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Latest News
- Germany: World War II bombs found in Cologne-Deutz
June 2, 2025
During exploratory work on Monday, June 2, 2025, three unexploded bombs from the Second World War were found in Cologne-Deutz in the area of the Deutzer shipyard. These are two American ...
- North Carolina: Suspicious incendiary device found near Blue Ridge Parkway prompts evacuation
June 2, 2025
Rangers with the National Park Service (NPS) responded to a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday after receiving reports of a suspicious item in ...
- Mali army foils attempted infiltration in Timbuktu
June 2, 2025
The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) have announced that they successfully repelled an attempted infiltration targeting their military base in the northern city of Timbuktu. According to the General Staff of the ...
- Ukraine: In May, Ministry of Defence demining specialists cleared over 7,800 hectares of land
June 2, 2025
Throughout May 2025, mine clearance units of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine cleared 7,847 hectares of land of explosive ordnance in areas previously liberated from russian occupation. Specifically, during ...
- Somalia launches national forum to counter illegal arms and IED threats
June 2, 2025
Somalia’s federal government launched a two-day national conference in Mogadishu on Monday to address the growing threat of illicit arms, unregulated ammunition, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used by insurgent ...
- US gives nod to Syria to bring foreign jihadist ex-rebels into army
June 2, 2025
The United States has given its blessing to a plan by Syria’s new leadership to incorporate thousands of foreign jihadist former rebel fighters into the national army, provided that it ...
- Pakistan: One killed, four injured in Quetta car blast
June 2, 2025
One person was killed and four others injured — one of them seriously — in a bomb explosion in a vehicle in the provincial capital on late Sunday evening. Police ...
- Colorado: Attack at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall in burns eight people
June 2, 2025
A suspect is in custody after what the FBI is calling a “targeted act of violence” at Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. Witnesses said the suspect used a ...
- Russian Strategic Bombers Destroyed In Unprecedented Wide-Scale Drone Attack
June 1, 2025
Ukraine carried out a massive drone strike at airbases across Russia on Sunday, claiming to have destroyed dozens of aircraft. There are also indications that Russia’s Northern Fleet headquarters, home ...
- Pakistan: May sees modest rise in attacks, but militants fail to escalate amid regional crisis
June 1, 2025
Despite heightened military tensions between Pakistan and India in May, militant groups were unable to significantly escalate their activities in Pakistan, according to data released by the Islamabad-based think tank, ...
- Israel: Terrorists moving explosives in Gaza eliminated
June 1, 2025
The IDF announced that troops of the 7th Brigade, under the command of the 98th Division currently operating in the Khan Yunis area as part of Operation Gideon’s Chariots, eliminated ...
- Pakistan: Gun, bomb attacks claim three lives in Dera, Quetta
June 1, 2025
A Levies official was martyred in a shooting in Dera Bugti and a Levies police station was set on fire in Mastung district, while a roadside blast on the outskirts ...
- Russia: Two deadly bridge collapses in regions bordering Ukraine blamed on deliberate explosions
June 1, 2025
Two bridges collapsed in separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine on Saturday night, killing seven people and injuring dozens, with Russian officials alleging the bridges had been deliberately blown up. The first ...
