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- Taiwan: Suspected letter bomb detonates at post office in Taoyuan
November 17, 2021
A letter bomb exploded at a Xinwu District post office in Taoyuan at 7:56 a.m. on Wednesday (Nov. 17), setting the docking area ablaze and filling the air with smoke. Postal ...
- 20th CBRNE Command Soldiers hone combat skills with 4th Infantry Division at NTC
November 16, 2021
FORT IRWIN, California – Soldiers from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command trained with troops from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, at the ...
- South Korea: New lab launched to apply AI tech for demining operations
November 16, 2021
South Korea opened a research laboratory Tuesday to develop a demining solution utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance accuracy of the military’s mine clearance operations, the defense ministry said. The ministries ...
- Uganda: 2 explosions rock Kampala City
November 16, 2021
Shock and horror have gripped people in Kampala after 2 explosions rocked the city centre. In surprise incidents, an explosion went off on Parliamentary avenue just next to the Jubilee Insurance ...
- 30 Years of Impact – An Evaluation of the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan
November 15, 2021
Due to successive waves of instability and conflict from the 1980s onwards, Afghanistan was heavily contaminated by explosive ordnance (EO). Established to improve this situation, the Mine Action Programme of ...
- UK: Wrexham vaccine plant Fake bomb ‘had defendant’s address inside’
November 15, 2021
A suspicious parcel contained the name and address of a man accused of causing a bomb scare at a Covid vaccine factory, a court has heard. Production was halted at the ...
- Nigerian troops launch counter-offensive in Borno after general’s death
November 15, 2021
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s operation Hadin Kai have killed over 50 fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Askira Uba LGA of Borno state. ISWAP had, ...
- UK terror threat level raised to ‘severe’ following hospital blast – attack now ‘highly likely’
November 15, 2021
The UK’s terror threat level has been raised from “substantial” to “severe”, meaning an attack is now judged to be “highly likely”. The move, confirmed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, follows ...
- Afghanistan: Two People Wounded In Kabul Blast
November 15, 2021
At least two people were wounded in a roadside bomb blast that occurred on Monday morning in Police District 5 of Kabul city, officials said. Initially there was a report of ...
- UK: Liverpool Women’s Hospital explosion declared a terror incident
November 15, 2021
An explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Remembrance Sunday has been declared a terror incident by police. A taxi exploded and was engulfed in flames just before 11:00 GMT at a ...
- Demining exercise benefits communities in Zimbabwe’s border region
November 15, 2021
Mount Darwin District in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central Province has been declared landmine free following landmine clearance efforts by the government. The southern African country is one of the most heavily mined ...
- UK: One dead in car explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool
November 14, 2021
One person has died and another has been injured in a car explosion and fire outside a hospital in Liverpool. Merseyside Police said there were reports of an explosion after a ...
- Somalia: IED Kills 3 IDP Children In Guriel
November 14, 2021
Three internally displaced children have died after an improvised explosive device (IED) hit them while playing outside the camp in Guriel town. According to witnesses two others and their mother were ...
- South Africa: Security officers injured in cash-in-transit heist in Spartan, Gauteng province
November 14, 2021
Two security officers suffered moderate to serious injuries following a cash-in-transit robbery in Kempton Park on Saturday morning. ER24 said their paramedics arrived on the scene in Plane Road in the ...
- India: Terrorists carried out IED attack on Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur, 7 dead
November 14, 2021
In the ambush against the 46 Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur on Saturday, terrorists first carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) blast and then fired at the vehicles in ...
- Pakistan: At least 7 injured in blast in Quetta’s Nawa Killi area
November 13, 2021
At least seven people, including a police official, were injured in a blast in Quetta’s Nawa Killi area on Saturday, Civil Hospital spokesperson Waseem Baig said. The injured also included women, ...
- Afghanistan: Explosion in Kabul killed and injured civilians
November 13, 2021
An explosion killed at least one and wounded three more civilian people in Police District 18, Dasht-e-Barchi of Kabul on Saturday afternoon, November 13. Spokesperson of the Taliban Zabiullah Mujahid in ...
- EOD “Defenders” take over the Hill
November 13, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Two explosive ordnance disposal Soldiers from the 52nd Explosives Ordnance Group, Fort Campbell, Ky., were honored Nov. 7 at the annual EOD Day on the Hill in ...
- Pakistan: Two policemen killed in remote-controlled IED blast in Bajaur
November 13, 2021
Two policemen were martyred in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Salarzai area of district Bajaur. According to police, the entire area cordoned off after the blast and a search operation has ...
- UK: Church Laneham man jailed after homemade pipe bomb explodes
November 12, 2021
A man who made a pipe bomb that caused a residential street to be evacuated has been jailed for two years. Nottinghamshire Police said a man found the device in a ...
- British Columbia: Powell River RCMP block off portion of Marine Avenue; detonate suspicious object
November 12, 2021
Early in the afternoon on November 12, police were alerted to a possible improvised explosive device (IED) on the sidewalk on Marine Avenue between Duncan and Courtenay street. “In consultation with ...
- Northern Ireland: Lurgan man admitted to making ‘blast-incendiary improvised’ bomb
November 12, 2021
A Co. Armagh man has admitted making a “blast-incendiary improvised” bomb. With Sean Fintan Burns standing in the dock of Craigavon Crown Court on Thursday, defence counsel Damien Halleron asked for ...
- Afghanistan: Bomb Explodes In Eastern Nangarhar Province
November 12, 2021
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said a bomb ripped through a crowded mosque in eastern Nangarhar province Friday during afternoon prayers, wounding at least 15 worshippers. Provincial government spokesman Mohammad Hanif told ...
- Nevada: New Tahoe-Douglas bomb squad member follows his nose
November 12, 2021
While the new member of the Tahoe-Douglas bomb squad comes with four legs and a tail, it’s what’s on the pointy end that makes him a critical member of the ...
- Northern Ireland: Police arrest four people after bus was hijacked and set on fire in County Down
November 12, 2021
Police in Northern Ireland have arrested four people nearly two weeks after a bus was hijacked and set on fire in County Down. The force has said it believes the arson ...
- 5 brothers on mission to educate rural communities about threat of landmines in Kurdistan Region
November 12, 2021
The loss of their father has motivated five brothers to embark on a mission to raise awareness among local communities in mountainous border areas in the Kurdistan Region of the ...
- DASA UK Open Call for Innovation – update
November 11, 2021
The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, product or service, at various levels of ...
- Could the Next 9/11 Be Caused By Drones?
November 11, 2021
Twenty years after the worst attack to ever occur on U.S. soil, it’s not just large, populated passenger planes that keep officials and experts up at night, but also the ...
- Philippines: 9 children hurt in grenade explosion in Leyte
November 11, 2021
At least nine children, aged seven to 12, were wounded when a 40 mm grenade exploded in Sitio Tinago, Barangay Candadam, Baybay City, Leyte at around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, ...
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