive device in his vehicle, police said ...
- South Korea: U.S. Navy, Republic of Korea Navy conclude combined Maritime Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2026
October 20, 2026
The U.S. Navy, Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, and 15 partner nations successfully concluded the ninth Multi-National Mine Warfare Exercise 2026 (MNMIWEX 26) off the southeast coast of Busan, Oct. ...
- UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan
October 19, 2026
“We are alarmed by the continued deadly drone strikes across the country that are killing civilians, including children, and that are disrupting essential services,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists ...
- Bangladesh: Police identify ‘time bomb’ at Lalon Shah shrine in Kushtia
October 19, 2026
Police have identified the device recovered near the entrance to Lalon Shah’s shrine in Kushtia as a time bomb, using technology similar to one found under a Dhaka metro rail ...
- Poland probes Ukrainian drone crash after Lithuania reports airspace breach
October 19, 2026
Poland has said it is examining the circumstances surrounding a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives that crashed in Lithuania, after officials in Vilnius insisted it had entered the country from Polish ...
- Ireland: Viable pipe bomb and two loaded guns seized by gardaí in Drogheda
October 19, 2026
Gardaí seized a viable pipe bomb and two loaded firearms in Drogheda, Co Louth, today as they continue to investigate organised crime in the area. The seizure was made after a ...
- Pakistan: Army major killed in Gwadar IED attack
October 19, 2026
An Army major was martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack during a security operation in Gwadar on Sunday, while security forces killed four terrorists in a separate operation ...
- Syria, UNMAS discuss coordination on demining
October 18, 2026
Qutaiba Kadish, director of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, met Sunday with Kazumi Ogawa, director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), ...
