Welcome to the Counter-IED Report website, a one-stop source of information and news for Counter-IED professionals. The Counter-IED Report is the leading international subscription-based publication covering the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The purpose of the Counter-IED Report is to identify technological advances, as well as strategies and tactics to counter threat networks, reduce IED production and placement, assist in post-conflict humanitarian demining, and capacity-building efforts worldwide. We are committed to providing up-to-date, first-hand expertise and facilitating information sharing among stakeholders, academia and industry. The magazine is published in print, e-book and PDF formats and distributed worldwide. The distribution is tailored to the highly engaged audience of Counter-IED, EOD, CBRNe, Defence, Law Enforcement, Humanitarian Demining and Security professionals and senior decision makers in government, public and private sectors. Additional hard copies of the Report are also distributed at the defence and security events through our Media Partnership Program.
Latest News
- South Korea: Police uncover cache of homemade explosives after father shoots son with homemade shotgun
July 21, 2025
A man in his 30s was shot and killed by his father during a birthday gathering in Incheon on Sunday night, with police later uncovering a cache of homemade explosives ...
- Cameroon: Bomb blast kills 2 children in Far North region
July 21, 2025
At least two children were killed in a bomb explosion early Monday in Cameroon’s Far North region, according to locals and security sources. The children were trekking along the Bargaram-Abasouni Road ...
- Japan’s aid agency, U.N. sign deal to expand mine action cooperation
July 21, 2025
The government-backed Japan International Cooperation Agency and a U.N. unit in charge of landmine countermeasures have concluded an agreement to expand their cooperation in disposing of the munitions in Africa ...
- Pakistan: Islamist militants use drones to target security forces
July 21, 2025
Islamist militants in Pakistan have started using commercially acquired quadcopter drones to drop bombs on security forces in the country’s northwest, police said, a potentially dangerous development in the volatile ...
- UK: Controlled explosion carried out after shell found in Old Trafford
July 20, 2025
An explosion was carried out after a shell was found in a city centre canal, the Manchester Evening News understands. Police shut off an area near a major tram stop ...
- California: Improvised explosive device used to gain entry to ATM at San Ramon Target
July 20, 2025
An investigation is underway in San Ramon after police said an improvised explosive device was used to gain entry to an ATM early Sunday morning. Shortly after 2:15 a.m., officers responded ...
- India: Security forces recover IED in Namsai
July 20, 2025
One powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered from the Nongtaw village area in Piyong circle in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. Security forces had intensified counterinsurgency operations in ...
- Pakistan: Security official killed in Quetta magnetic IED blast
July 20, 2025
A senior officer belonging to security forces was martyred in a bomb attack at the Western Bypass area on Saturday, according to officials. Police said a magnetic explosive device was attached ...
- Syria: Death toll from violence in the south tops 1,000
July 20, 2025
Calm returned to southern Syria’s Sweida province on Sunday after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups. A ceasefire announced on Saturday appeared to be holding after ...
- Ukrainian mine masked as tree
July 19, 2025
The Russian news agency RIA Novosti released a video showing a Ukrainian anti-tank mine disguised as a tree—an innovative and unusual tactic in the ongoing conflict. The recorded mine has sparked ...
- Grenades, mortars and rockets: What to do if you find military explosives
July 19, 2025
Police responded to two separate munitions discoveries in the Maritimes this week, prompting the public to ask: What do you do if you find, dangerous, potentially explosive items? “There are absolutely ...
- California: Santa Monica apartment is focus of probe into blast that killed 3 L.A. County sheriff’s deputies
July 19, 2025
Authorities investigating the deadly blast at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility are looking into connections to some explosives collected in Santa Monica. Three deputies were killed Friday in ...
- Germany: 19 injured after fireworks show goes awry at fair in Düsseldorf
July 19, 2025
German authorities say at least 19 people were injured, four seriously, after a fireworks show went awry at a fair in the western city of Düsseldorf. Fire squad and emergency services ...
- California: Driver slams into crowd outside Hollywood nightclub, critically injuring 7 and wounding more than 20 others
July 19, 2025
A patron who had been tossed out of a popular East Hollywood nightclub early Saturday later intentionally smashed his car into a crowd outside the venue, injuring 30 people — ...
- Cambodia refutes Thailand’s allegation over recent landmine incident
July 19, 2025
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has firmly rejected recent Thai media reports alleging that Cambodia was responsible for a landmine incident that injured three Thai soldiers. According ...
- New airport scanners are better at spotting liquid explosives, but many airports lack them
July 19, 2025
Travelers celebrated the suggestion that American airports might soon ease restrictions on liquids in carry-on bags that create endless hassles at security checkpoints, but more than a third of all ...
- Virginia: Smithfield man pleads guilty to possessing over 150 improvised explosive devices and an unregistered firearm
July 18, 2025
NORFOLK, Va. – A Smithfield man pled guilty today to possession of an unregistered short barrel rifle and possession of an unregistered destructive device. According to court documents, on July 31, ...
- Philippines: National Police Commission vows upgrades for PNP explosive, K9 units
July 18, 2025
The National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Friday committed the agency’s full support for the capability enhancement of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Explosives and Ordnance Division/Canine Group (EOD/K9 Group). Napolcom Vice ...
