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Latest News
- UK: Theft victim jailed over plan to make booby trap bombs
November 4, 2025
A man considered making potentially deadly “booby traps” after a series of thefts at his home, a court has heard. Shazad Khan, 52, sparked a large-scale evacuation of his street ...
- Iraq: PMF member killed, two injured in blast at Baghdad explosives site
November 4, 2025
One member of the Popular Mobilization Forces was killed and two others were injured Tuesday in an accidental explosion during a technical operation in Baghdad’s Jurf al-Naddaf area, according to ...
- China contributes to Iraq’s mine action capacity
November 4, 2025
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq issued a statement on Monday hailing a Chinese contribution aiming to assist UNMAS in developing long-term national mine ...
- Safe Pro’s Artificial Intelligence Delivers 800+% Productivity Surge in Ukraine Demining Surveys According to Independent Research Presented at Leading Global Conference
November 4, 2025
Norwegian People’s Aid 18-Month Field Study from Ukraine Validates Safe Pro’s SpotlightAI™ as High-ROI Solution for Government Demining Programs World Bank Estimates $34.6 Billion Cost to Fully Demine Ukraine as 110 ...
- India: Dipsy the brave sniffer dog honored by Prime Minister Modi
November 4, 2025
Dipsy, an Indian-breed sniffer dog with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), has been applauded for her courageous service following recognition by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ‘Mann Ki ...
- UK: Muslim convert convicted of planning terror attack
November 3, 2025
A self-styled “Anglo Jihadi” has been found guilty of planning a terror attack. Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, of Oliver Close, Howden, East Yorkshire, was planning an “atrocity”, with possible targets ...
- Pakistan: Three police officers hurt in Hangu explosion, ‘Afghan IED expert’ killed in Tank
November 3, 2025
Three police officers, including an SHO, were wounded on Sunday when an improvised explosive device struck a police convoy conducting search operations near a cemetery in the Doaba area of ...
- Bangladesh: One killed, two hurt in bomb, gun attack on BNP office
November 3, 2025
A retired schoolteacher was killed and two others injured in a bomb and gun attack at a BNP office near the IT Gate of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology ...
- Nigeria says US help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty
November 3, 2025
Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by President Donald ...
- Pakistan: Security forces defuse 100kg bomb in Kalat
November 2, 2025
Security forces on Sunday successfully defused a 100-kilogram locally manufactured bomb in Balochistan’s Kalat district, preventing what officials said could have been a large-scale terrorist attack. According to Levies sources, the ...
- Estonia: ‘Large aerial bomb’ found in Ida-Viru County
November 2, 2025
A large explosive device found in a forested area in Ida-Viru County Sunday morning is to be detonated by a bomb disposal team. The bomb disposal unit that responded to ...
- Nigeria: Troops foil terrorist attacks, secure North East communities
November 2, 2025
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Joint Task Force North East, have successfully thwarted multiple terrorist attacks and neutralised key threats in the North East region. According to Lieutenant Colonel Sani ...
- Italy: A bomb attack on a Postamat station leaves criminals fleeing empty-handed
November 2, 2025
They planted a crude but still high-impact bomb in the Postamat cash dispenser in Tinnura. The explosion destroyed the machine and threw shrapnel onto a car, but it still didn’t open ...
- UK: Two arrested, ten people in hospital after mass stabbing attack on board Doncaster to London train
November 2, 2025
Ten people are in hospital – nine believed to have life-threatening injuries – after a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London King’s Cross train on Saturday. Two people have been arrested ...
- Cambodia, Thailand Designate Pilot Site for Border Demining
November 1, 2025
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to launch a pilot humanitarian demining operation along their shared border, the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence said Friday. The Cambodia–Thailand Joint Coordinating Task Force (JCTF) ...
- Pakistan: Abandoned telephone exchange building blown up in Lakki
November 1, 2025
An old and abandoned building of a telephone exchange was blown up with explosives in Takhtikhel area of Lakki Marwat district on Friday, the police said. An official said that the ...
- Syria: SDF says captured five ISIS militants in Raqqa
November 1, 2025
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday said they “dismantled” an Islamic State (ISIS) cell, in a “precise” security operation in coordination with international coalition forces in Raqqa province, capturing ...
- Ukraine: Anti-tank mines from downed Russian drone destroyed in Sumy region
November 1, 2025
Police bomb disposal experts in the Sumy region destroyed anti-tank mines that were attached to a downed Russian drone. According to Ukrinform, the Sumy region police reported this on Telegram. “The ...
