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Latest News
- Japan: City of Naha evacuating 1,400 people to remove World War II bomb
August 23, 2024
Okinawa’s capital city of Naha is planning to evacuate 1,400 people while Japanese troops disarm and remove a suspected United States bomb from World War II next month. According to Naha’s ...
- GICHD Insights: Towards The Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
August 23, 2024
The Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) will open in Siem Reap-Angkor, Cambodia, on 25 November 2024. To contribute to preparations for this event, the GICHD is ...
- Sahel: UN Security Council must call out “Ukraine’s support for terrorism”
August 23, 2024
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have petitioned the president of the UN Security Council to denounce what they call the Ukrainian government’s “open support for international terrorism” in the Sahel. A ...
- Gaza Strip: IDF destroys kilometer-long Hamas terror tunnel in Rafah, finds explosives, blast doors
August 23, 2024
The IDF dismantled a one-kilometer-long Hamas terror tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip, the IDF reported on Friday midday. Soldiers from the Southern Gaza Brigade, together with ...
- Russian bomb squad finds, destroys two Ukrainian air bombs in Kursk Region
August 23, 2024
A bomb squad from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry destroyed two Ukrainian air bombs in the Kursk Region, said Artyom Sharov, a ministry spokesman. “Bomb squad technicians from the Emergency Situations ...
- Sri Lanka: Japan to extend its support to humanitarian demining activities in Northern Province
August 22, 2024
Ambassador of Japan – Mr. Mizukoshi Hideaki, today (Aug. 22) signed the grant contracts of two demining projects under the scheme of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)”, ...
- Czech Republic: Litvínov refinery shut down after WWII-era unexploded bomb found on site
August 22, 2024
Production in Unipetrol’s Litvínov refinery in North Bohemia was shut down after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was discovered during excavation work in a remote section of the complex ...
- Colombia: Motorcycle bomb in Samaniego, Nariño, left several injured and extensive damage
August 22, 2024
On Thursday, August 22, the authorities reported an emergency in the municipality of Samaniego, Nariño, after the strong explosion of a motorcycle bomb that left several injured and great material ...
- IAEA Informed of Drone at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
August 22, 2024
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed by the Russian Federation today that the remains of a drone were found within the territory of the Kursk Nuclear Power ...
- Colorado: World War II-era bomb found by construction workers in Arapahoe County
August 22, 2024
Officials in Arapahoe County, Colorado, were called to investigate a piece of history that was found by a group of on-site construction workers. While on the scene, Aurora Police requested ...
- South Korea: Suspect accused of planting improvised explosive in Gwangju caught on same day
August 22, 2024
A suspect surnamed Kim, 79, accused of planting an improvised explosive device at a dental clinic in Gwangju on Thursday, was caught by police on the same day in the ...
- Nepal: Two arrested while fleeing after detonating IED
August 22, 2024
Police have arrested two people while attempting to abscond after detonating an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) at Mahendra Multiple Campus (MMC), Ghorahi. Ram Prasad Timalsina, spokesperson and Deputy Superintendent of Police ...
- Red Sea: Greek oil tanker on fire and adrift after multiple attacks of Hodeidah
August 22, 2024
A crew of 25 has been rescued from a Greek-flagged oil tanker after it caught fire after multiple attacks in the Red Sea. The Sounion was attacked by more than a ...
- Pakistan: Gunmen attack school van in Punjab, killing two children
August 22, 2024
Gunmen opened fire on a school bus in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, killing two children, police said. Five children were wounded in the attack which took place in a village ...
- Somalia’s bomb disposal experts face down fear to save lives
August 22, 2024
Wearing a bulky protective suit and helmet, Mohamed Ahmed inches towards the truck where explosives wired to a mobile phone have been planted in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Fortunately for Ahmed, a ...
- Women take the lead as handlers in UNDP’s Technical Survey Dogs project for demining in Ukraine
August 21, 2024
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is proud to announce the launch of an innovative project in Ukraine that is set to transform demining operations and create critical methodologies for ...
