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
- Romania says it destroys maritime drone in Black Sea
December 3, 2025
The Romanian military blew up a maritime drone that was endangering navigation in the Black Sea, the Ministry of National Defence said on Wednesday, amid rising concerns about risks to ...
- How Kiwi soldiers are helping train Ukraine forces
December 3, 2025
The New Zealand Defence Force is continuing to provide training to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in counter explosive ordnance measures and drone warfare – over three and a half ...
- Pakistan: Three police officers killed in IED blast targeting police vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan
December 3, 2025
Three cops, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeting a police vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday. The spokesperson for ...
- Philippines: Bomb threats expose critical shortage in police EOD personnel
December 3, 2025
A surge of bomb threats across Western Visayas has exposed a worrying security gap: the region is being protected by only 61 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel, a number police ...
- Japan signs deal to provide $26 million to help Ukraine remove landmines
December 3, 2025
Japan has signed a deal to give Ukraine an aid package worth about 26 million dollars to help the country clear away landmines. In October, the Japanese government hosted an ...
- U.S. Department of Justice: Afghan Citizen Federally Charged for Posting Threats to Build Bomb and Kill Americans
December 2, 2025
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, a citizen of Afghanistan residing in Fort Worth, Texas, has been federally charged for threatening to build a bomb, conduct a suicide attack, and kill Americans ...
- Russian tanker Midvolga 2 targeted in Black Sea
December 2, 2025
The tanker Midvolga 2, en route from Russia to Georgia carrying a cargo of sunflower oil, came under attack 80 miles off the coast of Turkey, the country’s Ministry of ...
- Bangladesh: Seven petrol bombs, four crude bombs recovered from park in Mohammadpur
December 2, 2025
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have recovered seven petrol bombs, four crude bombs, and various bomb-making materials from a bush inside a park in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. The ...
- Outstanding Airmen of the Year: Staff Sgt. Lucas Shappell, A Perfect Match in EOD
December 1, 2025
Some careers are mapped out long before they begin. For Staff Sgt. Lucas Shappell, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Leader with the 934th CES, the path to becoming an Air Force ...
- Landmine casualties hit four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen
December 1, 2025
Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva ...
- South Africa: Woman arrested with explosives intercepted on route to Hartbeespoort Dam
December 1, 2025
Atteridgeville SAPS has made an arrest when officers apprehended a woman with explosives travelling to Hartebeespoort. The arrest came on November 29 at around 09:00, when police on crime-prevention patrols spotted ...
- Senegal: Damaged Turkish tanker off Dakar coast was hit by explosions
December 1, 2025
A Turkish-owned oil tanker that was damaged near Senegal’s coast last week was hit by four external explosions but there were no injuries or pollution, its manager said on Monday. The ...
