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Latest News
- India: Security Forces Use Anti-Drone System After Attack By Suspected Kuki Insurgents In Manipur
September 7, 2024
Security forces today gave a demonstration of an anti-drone system at work in violence-hit Manipur, days after a man was killed in weaponised drone attacks launched by suspected Kuki insurgents ...
- Indonesia: Police arrests seven over Pope Francis ‘terror threats’
September 7, 2024
Security forces arrested seven people for making “terror threats” online against Pope Francis during his visit to the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country this week, the police said Friday. The 87-year-old ...
- Mine Action Office opens in Ukraine
September 7, 2024
The Mine Action Office of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine has begun work in Ukraine, said Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko. “This is a coordinating body responsible for planning, ...
- Israel: IDF to change its combat tactics in Gaza tunnels to prevent murder of hostages
September 7, 2024
The IDF will change its combat tactics in the Gaza tunnels following the murder of the six hostages, KAN News reported Friday, citing military sources. The IDF has become more concerned ...
- Malta: Suspected bomb turned out to be a 2,000 year old amphora discovered underwater in St. Paul’s Bay
September 7, 2024
What was initially suspected to be a bomb discovered in the sea turned out to be an ancient amphora, estimated to be around 2,000 years old. The object was spotted by ...
- Ontario: IED Investigation in Niagara Falls – Update 1
September 6, 2024
This incident remains under investigation by officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara on the Lake) detective office. Following the execution of a search warrant on ...
- UK: Grenade bought for £51 blown up by bomb squad
September 6, 2024
A collector who bought a grenade online for £51 has had it blown up in a field by the bomb squad. The World War Two-era Hungarian stick grenade bought by Kallum ...
- UK man sentenced to nine years for arson after far-right riots
September 6, 2024
A British man who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing more than 200 asylum seekers has been sentenced to nine years in prison, the longest punishment handed down ...
- Sri Lanka: Four women injured in explosion while clearing land mines in Mankulam
September 6, 2024
Four women were injured when a land mine exploded while they were clearing mines in Mankulam, Vavuniya last evening. Police said the women, who were part of a non-governmental organization engaged ...
- Demining Ukraine: 17,000 ha of liberated territory cleared in September
September 5, 2024
In August, 17,000 hectares of mine-contaminated land in liberated areas were cleared of explosives. That’s according to the Ministry of Defense, Ukrinform reports. “In August, demining units of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry ...
- Somalia: 19 Al-Shabaab fighters killed in 2 air strikes in Galmudug and Hirshabelle
September 5, 2024
Nineteen members of the Al-Shabaab movement were killed in two separate air strikes in the Galmudug and Hirshabelle states in central and southern Somalia, the Ministry of Information announced yesterday. According ...
- Cyprus: Authorities defuse grenade found in Nicosia village
September 5, 2024
Authorities defused a defensive grenade found in a village in the Nicosia district on Wednesday evening. A citizen discovered the grenade in a field and alerted the authorities, who cordoned off ...
- Ontario: Improvised Explosive Devices Discovered in Niagara Falls Home
September 5, 2024
Niagara Regional Police evacuated homes in the Beaver Glen Drive area of Niagara Falls yesterday after receiving a concern about a suspicious device. A Niagara based social worker, during the course ...
- German police kill suspect in exchange of fire near Israeli consulate in Munich
September 5, 2024
German police shot dead a man in an exchange of fire near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi history museum in Munich on Thursday, state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said. “Due ...
