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Latest News
- Lebanon: Japan supports mine action in El Mechref in El Chouf District
August 8, 2024
Handicap International Federation (HI), to enhance community safety by clearing explosive remnants of war in El Mechref village, Chouf district. On August 6, 2024, Ambassador MAGOSHI Masayuki signed a grant ...
- Pakistan: Two security personnel killed in IED blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
August 8, 2024
One security personnel was killed and two critically wounded in an IED blast targeting a vehicle of a militia force in Kurram district on Wednesday night. In another incident, unknown militants ...
- Root causes of terrorism in Pakistan: Beyond military operations
August 7, 2024
Pakistan has recently announced a fresh counter-terrorism operation, Azm-e-Istehkam, to rein in the surging terrorism in the country. This is not the first operation against terrorism in Pakistan and unfortunately, may ...
- Koa Moana 24: EOD Sweeps for WWII Unexploded Ordnance
August 7, 2024
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gage Gardner, an explosive ordnance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Jay, Oklahoma, measures ...
- Russia’s National Guard enhances security measures at Kursk NPP
August 7, 2024
Russia’s National Guard Service has tightened security measures at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. “As part of efforts to ensure the security of the critical facility, National Guard units have ...
- Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Issues Urgent Security Directives Amid Threats of Abductions and IED Attacks
August 6, 2024
In response to the heightened threat of abductions and IED attacks against government employees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Home Department has issued immediate security directives. This follows a recent attack on ...
- Northern Ireland: Appeal for information after arson to DVLA car in Bushmills
August 6, 2024
Detectives are investigating arson to a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) vehicle in Bushmills today, Tuesday 6th August. Just before 11am, it was reported that two men, both wearing ...
- Bangladesh: Death toll climbs to 24 after arson attack at Jessore hotel
August 6, 2024
The death toll from an arson attack by unidentified men at a hotel in Jessore has risen to 24. Khulna Fire Service and Civil Defense Control Room Chief Abdul Qadir ...
- Iraq: Five US troops, two contractors hurt in rocket attack targeting the al-Asad airbase
August 6, 2024
Five U.S. service members and two contractors were injured when two rockets hit a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Tuesday, providing a bit more detail about the Monday ...
- Mali is still unsafe under the military: why it hasn’t made progress against rebels and terrorists
August 6, 2024
The scale of casualties suffered by the Wagner group and Malian forces during a recent assault in the Tinzaouaten region reveal vulnerability in Mali’s counterinsurgency posture. The attack was reported in ...
- Northern Ireland: Petrol bombs thrown at police in second night of rioting in Belfast
August 6, 2024
Belfast has experienced a second night of violent disorder as rioters threw petrol bombs and missiles at police. At least one police vehicle was burned and several blazes lit in ...
- Mexico fears outbreak of violence after arrest of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
August 5, 2024
A pre-arranged surrender to the authorities, a deception, or kidnapping at the hands of his former associates. These are the three main hypotheses that have gained traction following the fall of ...
- Mali Cuts Diplomatic Relations With Ukraine Over ‘Links To Terrorism’
August 5, 2024
Mali’s interim government has cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine, citing Ukraine’s alleged support for Tuareg rebels and involvement in a recent deadly attack on a military convoy. The convoy, carrying Malian ...
- Sudan: Heavy rains expose landmines north of Bahri in Khartoum
August 5, 2024
The recent heavy rains have eroded soil and uncovered landmines in the fields north of Bahri along the road leading to the Nile River State. The Bahri Emergency Room has issued ...
- Philippines: Explosives used in blast fishing seized in Zamboanga City
August 5, 2024
Authorities confiscated up to 46 bottles of homemade explosives allegedly used in blast fishing in Zamboanga City. Members of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), police, and personnel of the Bureau ...
- Colombia: Army neutralizes explosive devices with which the residual GAO planned to attack soldiers and the inhabitants of Tame, Arauca
August 5, 2024
These devices represented an imminent risk and threat to the inhabitants who live in Tame, Arauca, as well as to the soldiers who carry out their mission. With the objective of ...
- Mexican army acknowledges some of its soldiers have been killed by cartel bomb-dropping drones
August 5, 2024
The Mexican army acknowledged for the first time Friday that some of its soldiers have been killed by bomb-dropping drones operated by drug cartels. Defense Secretary Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval did ...
- Ukraine Accused of Training Tuareg Separatists to Destabilize Mali
August 5, 2024
In January 2024, the Ukrainian organization “Come Back Alive,” through its embassy in Mauritania, recruited representatives from Azawad, who then underwent training in Ukraine. This revelation highlights a concerning cooperation ...
- Houthi drone expert among those killed in U.S. strike in Iraq
August 5, 2024
A Yemeni drone specialist who had traveled to Iraq to train other Iranian-backed fighters was among those killed in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad last week, American and Iraqi defense ...
- Cambodia: CMAC clears 114 sq km of mines, UXO in first six months of 2024
August 5, 2024
In the first six months of 2024, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) cleared 744 minefields covering an area of over 114 square kilometres and in the process found and ...
- UK: Urgent Cobra meeting called after weekend of violence across the country
August 5, 2024
Downing Street is expected to hold a Cobra emergency response meeting today after thugs tried to storm hotels housing asylum seekers on the sixth day of escalating disorder. Addressing the ...
- Arkansas: Area firefighters learn about improvised explosives in one-day training course
August 4, 2024
More than 20 emergency service personnel were at the Garland County Landfill on Friday afternoon to conclude a day of training on improvised explosives led by the Arkansas Render Safe ...
- Nigeria: Seven persons killed, 681 arrested in nationwide protests
August 4, 2024
Nigeria Police Force on Saturday released an update on incidents recorded in the nationwide protests against economic hardship in the country. The Police also dismissed a report by Amnesty International ...