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Latest News
- India: Bomb Blast On Rail Track Near Jagatdal Train Station in West Bengal, No Casualties Reported
April 10, 2022
A bomb blast took place on a rail track near Jagatdal railway station in the North 24 Parganas of West Bengal on Saturday. Officials from the Government Railway Police Force ...
- India: Police on alert after 5 timer bombs found in Barabanki
April 9, 2022
Even as the sleuths of Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) are busy scanning the terror angle in the lone wolf attack on Gorakhnath temple last Sunday, the recovery of five bomb-like shells ...
- Backgrounder on Anti-Vehicle Landmines
April 8, 2022
Antivehicle landmines (also called anti-tank mines) have been used in many contemporary conflicts, including currently by Russian and Ukrainian forces in Ukraine. They are designed to damage or destroy vehicles ...
- France: Police hunting for man who left a parcel bomb at Toulouse Cathedral
April 8, 2022
Police forces were hunting for a man who left a parcel bomb in the Cathedral of Toulouse, Southwestern France, on Friday, ahead of the first round of voting in France’s ...
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Explosion in a military camp in Goma kills at least 6
April 8, 2022
An explosion killed at least six people and wounded three others in a bar in the Kantindo military camp on Thursday night in Goma, the capital of North Kivu in ...
- Ukraine: Of Roadside Bombs And Drones, Putin’s Looming Insurgency Problem
April 8, 2022
The Russian military may soon experience a violent and tech laden insurgency the likes of which it has never endured — in Afghanistan, in Chechnya, or in Syria — and ...
- U.S. announces plan to provide additional $7 million for demining assistance to Sri Lanka
April 8, 2022
A delegation from the U.S. Department of State has visited Sri Lanka from April 3-8, 2022, to review U.S.-funded demining projects in Kilinochchi, Jaffna, Vavuniya, and Muhamalai. The United States contributed ...
- Spain: National Police arrested a radicalized Spaniard in possession of bomb-making instructions
April 8, 2022
The National Police has arrested in Las Rozas (Madrid) a Spanish convert for his alleged participation in the crimes of self-indoctrination and terrorist self-training. The man had already been arrested ...
- MRAPs with lasers and robotic arms will help the Air Force handle bombs on the flight line
April 7, 2022
An unexploded bomb is a terrible threat, and the Air Force is investing in armored vehicles with powerful lasers and robot arms to safely clear them off runways. In February, ...
- Mounties say thieves in southern Alberta used a homemade bomb to rob an ATM
April 7, 2022
RCMP say charges have been laid against three men in connection with a series of break-and-enters and ATM thefts where officials say the thieves used some unconventional methods to get ...
- NATO sharpens technological edge with innovation initiatives
April 7, 2022
NATO Allies are launching a ground-breaking initiative to sharpen the Alliance’s technological edge. On Thursday (7 April 2022), Allied foreign ministers approved the Charter of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for ...
- Israel: 2 arrested over November explosion at Health Ministry office in Nazareth
April 7, 2022
Police announced Thursday that two people have been arrested in connection with an explosion at a Health Ministry office in the northern city of Nazareth last year, which caused damage ...
- Afghanistan: 100s Killed, Injured by Landmines in Past Year
April 6, 2022
Statistics from the Afghan Directorate for Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) show that “120 civilians are killed and injured each month” as a result of landmine explosions. Officials gathered in Kabul today ...
- UN official says explosive mines put around 1.2 million Nigerians at risk
April 6, 2022
A UN official based in Nigeria said about 1.2 million people are at risk of explosive mines in three northeastern states of the country. Speaking at a gathering for the 2022 ...
- Landmines: illegal weapons that litter the Middle East
April 6, 2022
The 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War was so horrific that it has come to be known as the Middle East’s First World War. The numbers speak for themselves. Some estimates put the ...
- Ukraine: The State Emergency Service urge citizens not to return to the settlements of Kyiv region
April 6, 2022
Employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) urge citizens not to return to the settlements of Kyiv region liberated from Russian occupiers, as the mine clearance process continues. This ...
- Cambodia and Philippines hold workshop on mine clearance
April 6, 2022
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the Philippines Mine Action organised a three-day stakeholders’ workshop in Phnom Penh to review the challenges posed by mines and the ...
- MWD team attends training, furthers capabilities
April 6, 2022
The school hallway lights emit a fluorescent glow and a low constant buzz. A K-9 handler locks eyes with his fit-to-fight 70-pound German Shepherd. He mutters a command to his ...
- UK: Police release five arrested after homemade explosives found in York garden
April 5, 2022
Four people arrested as part of an investigation into homemade explosives in a village near York, have been released on conditional bail. A firth person was also arrested in connection with ...
- TSA Checkpoints Begin Using 3D Checkpoint Scanners to Improve Explosives Detection
April 5, 2022
On April 1, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it has installed computed tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners that provide 3D imaging at TSA checkpoints at Frederick Douglass Grater Rochester ...
- UK: Man who stockpiled bomb ingredients for ‘the apocalypse’ caught after explosion at Kingston home
April 5, 2022
A man who stockpiled bomb-making materials to prepare for an apocalypse was caught after an explosion in his home. Michael Pym-Nixson, 54, was “obsessed with the breakdown of society” and ...
- UN: Mines kill, injure more than 500 children in Iraq
April 5, 2022
At least 519 children have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Iraq in the past five years, UN agencies have warned. “More than 80 percent of children ...
- Somali National Army recovered weapons and four improvised explosive devices in Mudug region
April 4, 2022
The special forces of the Somali National Army (SNA), Danab, killed seven al-Shabab militants and wounded others Sunday during a security operation at an area near Wisil town in Hobyo ...
- Vietnam in need of international support for bomb, mine clearance
April 4, 2022
To speed up the settlement of bomb and mine consequences, Vietnam needs stronger cooperation and support from international partners, thus ensuring that no more people are killed or injured due ...
- Bombs dropped on Ukraine today pose danger to future generations
April 4, 2022
On March 22, a construction crew in Germany found an unexploded bomb in Essen, Germany, decades after it had been dropped during World War II. The area was evacuated, including ...
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