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As part of efforts to enhance Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) capability in the Lake Chad Region, the MultiNational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) has organised a 4-week training course for its troops in the various sectors. The training organised in collaboration Read More …
A deployable military facility to help counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is celebrating 10 years of operations in the Netherlands. First conceived during multinational land operations in Afghanistan, the Joint Deployable Exploitation and Analysis Laboratory (JDEAL) has trained more than Read More …
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel checked the office of Deputy Prime Minister Prasert Chantraruangthong to look for suspicious objects and implement measures to prevent wiretapping. Police officers from the EOD unit brought in special equipment to check for suspicious objects. Read More …
In a concerning development from Balochistan, eight security personnel sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack near the Takht area of District Kalat on Friday. The incident occurred when an IED, planted on the roadside, detonated as a Read More …
Authorities in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa on Thursday canceled national day celebrations and shut schools on the back of escalating violence stemming from internal Sinaloa Cartel fighting, which has left 12 people dead since Monday. Shootouts, the sound Read More …
Police say someone used an explosive to blow a mailbox off its post in Georgia, Vermont. Vermont State Police say they responded to a home on Georgia Shore Road Thursday morning for a vandalism report. Multiple neighbors told troopers they Read More …
A car bomb explosion in Ramle on Thursday evening killed four people and wounded eight in what is suspected to be the result of a clash between two crime syndicates. The bomb killed a five-year-old girl, a 10-year-old boy, a Read More …
The head of the African Union’s health agency has called on Western countries to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and not abandon Africa amid an ongoing mpox outbreak. Dr Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Read More …
The discovery of an aerial bomb from the Second World War is not uncommon. Most of these bombs are still live and pose a serious threat to the population. A warning has been published by Bielefeld fire brigade/BIWAPP regarding discovery Read More …
UNIFIL’s French peacekeepers hosted members of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in their main base in the south Lebanese village of Dayr Kifa for joint training last week. The three-day activity saw 10 Lebanese soldiers learn skills together with their Read More …
The four days of the International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO were intense for the global defence industry. The Targi Kielce business event hosted over 28 thousand people, and another 12 thousand called in the Kielce exhibition and congress centre to Read More …
Police arrested an 18-year-old high school student from the city of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture Tuesday over the alleged possession of high explosives, including a type used in overseas terror attacks. The arrest stems from a discovery in the teen’s Read More …
The U.S. will provide Ukraine with $700 million in humanitarian aid to support displaced Ukrainians, the energy grid in Ukraine, and demining efforts, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in Kyiv on Sept. 11. The U.S. will provide $325 Read More …
Military and civilian explosive ordnance disposal experts tried out the latest Explosive Ordnance Disposal technologies and robotics in the 2024 National Robot Rodeo competition, Aug. 26-30. The week-long event, managed by the United States Bomb Technician Association, brought EOD bomb Read More …
Irish soldiers are preparing for the likelihood of deployment in 2025 as part of an EU battlegroup amid increased political instability around the world. The Irish Government approved the participation by the Defence Forces in a German-led EU battlegroup this Read More …
After the enemy attack, SES divers recovered metal fragments of a Russian drone from the Dnipro River. The wreckage was reported by an eyewitness who heard the explosion. After another enemy attack, sapper divers of the State Emergency Service of Read More …
Sweden’s justice minister has warned that stamping out the country’s violent crime epidemic will take a decade or more, with immigrant drug gangs infiltrating courts, the police and prisons. Criminologists have said the problems behind the crime wave, which has Read More …
Six police personnel and seven civilians were injured in an explosion in Wana tehsil of South Waziristan district, on Monday morning. Separately, Gomal University Vice Chancellor Dr Shakibullah came under an armed attack while he was leaving the University of Read More …
The incident occurred outside an event venue located along the Athens–Souniou road, where an improvised explosive device (IED) had been placed on a bench by unknown individuals, according to the Hellenic Police (ELAS). The explosion caused considerable damage to the Read More …
China is willing to strengthen mine clearance cooperation with African countries and help Africa eliminate the threat of mines as soon as possible, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Monday. She noted that peace and security cooperation is an important Read More …