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Latest News
- UN – Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Hit Record Levels
July 26, 2021
Resulting from a spike in violence in May that corresponded with the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, the civilian casualties reported in the country for the first half of ...
- UK: Army experts carry out controlled explosion of 500lb WW2 bomb in Goole
July 24, 2021
A live World War Two bomb unearthed by builders on a housing development has been destroyed in a controlled explosion. The 500lb (227kg) device was found on the new-build estate in ...
- UN Warns of Expanding Threat from Daesh, al Qaeda in Afghanistan
July 24, 2021
The United Nations in a new report is warning that the threat from terror groups such as Daesh and al Qaeda is expanding in many places in Afghanistan where the ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Drone carrying 5 kg ‘ready to use’ IED material shot down
July 24, 2021
Jammu and Kashmir Police shot down a drone carrying a 5 kg improvised explosive device (IED) material in “ready to use” condition near the International Border at Gurah Pattan, in ...
- TSA to host training for working canines, their handlers in Muncie
July 23, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS – The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Indiana Explosive Detection Canine Program is hosting its annual Multi-Agency K9 Training Event in Muncie on Tuesday, July 27. Handlers and their canines, trained ...
- Omagh bomb: ‘Real prospect attack could have been prevented’
July 23, 2021
It is plausible that there was a real prospect the 1998 Omagh bombing could have been prevented by the security services, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice Mark Horner also called ...
- Guam: FBI offers public safety workshop on explosives, chemicals
July 22, 2021
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering specialized training on the hazards posed by improvised explosives and potentially dangerous chemicals. The “Chemical Industry Outreach Workshop” is intended for both Guam and ...
- Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad called in after scallop boat finds 57mm armor-piercing round off New Bedford
July 22, 2021
The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad was called to New Bedford on Thursday after a scallop boat found an ordnance. Representatives of the U.S. Navy and Massachusetts Department of Fire Services ...
- Fireworks explosion that injured 17 caused by ‘human error’ from bomb squad, police say
July 21, 2021
The explosion of a Los Angeles Police Department bomb-disposal truck that injured 17 people last month was caused by “human error” after officials underestimated the weight of the fireworks that ...
- China donates $2.5M to CMAC
July 21, 2021
China has provided a grant of $2.5 million to support the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) ordnance clearance operations. The funds will cover operations for the 12 months of 2022, ...
- Ukrainian soldier wounded in IED blast in JFO area
July 21, 2021
A Ukrainian Joint Forces serviceman has been wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the area of responsibility of the North operational and tactical group in eastern Ukraine, ...
- Iraq: At least 35 people killed after suicide bomber strikes busy Baghdad market
July 19, 2021
At least 35 people are dead after a suicide bomber struck a crowded market in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. The bombing in the Sadr City area on Monday also ...
- Landmine-sniffing rat continues legacy of fallen hero
July 18, 2021
A rat named in memory of a landmine clearance expert and former British soldier is continuing his work 25 years after his murder. The landmine-sniffing rat Howes has just started her ...
- Enter The New IED: Improvised Explosive Drone
July 18, 2021
For the Taliban, the mere mention of “drone” has long conjured up images of flying, buzzing death, and rightly so. They lost some of their senior leaders in US drone ...
- ISIS risk in Europe ‘significantly’ reduced, says EU counter-terrorism coordinator
July 17, 2021
Islamic State “no longer has the capacity to send terrorists onto European soil” thanks to “action taken by the international coalition,” the EU’s counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove, told Le ...
- Turkish soldiers injured by suspected IED blast in Duhok Governorate
July 17, 2021
Two Turkish soldiers were injured Saturday when their vehicle was hit by an explosion north of Nineveh in Duhok province, the mayor of Shekhan town said. A Turkish army convoy was ...
- Exclusive first look at International Security Expo’s Global Counter Terror and Serious and Organised Crime Summit
July 16, 2021
International Security Expo’ Global Counter Terror and Serious and Organised Crime Summit promises to deliver a stellar educational programme from world-leading security experts, including the first public outing from the ...
- EUROPOL: Jihadist Content Targeted On Internet Archive Platform
July 16, 2021
A Referral Action Day (RAD) targeting online jihadist propaganda took place on 14 July 2021. The European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) at Europol organised the operational activities, which ...
- NATO continuing its Defense Education Enhancement Program to ANDSF
July 16, 2021
NATO will continue its long-standing contribution to the sustainment of Afghan military institutions, the statement read. The DEEP initiative of NATO has been carried out on the leadership level and works ...
- Pakistan: Two Soldiers Killed In Roadside Bomb Attack In Khuda Baksh Bazaar, Balochistan
July 15, 2021
Military police say a roadside bomb explosion has killed two soldiers in southwest Pakistan. Police said in a statement on July 15 that the attack took place overnight at the Khuda ...
- India: Buried IED components unearthed from Anogre close to national highway
July 15, 2021
A hidden cache of explosive components buried underground in Gabil area, not far from the national highway which connects Anogre to Tura, has been unearthed on Wednesday night by West ...
- Technical Briefing Note: Cluster Munition Use in the Karabakh Conflict
July 15, 2021
Human Rights Watch documented the use of two types of ground-launched cluster munitions in multiple locations in Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh during the armed conflict that began on September 27 and ...
- Russia: FSB foils terror attack in crowded area of Moscow
July 15, 2021
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terror attack in Moscow, apprehending a Russian national, who plotted to set off an explosive in a crowded area, the FSB press ...
- NSWC IHD Employees Awarded FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in Innovation
July 14, 2021
Indian Head, Maryland – Three employees from Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division’s (NSWC IHD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department received the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in Innovation at ...
- Unexploded Second World War-era mortar discovered at Fort Rodd Hill, Vancouver Island
July 14, 2021
A groundskeeper at the Fort Rodd Hill National Historic site in Colwood got more than they bargained for when they unearthed an unexploded mortar. The Parks Canada worker was clearing invasive ...
- Azerbaijan: Some 208 mines, unexploded ordnance defused in Karabakh
July 14, 2021
Azerbaijan’s Mine Action Agency has seized and defused 208 mines and unexploded ordnance on territories liberated from the Armenian occupation in 2020. In a report on demining operations carried out in ...
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