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A group of about 20 armed men raided the Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary in Waeng district, Narathiwat province, on Saturday evening, stealing weapons and setting fire to multiple buildings. The attackers, dressed in black and wearing face coverings, emerged from the Read More …
A bomb squad has been called to Linwood after an old ‘ordnance device’ was discovered. The incident was reported at around 9.05am this morning (Tuesday, September 24) when the device was found in an industrial estate near the Malcolm factory Read More …
On Saturday night, September 21, 2024, the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) responded to a report of a suspicious package in the Centennial neighbourhood. The incident occurred shortly after 10:00 PM when a resident discovered a package in the back lane Read More …
The European Union (EU) and our 27 Member States remain united and determined in our unprecedented support for Ukraine. Since the start of the war, the EU and our Member States have made available close to $133 billion in financial, Read More …
VARNA, Bulgaria – Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 and Mobile Diving and Salvage Company (MDS) 2-3 operated alongside NATO allies and partners at Exercise Sea 24-3, Sept. 9-20, 2024. This collaborative exercise aims to address the current maritime Read More …
An explosion targeting a convoy of diplomats from 12 countries in the Swat region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, resulted in the death of a police officer and injuries to four others. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police confirmed that the security forces were Read More …
Assam Police Chief Public Relations Officer Pranabjyoti Goswami, in a statement, said that the force carried out the operations in collaboration with the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Terming it a major breakthrough in the investigation into the planting of IED-like Read More …
Four days after blowing up a huge Russian ammunition stockpile in the town of Toropets, in western Russia 300 miles from Ukraine, Ukrainian drones struck again—landing a second blow on arsenals in Toropets on Saturday morning while also triggering a Read More …
As Somalia advances in its journey towards self-reliance and sustainability in national security, the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remains critical. Their impact on local communities and national armed forces is devastating: in the last 12 months, about 600 Read More …
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Mine Action Agency has revealed that over 776 square kilometers of land in the region remain contaminated with landmines, calling for immediate funding to accelerate clearance efforts. The agency is requesting a share of a Read More …
Throughout most of Bié province, the soil is fertile and water sources are widely accessible, but where mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are present, use of the land is severely limited. From 1983 to 1985, mines and other explosive items Read More …
In Monywa Township, Sagaing Region, military trucks carrying reinforcements and junta soldiers left to clear mines were assaulted, reportedly killing ten soldiers and injuring three others. On September 19, around 11:30 AM, two military trucks carrying reinforcements to Chaung-U were Read More …
The Ministry of Environment announced on Saturday, the clearing of 4,000 cubic meters of mines across Iraq, while indicating the completion of projects for the benefit of industrial and oil lands at a rate of 100%, confirming the existence of Read More …
Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. The target was Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, Read More …
At least 1,500 civilians were killed or injured by 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Somalia over the past year, the UN reported late Thursday. UN Secretary-General’s Acting Special Representative for Somalia James Swan said that the threat of IEDs Read More …
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – The 354th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight conducted a training with Transportation Security Administration personnel at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 20. EOD partnered with local TSA transportation security specialists for Read More …
More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this week, according to diplomatic and security sources. Hardline fighters from the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM) Read More …
The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source familiar with the device’s components told Reuters. The way the explosive Read More …
One person is in custody after Lubbock authorities responded to a barricaded subject Wednesday morning. Felix Delarosa, 39, is charged with aggravated assault against a public servant following a SWAT standoff that lasted nearly two hours. Authorities used the Lubbock Read More …
At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as rival factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash. Mexican Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval confirmed on Tuesday that the Read More …