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Latest News
- Colombia: The UN denounces the car bomb attack in Cauca
November 5, 2026
The United Nations has condemned this Thursday the “indiscriminate” attack carried out the day before with a vehicle loaded with explosives on the Pan-American Highway, in the department of Cauca, ...
- Cambodia: CMAA urges mine-risk education alongside clearance efforts
November 5, 2026
Senior Minister Ly Thuch says unexploded ordnance continues to threaten border communities, underscoring the importance of public awareness and coordinated efforts to protect lives. Protecting communities from explosive ordnance requires both ...
- Seven planes across Europe searched or diverted after ‘malicious hoax’ bomb threats
November 5, 2026
Seven planes across Europe have been searched or diverted after a series of bomb threats were made to passenger flights, prompting questions as to whether there was any coordination behind ...
- Bangladesh: Constable injured as crude bomb hurled from ‘AL motorcycle rally’
November 5, 2026
A police constable was injured when a crude bomb was hurled at a police patrol vehicle during a motorcycle rally of Awami League in Dhaka’s Kurmitola this morning. Police have detained ...
- Syria: Landmine kills 12-year-old child, injures 19 in Hasaka
November 4, 2026
A landmine explosion inside a school courtyard in the province of Hasaka in northeastern Syria (Rojava) killed one child and injured 19 others on Wednesday, an official said, as the ...
- Pakistan: Police van damaged in two IED blasts
November 2, 2026
Two separate explosions involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted on motorcycles rocked Bannu near Merian Gate Police Post and Degree One College, causing no casualties but partially damaging a police ...
- Yemen: IEDs disguised as rocks, bricks and thermos flasks pose new threat to civilians
November 2, 2026
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) reportedly concealed beneath soil, inside roadside bags and disguised as everyday objects including rocks, bricks and thermos flasks are among the emerging explosive threats facing civilians ...
- Ukraine: Flanders allocates 1 million euros to mine clearance efforts with dogs
November 2, 2026
The Flemish government is allocating 1 million euros to help Ukraine detect mines with dogs. The money will go to the non-profit organisation Apopo. Apopo is an NGO that has used ...
- Nigeria: Troops discover, detonate IED in Borno
November 1, 2026
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with personnel of the Nigerian Navy Lake Chad, NBLC, and Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, have discovered and safely detonated an improvised explosive ...
- Germany: Police carry out controlled detonation of chemical mixture after explosion at ZF Arena
November 1, 2026
A fire at the ZF Arena caused approximately €100,000 in damage overnight from Friday to Saturday. According to initial investigations, three men between the ages of 17 and 21 are ...
- Syria: Landmines, explosive remnants of war kill seven, injure 11 in one week
November 1, 2026
Seven people, including three children, were killed and 11 others injured in six explosions involving landmines and unexploded ordnance across Syria between October 24 and 30, according to health officials ...
- France: Authorities investigate after petrol bomb sets police officer on fire during public protests in Paris
November 1, 2026
France has opened an attempted murder investigation after petrol bombs were thrown at security forces during protests against the rising cost of living in Paris on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands ...
- Albania: Molotov cocktails and clashes with police during protest in Tirana
November 1, 2026
Six people have been arrested, three others have been criminally prosecuted, while two have been declared wanted following acts of violence recorded during the rally held yesterday in Tirana. According to ...
- Northern Ireland: Controlled explosion carried out on ‘non-viable’ device in Co Antrim
October 31, 2026
Police were called to a report that a suspicious device had been left on the front windowsill of a house in the Greystone Crescent area just before 5pm on Friday. ...
- UNODC Strengthens the Implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism for States of the Gulf Cooperation Council
October 30, 2026
How should national authorities respond when nuclear or other radioactive material is detected at a border? Which agencies should take the lead in securing the material, conducting the investigation and ...
- Ireland: Three men behind plot to bomb Galway mosque in November 2025 jailed for up to nine and a half years
October 30, 2026
Three men who were part of a self-styled terrorist organisation that planned to blow up a mosque in Galway last year have been jailed at the Special Criminal Court as ...
