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- Afghanistan: Bomb truck identified and targeted by Balkh police
June 17, 2021
Balkh police say that last night a truck full of Taliban explosives, which was trying to target the police headquarters of Dolatabad district of the province, was identified and targeted ...
- Nigeria: Boko Haram finally confirms Shekau’s death, urges loyalty
June 17, 2021
Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist group has confirmed the death of its chief Abubakar Shekau, who sources say died during infighting with a rival Islamic State-allied faction, according to a video ...
- Rome: IED Discovered, Destroyed In Front of Stadio Olimpico Ahead of 2020 Euro Game
June 16, 2021
The homemade bomb was allegedly reported as a suspicious-looking package on a car in the Prati area, just a couple of miles from the stadium. According to Italian news outlet ...
- Washington: Man loses arm, 6-year-old girl hurt in homemade bomb explosion in Port Hadlock
June 16, 2021
A Port Hadlock man lost an arm and a 6-year-old girl sustained head injuries in an explosion Tuesday night in Port Hadlock, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives called ...
- Sri Lanka Army to declare country free from mines and explosives by 2022
June 16, 2021
The Sri Lanka Army Humanitarian Demining Unit (SLAHDU) of the Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE) are working towards the complete demining of the country by the end of 2022. The SLADHU, the ...
- Afghan deminers to ‘continue to save lives’ despite deadly attack
June 16, 2021
Aqa Mohammad has not spoken much since he found out that his father, Ghulam Mohammad, a mine clearance professional in the Baghlan province of Afghanistan, was murdered by armed gunmen ...
- Colombia: Car bomb explodes inside military base in Cucuta; 36 injured
June 16, 2021
A car bomb exploded inside a military base in the Colombian border town of Cucuta on Tuesday, leaving 36 people injured, including three in critical condition, officials said. During an emergency ...
- Northern Ireland: Explosive device made safe in Portadown
June 15, 2021
An explosive device has been made safe during a security alert in Portadown. Police say it was discovered yesterday afternoon in the Glanroy Avenue area of the town. The device was defused ...
- Somalia: Suicide Bomber at Military Training Camp Kills Recruits
June 15, 2021
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military training camp in the south of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, early Tuesday. Two security sources told VOA Somali that a man disguised ...
- Cambodia deploys new team of mine sniffing rats
June 15, 2021
Cambodia has deployed a new team of mine sniffing rats to replace the “retired” ones in an effort to boost de-mining operations in the country. The team comprises 20 African giant ...
- Norwegian People’s Aid conducts explosives training in Vietnam
June 15, 2021
Norwegian People’s Aid Vietnam is for the first time conducting an intensive course on International Mine Action Standards Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Level 3 in the central Quang Tri Province ...
- UN experts warn of IED proliferation in DR Congo
June 15, 2021
A group of UN experts overseeing sanctions in the Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of a proliferation of homemade bombs in the country’s northeast, in an annual report seen ...
- Allied Democratic Forces: The Ugandan rebels working with IS in DR Congo
June 14, 2021
The eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo has long been a cradle of rebel activity, often the spill-over of conflict in neighbouring Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda. Among the most ...
- About 800 mines, unexploded ordnance found in Nagorno Karabakh on June 7-12
June 14, 2021
Azerbaijan’s Mine Action Agency has disseminated a report on mine-clearing operations carried out on June 7-12 on territories liberated from the Armenian occupation in 2020. The agency said that 596 anti-personnel ...
- 4th ID Soldiers first to receive counter UAS threat training at home
June 14, 2021
Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division took part in the first home-station training for the Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems from April 19-May 7, 2021, prior to a deployment. Soldiers used ...
- Two Mali soldiers die in suspected jihadist ambush in Gao
June 14, 2021
Two soldiers have been killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists and eight United Nations troops wounded by a landmine in conflict-riven Mali, military and UN sources said Sunday. “Two of ...
- Pakistan: 4 FC soldiers martyred in IED explosion near Quetta
June 14, 2021
Four Frontier Corps soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion on the Margat-Quetta road in Balochistan, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Monday. “Terrorists targeted ...
- Off The Shelf: The Violent Nonstate Actor Drone Threat – Analysis
June 14, 2021
In a recent Air & Space Power Journal, Maj Jules “Jay” Hurst explains how small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) enable less capital-rich nations to enter the air domain.1 Though airpower ...
- Afghanistan: Blasts in Kabul Kill 7 Civilians
June 13, 2021
Two blasts targeted two minivans carrying civilians in two areas in the west of Kabul on Saturday afternoon, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said. One of the blasts happened in the ...
- Somalia: Newly deployed AMISOM staff officers complete induction training
June 13, 2021
Fifty-Four (54) staff officers who recently deployed to serve under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), have completed induction training as part of their integration into the mission. The training, ...
- Arndale bombing: 25 years on, Manchester still waits for answers
June 13, 2021
It was the biggest bomb ever exploded in peacetime England: so vast that no building within half a mile is thought to have been left undamaged. Twenty-five years ago on Tuesday, ...
- Ivory Coast: Police officer, two soldiers killed in a blast near the border with Burkina Faso
June 13, 2021
Two soldiers and a police officer were killed when their vehicle hit an explosive device in northeast Ivory Coast near the border with Burkina Faso, the military said Sunday. Army chief ...
- Kenya: KWS Vehicle Ran Over IED In Mandera
June 11, 2021
Two people were killed and three others injured in a Wednesday evening attack at Qoqaye -Takaba in Mandera County by suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists. County Director of Criminal Investigation (CDCI), Benedict Kigen, ...
- Semper Gumby – EOD Trains For Every Scenario
June 10, 2021
MCAS IWAKUNI, Japan – U.S. Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal conducted an improvised explosive device exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 19. EOD is responsible for the construction, ...
- Malaysia: Homemade bomb blast kills man, seriously injures another
June 10, 2021
A motorcyclist died while his pillion rider suffered serious injuries after a homemade bomb exploded in Bintangor on Wednesday (June 9). Bintangor OCPD Deputy Supt Sekam Anoi said the duo were ...
- Philippines: Jack Russel Terrier puppies to train on bomb detection
June 10, 2021
The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) Explosive and Ordnance Division (EOD) and K-9 Unit recently received two male puppies it would be raising and training to become Explosive Detection Dogs ...
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