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Latest News
- Nigeria: Militants IED Kills Police officers In Anambra
October 3, 2024
Two police operatives have been killed by an improvised explosive device detonated by unidentified gunmen in Uruagu, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The attackers were ...
- Yemen’s Houthis release video of drone attack on oil tanker in Red Sea
October 3, 2024
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels released footage on October 3 showing an uncrewed surface vessel, or drone boat, striking a ship they described as a “British” oil tanker, the Cordelia Moon, ...
- Marburg virus death toll in Rwanda rises to 11 as travellers in Germany test negative
October 3, 2024
Eleven people have died in Rwanda as the African country continues to fight an outbreak of Marburg virus. The Rwandan government said there were 36 confirmed cases of the virus ...
- Japan: Blast from unexploded ordnance halts flights at Miyazaki airport
October 2, 2024
Miyazaki Airport, located near sites where unexploded ordnance leftover from World War II has been discovered in the past, canceled all flights on Wednesday after a minor explosion created a ...
- Operation Sentinel Samurai: Building Bonds and Defusing Bombs
October 2, 2024
U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians teamed up with U.S. Marine Corps, Polish Land Forces and an observer from the Royal Australian Air Force for Operation Sentinel Samurai, ...
- Ukraine to receive €22 million worth of mine clearance equipment from Lithuania and Sweden
October 2, 2024
Lithuania and Sweden have agreed to purchase €22 million worth of equipment to support Ukraine’s mine clearance needs. The defence ministry said that the Demining Capability Coalition had agreed to purchase ...
- First contract for demining of agricultural land under the state program signed in Ukraine
October 2, 2024
The Humanitarian Demining Center has signed the first contract with the winner of the auction for the provision of services for the demining of agricultural land. It is Ukrainian Mine ...
- Pakistan: Militant attacks drop 7pc, fatalities up in 3rd quarter of 2024
October 2, 2024
While militant attacks dropped by seven per cent in September, the third quarter of 2024 saw a sharp increase in fatalities with 90 per cent surge in violence. These are the ...
- Iran launches hundreds of rockets into Israel in massive aerial attack
October 1, 2024
Some 180 ballistic missiles were launched onto Israel on Tuesday night by Iran, leading to 1,800 rocket sirens sounding across the country. In a statement given to Israeli media following the ...
- Israel: Seven murdered in Jaffa terror shooting, many more wounded
October 1, 2024
Seven people were murdered and dozens were wounded in a terrorist shooting attack at a light rail station in Jaffa on Tuesday evening. Six people were taken to Ichilov Medical Center ...
- Red Sea: Drone boat hits merchant ship off the coast of Hodeidah puncturing ballast tank
October 1, 2024
Yemen’s Houthi rebels appear to have hit another merchant vessel in a multi-domain, multiple-attempt attack, according to the Royal Navy’s UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). At about 0140 hours GMT, UKMTO ...
- Israel: IDF ground forces move into eastern Lebanon under air force cover
October 1, 2024
The IDF maneuvered into several villages in the eastern sector of Lebanon on Tuesday, where, according to intelligence, Hezbollah has terrorist infrastructure. IDF artillery also fired at the area, aiming to ...
- FUTURE FORCES EXHIBITION & FORUM 2024 to be the largest in its history 16–18 OCTOBER, PRAGUE
September 30, 2024
International defence and security community will meet again in Prague within the FUTURE FORCES FORUM 2024. This year’s edition will take place from 16 to 18 October at the PVA ...
- Canada supports peace and stability in Middle East, Africa and Central Asia
September 30, 2024
On September 30, 2024, the Government of Canada announced more than $38.3 million in funding for a total of 15 projects to support security, peace and stability in the Middle ...
- Florida: Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Casino partially evacuated after 2 “crude” explosive devices found
September 30, 2024
Two explosive devices were discovered hidden at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday and Monday, prompting partial evacuations, the police said Monday. The devices were deactivated and ...
- Ongoing Landmine Crisis in Angola
September 30, 2024
Angola’s landmine problem is a tragic legacy of decades of conflict, first in the fight for independence from Portugal and later in the ensuing civil war. Historical records indicate that ...
- Ontario: Explosive Device Seized by Police During Traffic Stop in Sudbury
September 30, 2024
Just after 8:30 p.m. on September 28th, 2024, while on general patrol in the area of Elm Street at Elgin Street, Greater Sudbury Police Service officers observed a motor vehicle ...
- Shelter-in-place advisory extended in Georgia county after chlorine detected in air
September 30, 2024
A shelter-in-place advisory has been extended for an entire Georgia county Monday after chlorine was detected in the air, emitting from a chemical lab where there was a fire the ...
- Japan: Major evacuation called in Okinawa for disposal of WW2 unexploded shell
September 29, 2024
Naha City in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has asked about 1,400 people to temporarily evacuate ahead of a large-scale operation to dispose of an unexploded bomb from World War Two ...
- New York: District attorney’s office staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter
September 29, 2024
A paralegal at a New York City district attorney’s office has been arrested after he attempted to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment, ...
- Somalia: Bomb blasts in Mogadishu and Lower Shabelle kill six, injure several others
September 29, 2024
Two separate bomb blasts killed at least three people in Somalia on Saturday, officials said, noting that no group had taken responsibility for explosions in Mogadishu and Lower Shabelle, which ...
- Yemen: IDF hits Houthis with most powerful strike of war
September 29, 2024
Israel’s military says it has launched a series of air raids on Houthi targets in Yemen, further heightening fears of a wider regional conflict in the wake of intensified Israeli ...
- Countries tackling mines hail China’s contributions to international demining
September 29, 2024
The 2024 International Humanitarian Demining Training Course, which was hosted by the Chinese government on Friday, held its closing ceremony in Nanjing, the capital of east China’s Jiangsu province, with ...
- Ontario: IED Investigation in Niagara Falls – Update 2
September 28, 2024
As a result of the continued investigation by detectives from 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake), another search warrant was executed on September 28th, 2024 at a residence in the area of ...
