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Latest News
- Somalia for 1st time claims Al Shabab extremists seek talks
January 7, 2023
Somalia’s government claimed on Saturday that the Al Shabab extremist group has for the first time asked to open negotiations, amid a military offensive the government has described as “total ...
- Northern Ireland: Randalstown bomb attack, man appears in court charged with causing explosion
January 7, 2023
A man who police allege went on the run after a bomb attack in Northern Ireland more than 30 years ago has appeared in court charged with causing the explosion. Eamonn ...
- UK: Gornal residents heard ‘controlled explosions’ during police search at woodland
January 6, 2023
Residents living near an area of woodland where a blue police tent has been set up said they had heard a “few controlled explosions”. However, they added they were still none ...
- Thailand: Demining officer killed, another injured in blast near Thai-Cambodian border
January 6, 2023
A member of the Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion, as they led a team of forest rangers on a patrol in ...
- Australia contributes significantly to Cambodia’s demining
January 6, 2023
Australia is one of the longest-standing supporters of mine clearance action in Cambodia, contributing essentially to Cambodian government’s goal to reach mine-free status by 2025. The appreciation was voiced by Ly ...
- Pakistan: One hurt in Khuzdar IED explosion
January 6, 2023
A person was seriously injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a motorcycle exploded here on Thursday. The motorcycle was parked at the Quetta-Karachi National Highway on the outskirts ...
- Massachusetts: Old explosive device found in Wilbraham basement and detonated
January 5, 2023
Wilbraham and Ludlow residents were disrupted by the sound of a loud explosion on Wednesday evening after police safely detonated an old explosive device one resident found in their basement, ...
- Thornhill landmine clearing charity receives Scottish Government backing for Ukraine work
January 5, 2023
A Thornhill-based landmine clearing charity has been given Scottish Government funding to continue its work in Ukraine. The Halo Trust is working in the war-torn country to remove explosives left behind ...
- Florida: Two men arrested after attempting to make explosives
January 5, 2023
Two are in custody after police say the men made explosive devices at the beach. According to Panama City Beach Police, there were reports of a “bomb” being set off at ...
- Sweden: Explosion leads to fire at downtown Stockton market; residents evacuated
January 5, 2023
A downtown Stockton market was scorched in a Molotov cocktail attack and a subsequent explosion Wednesday night, forcing 35 residents out of their apartments, which are right above the store, ...
- Highly specialized U.S. Army units hone skills together at Defense Nuclear Weapons School
January 5, 2023
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Units from the U.S. military’s premier all hazards command trained together during a radiological course at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School on Kirtland Air ...
- Nigeria: DSS arrests ISWAP commander behind Kogi bomb blast, Kuje prison attack
January 5, 2023
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested an Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) member over the blast near the Palace of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene, Kogi State. The ...
- DR Congo: MONUSCO holds training for police officers in Beni on handling IEDs
January 5, 2023
The threat is real.” Police officials in Beni acknowledge that the city is still under threat from improvised explosive devices. In 2021, on the evening of the Christmas celebration, a device ...
- Somalia: Death toll from car bomb blasts in Hiraan region rises to 35
January 4, 2023
Al-Shabaab militants detonated two car bombs killing at least 35 people and leveling several houses in central Somalia’s Hiraan region on Wednesday, a government-allied militia and a local elder said. The ...
- DR Congo: Lost grenade kills two children in South Kivu province
January 4, 2023
Two children have died and six people been wounded in eastern DR Congo after a grenade they discovered during a bird-hunt exploded, local officials said on Tuesday. A group of youngsters ...
- Iowa: Improvised explosive device removed from Cedar Rapids alleyway
January 4, 2023
The Cedar Rapids Metro Hazardous Devices Unit removed an improvised explosive device from an alley behind a residence on the 1700 block of Park Ave. SE Tuesday morning. Police were called ...
- Türkiye: Over 100-Year-Old WWI bomb exploded by robot
January 3, 2023
An over 100-year-old bomb has finally exploded in Turkey. Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula was the location of one of WWI’s bloodiest battles. A dangerous remnant of that conflict, which raged from ...
- Cambodia: CMAC vows to clear 265km2 of landmines, UXOs in 2023
January 3, 2023
Reiterating its support to the efforts of authorities to make Cambodia a mine-free nation by 2025, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has pledged to clear more than 265 square ...
- Robert W. ‘Wes’ Wheeler Jr. Named Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office
January 3, 2023
Director Christopher Wray has named Robert W. “Wes” Wheeler Jr. as the special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Office. Mr. Wheeler most recently served as the chief of ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: 2 children among 6 people killed in southern Rajouri district attack
January 2, 2023
Two children were killed and five other civilians wounded in a blast in a village in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, a day after assailants sprayed bullets toward a row of ...
- Complex violence defies military operations in restive east Congo
January 2, 2023
There was hope last week that mounting violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo could ebb, after the feared M23 group agreed to surrender territories to the East African Community ...
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