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FORT JOHNSON, La. – U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians recently trained together to confront and defeat explosive drones. Army EOD technicians from the Fort Johnson, Louisiana-based 705th Ordnance Company (EOD) and EOD Airmen from the Read More …
A militant group, Niger Delta Rescue Movement has threatened to attack oil installations in the Niger Delta region over the seizure of the allocation due to Rivers State. Also, the group under the aegis of the Niger Delta Rescue Movement Read More …
It is understood that Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways have cancelled flights to and from Mogadishu, Somalia, following a warning from the US of a “potential imminent attack” at Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ). On March 4, 2025, after “tracking Read More …
Gunmen loyal to deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 15 security personnel in ambushes in the coastal province of Latakia, a security source told Al Jazeera. The attacks took place on Thursday near the town of Jableh Read More …
Fifteen people were injured Thursday after two Air Force KF-16 fighter jets mistakenly dropped eight air-to-surface bombs outside a training range during live-fire drills, military officials and fire authorities said, in an unprecedented mistaken bombing on a civilian town. Authorities Read More …
West Yorkshire Police executed a warrant at a property connected to Paul Bruveris in Illingworth, where they discovered chemicals, explosives and electrical materials Bruveris was arrested when police attended his home address in Dene View, Luddenfoot, in December 2023. The Read More …
Britain and its European allies must urgently regain the ability to deploy landmines if they are to be able to counter the “terrifying” threat posed by Russia, experts have warned. Finland, a new member of Nato in the wake of Read More …
At least four people were killed and five others were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the explosion occurred in the Naal Bazaar area, setting nearby Read More …
Lithuania will formally withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an unprecedented move with potentially profound consequences for the protection of civilians in Lithuania and elsewhere. This date ends the convention’s required six-month delay after Lithuania submitted its official intent Read More …
Three jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa. The injured soldiers were airlifted to Ranchi for medical treatment. “Three CRPF jawans injured in an IED blast in Read More …
Mohammad Sharifullah, who has been connected with the August 2021 Abbey Gate suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, has been extradited to the United States, U.S. officials told CBS News. The attack killed 13 American service Read More …
In the wake of a televised Oval Office squabble pitting President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the U.S. has paused intelligence sharing with its war torn ally, according to CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe Read More …
On Thursday night into Friday, the army launched an “offensive operation” that resulted in the deaths of nine gunmen, a source close to the military high command reported. The operation took place in the commune of Karimama, following an improvised Read More …
The US has designated Yemen’s Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, as a “foreign terrorist” organisation, the US Department of State has said. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the department had restored the designation, which carries with Read More …
European Union leadership announced a plan Tuesday to shore up the continent’s collective defense by significantly boosting military spending, hours after President Trump said the U.S. was suspending all its military aid to Ukraine. “We are in an era of Read More …
The Defense Ministry says it is carrying out activities to clear explosives from an area of the Golan Heights near the Syrian border today. Crews are being deployed to areas around the community of Ein Zivan to clear mines and Read More …
The debris of an ATACMS missile has been found in a forest area in the town of Seltso in the Bryansk Region. It has been neutralized by bomb disposal specialists from the National Guard (Rosgvardia) and Defense Ministry. “The debris Read More …
MAG (Mines Advisory Group), the global landmine charity, is to receive a new grant of 10 million Canadian dollars (or £5.5m) to support its work in Ukraine until April 2026. The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced a series of Read More …
Iraq’s history of conflicts – the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988), the Gulf War (1990–1991), the 2003 invasion, and the war against ISIS – has left the country heavily contaminated with explosive remnants. Cluster bombs, landmines, improvised explosive devices, and chemical weapons Read More …
Six terrorists were killed on Tuesday as security forces foiled an attack on the Bannu Cantonment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s namesake district, according to the interior ministry. A senior district police official told AFP on condition of anonymity that “suicide bombers Read More …