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Latest News
- Laos’ Hidden Suffering: Landmines And UXO Killing More Innocent Children
November 12, 2024
In the rugged and scenic mountains of remote villages in Laos, children and farmers contend with a legacy of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) threatening their lives for over 40 ...
- Bangladesh: 123 crude bomb-like objects found in 10 bags
November 12, 2024
A total of 123 crude bomb-like objects in 10 bags were found in roadside bushes in Damudya upazila of Shariatpur yesterday morning. Hafizur Rahman Milon, officer-in-charge of Damudya Police Station, said ...
- Indian Army, Assam Rifles, & Other Security Agencies Seize 29 Weapons, IEDs, Ammunition
November 12, 2024
In a week-long joint operation, the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Manipur Police, and other security forces recovered 29 weapons, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), ammunition, and other war-like stores (WLS) from ...
- US military says strikes in Syria targeted ‘Iranian backed groups’
November 12, 2024
The US military has carried out strikes against targets in Syria in what the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said was a response to recent attacks on US forces by ...
- Haiti: Airlines suspend flights after plane hit by gunfire
November 12, 2024
Several airlines have suspended flights to Haiti after a passenger plane from the US was hit by gunfire as it tried to land in Port-au-Prince. Spirit Airlines Flight 951 from ...
- Pakistan: Mastermind, female accomplice involved in Karachi airport terror attack arrested
November 11, 2024
Sindh Home Minister Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar on Monday announced the arrest of three terrorists, including the mastermind behind the deadly blast near the Karachi airport that killed two Chinese ...
- Historic mine ban treaty at risk as clearance rates plummet amid escalating global conflict
November 11, 2024
The HALO Trust, the international landmine clearance organisation, has called for global recommitment to the Landmine Ban Treaty following a 10 per cent drop in the number of anti-personnel mines ...
- UK: Man charged over IED Ultra Low Emission Zone camera explosion in south-east London
November 11, 2024
A man has been charged in connection with the explosion of an ultra low emission zone (Ulez) camera in south-east London. Kevin Rees, 62, of Harcourt Avenue, Sidcup, was arrested by ...
- Ireland: Man with ‘keen interest in bomb-making’ gets six-year sentence for manufacturing explosives
November 11, 2024
A 63-year-old man who the court was told “has a keen interest in bomb-making as a hobby” has been sentenced to six years in prison for manufacturing explosives and having ...
- Cambodia: Landmine claims farmer’s life in Oddar Meanchey
November 11, 2024
Yet another life was lost to a landmine when it exploded beneath a farmer’s tractor in Trapaing Prasat district on Saturday. Prime Minister Hun Manet expressed regret over the accident, said ...
- Azerbaijani serviceman injured by landmine in Goranboy District
November 11, 2024
An Azerbaijani serviceman was injured after stepping on a landmine in the Goranboy district on November 10. The incident occurred near the village of Gulustan, where the mine was reportedly ...
- Nigeria: IED killed two suspected IPOB/ESN members in Imo
November 10, 2024
Imo Police Command has alleged that two young men, suspected to be members of the proscribed freedom fighting members of Indigenous People of Biafra,IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, has ...
- New York: Somalia terror group operative convicted of planning 9/11-style attack on America
November 10, 2024
A federal jury has convicted an operative of a Somalian terrorist organization of conspiring to kill Americans in an attack modeled after the Sept. 11 hijackings. Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, was ...
- Ukrainian mines destroy modern Russian tanks in Kursk Oblast
November 10, 2024
Russian troops have suffered significant losses during assaults due to minefields established in the Kursk Oblast by Ukrainian forces, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine’s ...
- UK, US carry out air strikes on Yemen, including Sanaa
November 10, 2024
The United States and the United Kingdom have launched air strikes in Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, a television station run by the Houthi rebel group has reported, with the ...
- Indian Army defuses bomb found by shepherd near Indo-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer
November 10, 2024
The Konark Corps of the Indian Army defused a bomb, which was spotted by a shepherd, in a village near the international border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. Army sources said that ...
- Ireland: Army bomb disposal unit carry out controlled explosion at Dublin home
November 9, 2024
Army bomb disposal experts were called to a home in Finglas last night after a device was found shortly before 10.30pm. A spokesperson confirmed that gardaí were alerted to an ...
- Ukraine says it launched drone attack on Russian chemical plant
November 9, 2024
Ukraine launched a drone attack on a Russian chemical plant in the western city of Tula overnight on Friday into Saturday, according to the country’s security service. Russian authorities have not ...
