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Latest News
- UK: Second man charged after bomb squad explode ‘suspicious item’
November 9, 2024
A second man has been charged after a “suspicious item” was discovered in a flat and destroyed by the Royal Navy bomb squad.Police officers discovered the item while searching a ...
- Pakistan: At least 25 killed, over 40 injured in suicide blast at Quetta railway station
November 9, 2024
At least 25 people were killed and 40 others were injured in a suicide explosion at Quetta’s railway station, marking the latest incident of unrest in Balochistan. Preliminary reports indicate that ...
- Netherlands: Police seize 35 tons of fireworks destined for illegal Dutch market
November 8, 2024
Officers of the fireworks team of the Zuid-Holland Zuid district of the Rotterdam Unit arrested two men for trafficking in illegal fireworks after an investigation on Thursday 7 November. It concerns ...
- Nigeria: Imo Police train officers, men on bomb detection, handling
November 8, 2024
Following the recent bomb explosion at International Market Orlu, which claimed two lives and injured many, the Imo State Police Command has organized a one-day for officers on the identification, ...
- Israel tightens travel advice for Amsterdam, bans soldiers from coming to Netherlands
November 8, 2024
The Israeli government has tightened its travel advice for Amsterdam, advising citizens to return to Israel and not to show Israeli or Jewish symbols when going out on the street. The ...
- UK: WW2 bomb found on building site in East Tilbury safely detonated
November 8, 2024
Specialists have successful carried out a controlled explosion of a World War Two bomb discovered on a construction site. The buried device was uncovered near Station Road in East Tilbury, Essex ...
- Iraq security forces detain PKK-affiliated suspect in Kirkuk bombing case
November 8, 2024
Iraqi security forces have detained an alleged member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in connection with a recent bombing in Kirkuk. Arshad al-Salihi, Chair of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, ...
- India: Digital University Kerala researchers develop mine-detection technology
November 8, 2024
A team of researchers from the Digital University Kerala (DUK) have come up with a technology to detect buried explosives with minimum human involvement. The technology can be put to use ...
- Pakistan: Four soldiers, two schoolchildren killed in attacks in South Waziristan
November 7, 2024
A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in northwestern Pakistan, killing four officers and wounding five others, officials said. The roadside bombing happened in South Waziristan district of ...
- U.S. DOD Developing CHAPPIE for CBRN Defense
November 7, 2024
The Department of Defense has introduced CHAPPIE, a quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle, or QUGV, being developed for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear—a.k.a. CBRN—field operations. The U.S. Space Force said Tuesday CHAPPIE ...
- The European Union and Cambodia standing together for a mine-free future
November 7, 2024
Cambodia is at peace today, but for 40,000 Cambodian amputees, the past wars are still with them every day, visible on their bodies. Mobility, dignity, family and economic integration are ...
- Pakistan: Conflicting reports of ‘operation’ near Pakistan-Iran border
November 7, 2024
Conflicting reports emerged about a cross-border operation, conducted by Iranian forces in the Sistan and Balochistan province, with Iranian officials claiming the targets were Afghan-Tajik militants, while other sources suggest ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 258
November 7, 2024
A new expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency crossed the frontline this week to travel to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), replacing colleagues who have been monitoring ...
- Kansas: Newton police find illegal explosives, one arrested
November 6, 2024
Newton police have taken an unidentified person into custody after finding dozens of illegal explosives in the garage of a home. Police said a suspect fled from a North Newton Police ...
- Kenya: Security forces destroy two al-Shabab camps in border region
November 6, 2024
Kenya’s counter-terrorism police unit said its special forces carried out intelligence-led operations on the border with Somalia, destroying two al-Shabab makeshift camps. It said the operation, carried out by the Special ...
- 301st EOD Team Enhances Readiness with Training
November 6, 2024
NAS JRB FORT WORTH, TEXAS—The 301st Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team conducted training at the EOD range located on Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Fort Worth. The ...
- Nigeria: Two Suspected IPOB/ESN Members Killed In Imo Market IED Explosion
November 6, 2024
Two suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm Eastern Security Network (ESN) have been reportedly killed in an accidental explosion of an Improvised Explosive ...
- Ukraine’s Modified Sport Plane Drone Strikes Russian Naval Base 700 Miles from Front Lines
November 6, 2024
A modified Aeroprakt A-22 sport plane, converted into a long-range drone and carrying explosives, struck Russian naval vessels at a Caspian Fleet base in Kaspiysk, Dagestan – approximately 700 miles ...
