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Latest News
- Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2025
September 2, 2025
Mine Action Review today published its annual report Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2025, ahead of the Thirteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), taking place ...
- Colombia: Drones, Fear, and a Buzz That Kills
September 1, 2025
On a flickering surveillance monitor, two men watch as a speck in the sky releases its payload—homemade, crude, and lethal. Below, civilians scatter before the explosion blooms. This isn’t footage from ...
- UK: Birmingham terror suspect had bomb-making video on phone
September 1, 2025
A TikTok user from Birmingham with more than 27,000 followers has gone on trial accused of having a bomb-making video on his phone. A court heard the video showed how ...
- Pakistan: Militant attacks surge to decade-high in August
September 1, 2025
Pakistan witnessed an alarming spike in militant violence in August this year, registering a 74 per cent increase in militant attacks compared to July, becoming the “deadliest month in over ...
- Ukraine: In August, units of the Ministry of Defence cleared nearly 6,000 hectares of de-occupied territory
September 1, 2025
Throughout August 2025, mine clearance units of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine cleared 5,973 hectares of de-occupied land of explosive hazards. Specifically, during the month, the following was cleared: 5,653.77 ...
- Iraq: Kurdish mine agency says two million square meters of land cleared in 2025
September 1, 2025
Around two million square meters of land littered with mines and unexploded ordnance have been cleared across the Kurdistan Region over the past seven months, a local official said on ...
- Bosnia: Teen killed by landmine decades after the war
August 31, 2025
A great tragedy struck the village of Hodzici near Doboj on Saturday, when 19-year-old Mehmed Hasanamidzic lost his life. According to the Doboj Police Department, the young man was killed ...
- Russia: Sappers defuse over 13,800 explosives in Kursk Region in one year
August 31, 2025
Sappers have defused more than 13,800 explosive devices in the Kursk Region since August 2024, the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported. “More than 13,800 explosive devices have been defused, and 418 ...
- Pakistan: Explosion partially damages girls’ primary school in Lakki Marwat
August 31, 2025
An explosion at a girls’ primary school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district partially damaged the building, though no casualties were reported, police said on Sunday. DPO Khan further said that ...
- UK: Controlled explosion carried out on Kent beach
August 31, 2025
Bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a Kent beach. A piece of suspected ordnance was found by a metal detectorist at West Bay in Westgate-on-Sea on ...
- India: Eastern Command’s CED unit enhances joint IED response capability with Assam Rifles
August 30, 2025
In a focused effort to strengthen India’s counter-insurgency and internal security operations, the Counter Explosive Device (CED) Unit of the Indian Army’s Eastern Command has successfully conducted a joint Training ...
- Israel: Seven IDF soldiers injured in Zeitoun neighborhood
August 30, 2025
During an operational activity in the Zeitoun neighborhood near Gaza City, an IDF Namer armored vehicle was damaged after it drove over an explosive device. Seven soldiers were injured in the ...
