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Latest News
- UAS sensor protection key initiative for Army’s C5ISR Center
August 11, 2025
FORT BELVOIR, Va. – Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), also commonly known as drones, have significantly evolved over the last decade of large-scale combat operations—transitioning from simple reconnaissance tools to complex ...
- Thai military clears 384 munitions from Cambodian attacks
August 11, 2025
The Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters has reported that between August 1 and 9, 2025, the Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) deployed 15 operational units, working alongside Explosive Ordnance Disposal ...
- Pakistan: Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express hit with IED blast
August 10, 2025
A blast targeted the Jaffar Express on Sunday near Spezand in Dasht Tehsil of Mastung district, damaging its locomotive and several coaches, officials confirmed. According to Levies authorities, an explosive device ...
- Iraq: More than 600 Shia pilgrims hospitalised due to chlorine gas leak
August 10, 2025
More than 600 Shia pilgrims in Iraq have been briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station, according to ...
- Pakistan: Two more bridges blown up in Waziristan
August 10, 2025
Unidentified terrorists blew up two more bridges on Azam Warsak Road in Birmal tehsil of Lower South Waziristan district on Saturday. It was the third such incident in the past ...
- Somalia: Blast kills 2 Ethiopian soldiers in Baidoa town
August 9, 2025
At least two Ethiopian soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Baidoa town, about 250km south-west of Mogadishu. The blast occurred on ...
- Ukraine: Unexploded aerial bomb found during agricultural work destroyed in Kharkiv region
August 9, 2025
Pyrotechnicians from the State Emergency Service destroyed an unexploded aerial bomb that farmers found while working near Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region. According to Ukrinform, the Interregional Center for Humanitarian ...
- Lebanon: Hezbollah ammunition depot explosion kills 6 soldiers south of Litani
August 9, 2025
Six Lebanese army soldiers were killed and others wounded in an explosion while inspecting a weapons depot in Majdal Zoun and Wadi Zibqin, Tyre. The victims include four members from the ...
- California: Evacuation warnings issued in Weaverville after pipe bomb was found in public forest
August 9, 2025
Authorities in Trinity County located a homemade pipe bomb left in a public forest Wednesday, officials announced. A community member in the small Northern California town of Weaverville reported a “suspicious ...
- Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia Could Bring a Quicker End to the War
August 9, 2025
In the space of four days, the Russia-Ukraine war has dramatically shifted. The incursion of Ukrainian forces into Russia’s Kursk region has quickly turned into the largest territorial gain by ...
- Northern Ireland: Man arrested after ‘multiple viable devices discovered’ in Co Tyrone
August 9, 2025
One man, aged in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances as residents were forced to spend the night away from their homes after a ...
- UK: Radioactive water ‘leaked into loch’ from nuclear base
August 9, 2025
Radioactive water from a Royal Navy nuclear weapons base leaked into a loch after old pipes repeatedly burst, according to official files. The Guardian, external and The Ferret, external found ...
- New Jersey: Bucks County man charged after explosive device detonates at former supervisor’s driveway
August 9, 2025
Michael Patrick Takacs Jr., 43, of Warminster, is facing several charges including unlawfully possessing and transporting an explosive device which caused serious damage to his former supervisor’s vehicle. According to New ...
