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Latest News
- Cambodia intensifies UXO awareness as displaced families return to border zones
January 2, 2026
As families flee high-risk areas, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has intensified public awareness campaigns about the dangers of unexploded ordnance (UXO), seeking to protect displaced communities in northwestern ...
- Pakistan: Sibi bomb blast leaves one dead, five injured
January 2, 2026
One person was killed and five others were injured in a bomb blast in Sibi town on Thursday. Police officials said that some unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive ...
- Somalia: Al-Shabaab attack on army base repelled in Middle Shabelle region
January 1, 2026
The Al-Shabaab militant group launched a pre-dawn attack on Friday in Wargaadhi area of Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, targeting a military base housing Danab special forces, security officials said. The assault ...
- Nigeria: Suspected suicide bomber arrested, IED materials seized in Borno
January 1, 2026
The Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), has arrested a suspected suicide bomber and recovered materials used in making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Bama Local Council of ...
- UK: Teenager detained on mental health grounds after suspected ‘modified fireworks’ found in Blackpool.
January 1, 2026
The 16-year-old from Blackpool was earlier arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, but has now been detained under the Mental Health Act following a further assessment. It comes ...
- Nigeria: 30 gunmen stormed, bombed police facility in Ondo
January 1, 2026
Following an attack on the Divisional Police Station in the Ipele community, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, the police command in the state has disclosed that the attack ...
- Exercise DESERT CYCLONE–II Concludes in UAE, Strengthening India–UAE Defence Ties
January 1, 2026
The joint military exercise DESERT CYCLONE–II concluded successfully at Al-Hamra Training City in the United Arab Emirates, marking another significant milestone in strengthening defence cooperation between India and the UAE. The ...
- India: 150 kg of ammonium nitrate seized in Rajasthan’s Tonk
December 31, 2025
The Rajasthan Police on Wednesday recovered a large quantity of explosive material, including 150 kg of ammonium nitrate hidden in sacks, from a Maruti Ciaz car after intercepting the vehicle ...
- Totally ‘paw-some’ 2026 TSA Canine Calendar now available for download
December 31, 2025
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today unleashed the 2026 TSA Canine Calendar, an annual tradition honoring the agency’s more than 1,000 explosives detection canines working at airports across ...
- Nigeria: Police, Military Clear Zamfara Road Of IED Threats After Deadly Blast
December 31, 2025
Security operatives have cleared and reopened the Gusau–Magami–Dansadau Road for public use following a joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) sweep operation carried out by the Police and Military teams in ...
- Palestine Seeks International Cooperation To Clear Gaza’s Unexploded Ordnance
December 31, 2025
The Palestinian government said on Tuesday that it is partnering with international organisations to remove unexploded ordnance in Gaza, reported Xinhua. Field surveys, marking of contaminated areas, and training of local ...
- Texas man arrested, accused of funding, supplying bomb materials to ISIS
December 30, 2025
A 21-year-old Texas man has been charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS after allegedly delivering bomb-making components and cash to undercover agents he believed were members of ...
- Turkey: Three police officers, six Islamic State militants killed in clash amid national crackdown
December 29, 2025
Three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants were killed in a gunfight in northwest Turkey on Monday, the Interior Minister said, a week after more than 100 suspected ...
- UN, US sign $2 billion humanitarian funding agreement for 17 crisis-hit countries
December 29, 2025
The United Nations and the United States on Monday formalized an agreement under which the US committed $2 billion in humanitarian assistance for global relief programmes, a move the UN’s ...
- Nigeria: NAF strikes IED hub, neutralises many bandits in Zamfara
December 29, 2025
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) conducted two high-impact precision Air Interdiction (AI) missions on December 28, 2025, at Turba Hill and Kachalla Dogo Sule’s Camp, both in Tsafe Local Government ...
- Washington DC: Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted US political parties because they were ‘in charge’
December 29, 2025
The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol told investigators after his arrest that he ...
- Iraq: Counter-Terrorism Service arrests five terrorists across three provinces
December 28, 2025
Iraq Counter-Terrorism Service-ICTS said on Sunday it had arrested five terrorists in operations carried out across three provinces. In a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), ICTS said ...
- Ireland: Plan to jam bomb phone signals met with resistance
December 28, 2025
Irish phone companies were “unwilling” to take part in an early 2000s scheme to temporarily block networks in a bid to prevent bombs being set off in Northern Ireland, according ...
