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- Pakistan: CTD arrests mastermind of suicide attacks in Quetta
June 13, 2022
Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has said that the mastermind behind some suicide attacks and blasts has been arrested in Quetta. The suspect has been identified as Nazimuddin alias Khalid and was ...
- Teledyne FLIR Defense Announces New Kobra 725 Multi-Mission, Modular Robot
June 13, 2022
Dynamic new unmanned ground platform provides unmatched strength and mobility PARIS, June 13, 2022 ― Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced today at Eurosatory the launch of ...
- Seychelles Police confirms Kenyan experts helping in Valabhji couple’s illegal firearms case
June 13, 2022
The Seychelles Police have confirmed that they have sought the expertise of the Kenyan ballistics experts to assist in an ongoing case of illegal possession of firearms. The Nairobi Review newspaper ...
- 4 Turkish soldiers killed in military operation in northern Iraq
June 12, 2022
The Turkish Ministry of Defence announced on Sunday that four soldiers were killed in an explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the ongoing military operation in northern Iraq ...
- Afghanistan: Three Explosions Occur Simultaneously in Badakhshan, Kunduz and Kunar provinces
June 12, 2022
Three simultaneous explosions have been reported in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan, Kunduz, and Kunar provinces, according to sources. On Sunday morning, June the 12th, an explosion took place on a vehicle carrying Taliban ...
- Ukraine: Interior Ministry classifies explosion in Berdyansk on Sunday as terrorist attack
June 12, 2022
The explosion that rocked the city of Berdyansk in the Zaporozhye Region on Sunday morning was a terrorist attack, Alexey Selivanov, deputy head of the local Interior Ministry department, told ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: IED recovered on Srinagar-Baramulla highway, defused
June 12, 2022
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on Srinagar-Baramulla highway near Putkha area of Sopore subdivision was recovered and defused by the security forces and police on Saturday morning. A police official ...
- Pakistan: ‘Terrorist’ arrested with explosive-laden motorcycle in Quetta
June 12, 2022
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Balochistan on Sunday foiled terrorists’ bid to target security forces and the courts of the provincial capital through improvised explosive device (IED) explosions. In a ...
- Introducing the Avenger 2.0 – A mid-sized robot with the capabilities of a larger Unmanned Ground Vehicle
June 11, 2022
Introducing the Avenger 2.0. A mid-sized robot with the capabilities of a larger Unmanned Ground Vehicle, designed and built for the demands of: Military EOD Public Safety Bomb Disposal CBRNe and HazMat Operations Tactical ...
- Somalia: Double explosions kills at least 2 near Mogadishu
June 11, 2022
At least two people were killed and more than five others wounded late Friday in two explosions in and around Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, according to an official. The first attack ...
- Cambodia: Battambang farmer finds 47 Soviet landmines
June 10, 2022
A farmer in Rukhak Kiri district of Battambang province found 47 Soviet Union-made landmines on June 9 while he was looking after his cows, according to the National Police. The police ...
- Afghanistan: 5 security men, 1 civilian killed in Kandahar landmine blast
June 10, 2022
Six people were killed and a seventh injured in a roadside bomb blast in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Friday. Spin Boldak police chief Mohammad Hashim Mahmood told Pajhwok Afghan ...
- Nigeria: ISIL affiliate blamed for church massacre
June 9, 2022
The Nigerian government has blamed an ISIL-affiliated armed group in the country for carrying out an attack that killed dozens of worshippers at a church. Security experts, however, expressed scepticism about ...
- Northern Iraq: Explosive drone detonates in Erbil
June 9, 2022
A drone exploded in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Wednesday injuring three people and damaging several cars, according to a statement by Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service. The explosive drone detonated on ...
- Philippines: Mindanao land transport, security sectors beef up coordination
June 9, 2022
Land transport and security sector representatives in Mindanao will forge stronger coordination to prevent safety threats to commuters, starting with ensuring compliance to the required security plan for all service ...
- UK: Unexploded bomb found in Liverpool park lake
June 8, 2022
An unexploded bomb was found in a lake in Liverpool and later detonated by a team from the Army. A member of public found the explosive in Greenbank Park in the ...
- Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria
June 8, 2022
A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil. Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to ...
- Afghanistan: Mortar Shell Explosion Kills a Child in Kunduz Province
June 8, 2022
According to Taliban security officials, a mortar shell explosion in Kunduz province has killed one child. Abdullah Abedi, spokesman for the Taliban Police in Kunduz province, said the event occurred before ...
- Cambodia: Former President of Colombia visits CMAC’s headquarters
June 8, 2022
Andrés Pastrana Arango, former President of the Republic of Colombia and current President of the Centrist Democrat International (CDI), paid a visit to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s headquarters ...
- A legendary Army bomb tech who was paralyzed and learned to walk again has retired from the military
June 8, 2022
The most decorated soldier in an elite Army explosive ordnance disposal company retired last month after a legendary career that included defusing hundreds of bombs, saving the lives of countless ...
- Suspect arrested in Slovakia for spreading hate speech and 3D printed weapons manuals
June 8, 2022
An investigation by the Slovak National Crime Agency (Národná kriminálna agentúra/NAKA), the Slovak Military Intelligence (Vojenské spravodajstvo), the Slovak Police (Príslušníci / PZ SR), supported by the Czech National Organized ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: 3 magnetic IEDs recovered from shot down drone in Dayaran area
June 7, 2022
Ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, police shot down a Pakistani drone carrying three magnetic improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the International Border (IB) in Kanachak sector of Akhnoor in ...
- Afghanistan: Explosion in Kabul Targets Kabul Municipality’s Head of District 4
June 6, 2022
The Taliban security officials in Kabul confirmed the explosion in Taimani Project, the capital’s fourth district, stating that many civilians were wounded. The explosion, which took place in Kabul’s PD 4 ...
- Northern Iraq: Bomb injures person near headquarters of Iranian opposition party in Erbil
June 6, 2022
A person was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a car detonated near the headquarters of an Iranian opposition party in the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil, the ...
- UK: Manchester-based landmine charity heading to Ukraine to help clear explosives left by war
June 6, 2022
A charity based in Manchester is sending a team to Ukraine to help clear explosives left by the war. The Mines Advisory Group will work with local people and Ukrainian authorities ...
- Nigeria: Gunmen kill ‘many’ church worshippers in Ondo state
June 6, 2022
Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church and opened fire in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 21 worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said. Richard Olatunde, spokesman ...
- UN: Protecting civilians from explosive weapons in conflict, 5 things you should know
June 5, 2022
“On average, 90 per cent of those killed and injured by the use of explosive weapons used in populated areas are civilians. A political commitment to address the humanitarian harm ...
- Israeli soldiers in West Bank attacked by IED
June 5, 2022
Two suspects riding on a motorcycle threw an improvised bomb at soldiers, who responded by opening fire Suspects riding on a motorcycle hurled an improvised bomb at Israeli soldiers near the ...
- Philippines: Basilan bomb attack foiled
June 5, 2022
Government troopers foiled a bomb attack in Basilan yesterday as government troopers recovered three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the roadside in Tipo-Tipo town. Personnel of the 18th Infantry Battalion ...
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