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Latest News
- Malawi: Police defuse explosive devices discovered at construction site in Mchinji
April 8, 2026
Police in Mchinji District were on high alert yesterday after construction workers unearthed four suspected explosive devices buried underground at a site located on a former airstrip in the iNkosi ...
- US and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire
April 8, 2026
The United States and Iran said Tuesday they have agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the war that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
- India: Chhattisgarh Police bring surrendered Maoist ‘experts’ to train recruits on IEDs
April 7, 2026
The Chhattisgarh Police have sent more than a dozen surrendered Maoist cadres to the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare (CTJW) College to brief fresh recruits on their methods, especially the ...
- ATF: National Odor Recognition Testing
April 7, 2026
The National Odor Recognition Test (NORT) is a nationally recognized standardized method to evaluate a canine team’s ability to detect selected explosives. The ATF National Canine Division mobile training team travels ...
- Pakistan: Five police personnel injured in IED attack on patrol in Lakki Marwat
April 7, 2026
At least five police personnel were injured when a police mobile vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) during a patrol in the Shahbazkhel police station area of ...
- Danish Refugee Council removes explosive ordnance from key humanitarian infrastructure supporting forced returnees in Afghanistan
April 7, 2026
The Danish Refugee Council has removed ten pieces of explosive ordnance from critical humanitarian infrastructure supporting forced returnees from Pakistan. This explosive ordnance was found following heavy fighting in March at ...
- India: Explosives found in bag in Nagpur
April 7, 2026
Panic gripped the Central Avenue area after a bag containing live explosives was found near Dosar Vaishya Bhavan in the Gandhibag area of Nagpur on Tuesday. Nagpur Police said they ...
- Netherlands: Bombing targets ATM at hotel Pestana Amsterdam Riverside in Amsterdam-Zuid
April 6, 2026
Police received a report of an explosion at the hotel around 4:45 AM. Upon arrival, officers found a destroyed ATM. Damage to the hotel is significant, according to a police ...
- Kuwait: EOD teams respond to 21 falling debris incidents
April 6, 2026
Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams handled 21 reports over the past 24 hours involving falling debris on homes and vehicles because of ...
- California: San Bruno man arrested after explosives, guns, drugs found in home
April 6, 2026
A San Bruno man has been arrested on multiple felony charges after authorities said they located guns and explosive materials, along with drugs, during a search last week. According to the ...
- Somalia: Army clears IEDs in Middle Shabelle
April 6, 2026
The Somali National Army (SNA) conducted a highly critical mine clearance operation today in the Gololey area, located on the outskirts of Balcad town within the Middle Shabelle region. During the ...
- Nigeria: Army foils deadly IED plot in Abia forest, recovers explosives
April 6, 2026
The Nigerian Army said it had foiled a suspected deadly bomb attack after uncovering and neutralising multiple Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Umuchima Forest, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area ...
- India: Delhi–Mumbai joint raid foils toy car IED terror plot
April 6, 2026
The Delhi Police Special Cell, working with Maharashtra ATS, arrested Mossab Ahdam alias Kalam Kalyan and Mohammad Hamad Kollara from Mumbai’s Kurla and Khadavli. Officials allege they were part of an ...
- Nigeria: IED blast kills driver, motorcyclist in Niger
April 6, 2026
A yet-to-be-identified driver was killed on Sunday when his yam-laden vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Lumma-Babanna road in Borgu Local Government Area. The incident occurred around 2 ...
- Florida: Court docs show IED details in MacDill AFB bomb plot
April 6, 2026
Newly released court documents and images are shedding light on the explosive device planted at MacDill Air Force Base last month and how federal investigators say they tracked down the ...
- UNSMIL: 63 people killed by landmines in Libya in 2025
April 5, 2026
A total of 63 people, including 21 children, were killed in landmine-related incidents in Libya during 2025, according to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), which reaffirmed its ...
