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Latest News
- Utah: 71 explosive devices, bomb-making materials found in Orem man’s apartment
April 27, 2025
A total of 71 explosive devices, as well as a large amount of bomb-making materials, were found in an Orem man’s apartment after he was arrested for brandishing a weapon ...
- Campaigners sound alarm as European nations move to exit landmine ban
April 27, 2025
Rights groups have expressed alarm and warned of a slippery slope of again embracing one of the world’s most treacherous weapons, after five European countries said they intend to withdraw ...
- Pakistani troops kill 54 militants attempting to sneak into Pakistan from Afghanistan
April 27, 2025
Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the military said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest such killings in recent years. The ...
- Fifty years after the Vietnam War, bombs and landmines still cover an area ‘the size of Tasmania’
April 27, 2025
They found one while digging the foundations of a new hotel. Another was discovered in the middle of a park. A family spotted one in their garden. And Ho Van ...
- British Columbia: Several people killed after SUV rams into Vancouver street festival
April 27, 2025
Several people have been killed and multiple others injured after the driver of a black SUV slammed into a crowd at a street festival Saturday evening, say Vancouver police. It ...
- Ukraine: Car hits explosive device in Kharkiv region, three injured
April 27, 2025
On April 27, a car with three passengers hit an explosive device in the Izium district of Kharkiv region, leaving all three injured. The incident was reported by the Mine Action ...
- Iran: 25 killed and more than 800 injured in the Shahid Rajaee Port explosion
April 27, 2025
The death toll from a massive explosion that rocked Iran’s southern Shahid Rajaei Port on Saturday has risen to 25, while nearly 800 people have been injured. Director general of ...
- India: Soldier injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh
April 26, 2025
A soldier sustained injuries when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded, striking his leg during an intense operation against Maoists on the Karregutta Hills area of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh. The ...
- Russia: FSB released details of explosive device which killed General Moskalik
April 26, 2025
The improvised explosive device (IED) with which General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed was assembled from TNT blocks, bolts and nails. This follows from the video of the FSB of the ...
- Yemen’s Houthi fighters down $200m worth of US drones in under six weeks
April 25, 2025
Yemen’s Houthi armed group has shot down seven US Reaper drones worth more than $200m in recent weeks, marking the most significant material loss yet in Washington’s campaign against the ...
- Slovenia: Two construction workers seriously injured after explosion in Rožni Dolina
April 25, 2025
Ljubljana police officers were notified of a work accident in the Rožni dolini. According to initial information, an explosion occurred while carrying out work on one of the buildings, in ...
- Texas: World record defused, Fort Cavazos captain runs fastest bomb suit mile
April 25, 2025
FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – As the sounds of Soldiers conducting physical training filled Phantom Warrior Stadium April 25, U.S. Army Capt. Travis Chewning-Kulick, commander of the 752nd Ordnance Company (Explosive ...
- Pakistan: Four killed, five injured in IED explosion in Kalat
April 25, 2025
In a tragic incident in Balochistan’s Kalat district, an improvised explosive device (IED) placed by the roadside detonated, killing four people, including women and children, and injuring five others, local ...
- Vietnam: Mine clearance at Quang Tri ancient citadel completed
April 25, 2025
The UK’s Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and the Quang Tri Mine Action Centre (QTMAC), in coordination with the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel Management Board, on April 24 handed over the ...
- Russia: General Yaroslav Moskalik killed in explosion in Balashikha
April 25, 2025
The deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate (GOU) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, was killed in a car ...
- Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir
April 25, 2025
Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday, after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum ...
- Cambodia: Botum Sakor district in Koh Kong to be declared mine-free
April 25, 2025
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) is set to declare Botum Sakor district in Koh Kong province free of landmines on April 29, according to CMAA spokesman ...
- California: Live military-grade mortar found inside stolen vehicle in Sacramento
April 24, 2025
Not your average day, is what California Highway Patrol North Sacramento is saying after a live mortar was found inside a stolen vehicle. CHP say on Tuesday they recovered a stolen ...
