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Two objects found near a nursery school in Co Down on Wednesday have been declared “viable devices”. Church Street in Dromore town centre was closed in the afternoon of April 2 due to a security alert in the area. The Read More …
A fire broke out in a building housing a law firm after what appears to be an explosive or incendiary bomb was thrown at the building on Wednesday, local police confirmed. The incident occurred at around 03:20 in Haantjeslei in Read More …
A multiagency search was underway Monday evening for an armed man who eluded authorities after a traffic stop that started in Robeson County. It all began about 1 p.m. after agents with the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Division (ALE) Read More …
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineering Squadron showcase their mission and train with Zambia Air Force and Army personnel, February 2025, in Livingstone, Zambia. The Airmen selected Read More …
Reacting to news that the Finnish government has initiated the process of withdrawing from the Ottawa convention, a landmark treaty prohibiting the use of anti-personnel mines, Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Research in Europe, said: “The Finnish government’s Read More …
In today’s peacetime, there are still silent wars within silence, dangers within dangers and hardships of the Engineer soldiers. That is the war in searching for bombs, mines, and explosives left over from the war . At the border of Read More …
Luxembourg on Tuesday signed up to provide 2 million euros (about 2.16 million U.S. dollars) to support a mine clearance project in Cambodia. The deal was inked in Phnom Penh in the presence of visiting Crown Prince Guillaume Jean Joseph Read More …
A former soldier caught with an explosive device has been jailed for four and a half years. John Carstairs, 44, was held after an army bomb disposal unit was called to the scene in Cambuslang on November 15 2022. The Read More …
A Malaysian search and rescue crew – the first international team to reach Sagaing at the epicentre of Myanmar’s recent earthquake – said aftershocks and the risk of landmines had hampered the increasingly forlorn search for survivors. Sagaing, a town Read More …
The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) discovered a bomb-making lab in Tulkarm that contained landmines, explosives, explosive-making materials, and a welding machine last week, the military announced on Tuesday. The IDF and Shin Bet also arrested 12 wanted Read More …
Turkey has begun efforts to take control of Syria’s Tiyas air base, also known as T4, and is preparing to deploy air defence systems there, sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye. Construction plans for the site are Read More …
Italian police are investigating a possible arson attack after more than a dozen Tesla cars were burned at a dealership at the edge of the capital early on Monday morning. A total of 17 cars were damaged in the fire Read More …
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – On Jan. 3, 2025, the Commanding Generals of Training Command, Maj. Gen. Anthony M. Henderson, and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, Brig. Gen. Simon M. Doran, established the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team in Read More …
Heavily armed gangs struck the city of Mirebalais in central Haiti on Monday, seizing control of a local prison as hundreds of people fled the area under gunfire. Local media reported that gang members released dozens of inmates in the Read More …
The war in Ukraine opened Pandora’s box when it comes to using drones in combat. The low-cost, remotely guided flying contraptions can drop explosives from the sky or come down and literally blow up in an enemy combatant’s lap. Now Read More …
Hundreds of Tsarist-era munitions were found in Lahesuu Harbor in Põhja-Tallinn last week during construction work. Demolition experts from the Rescue Board were called to the harbor last Tuesday after 880 explosive devices were discovered. The munitions were naval ordnance Read More …
Multiple live bombs were found in Wynne Park Sunday morning, police said. The bombs have since been rendered “inoperative”. Garland Police were called to a wooded area of Wynne Park around 11:30 a.m. Sunday. “We were advised that there was Read More …
Cambodia and Japan this morning jointly signed an agreement to provide grant financing for projects related to Cambodia’s mine action activities. The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the grant agreement and related documents Read More …
The Indian Army and Assam Rifles launched information-based operations in the Kangpokpi, Tengnoupal, Chandel, Senapati, Jiribam, and Bishnupur districts of Manipur between 26 March and 29 March, as per an official statement from the Ministry of Defence. A detailed search Read More …
Federal authorities are investigating a fire early Sunday that damaged the entryway to the headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Agents working with local authorities recovered unspecified “incendiary materials” at the scene, said Bureau of Alcohol Read More …