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Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have intensified counter-terrorism operations in Borno State, leading to the recovery of explosives and ammunition as well as the arrest of a suspected logistics supplier allegedly linked to terrorist elements. The operations, conducted in Damboa Read More …
A cordon was set up at Mablethorpe Beach after the bomb squad was called to a potential unexploded item. The item was identified and believed to be a 60cm two-inch mortar. Read more… Source: LincolnshireLive News Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Read More …
A Sacramento man arrested this weekend at Sacramento International Airport after TSA agents detected suspected explosive materials, a timer and a cryptic message in his carry-on luggage now faces federal charges in the incident. Federal prosecutors Tuesday filed charges of Read More …
Police are investigating after an active grenade was found outside a bank in the Bang Khun Non area of Bangkok this morning, June 2. Officers from Bang Khun Non Police Station and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units were called to the scene at roughly Read More …
A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in an Indonesian fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly 20. The blast in Indonesia’s restive eastern Papua region startled locals with a thunderous boom Read More …
The maiden edition of the Partnership of RegionalArmies for Growth and Transformation in the Indian Ocean Region (PRAGATI) exercise concluded in Meghalaya, officials said on Saturday. Focused on counter-terrorism operations in semi-mountainous and jungle terrain, the maiden edition of the Read More …
Humberside Police said a cordon was in place in Foresters Way, Bridlington with an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team in the area. A force spokesperson said: “The device was examined by the EOD team who successfully detonated the device on Read More …
South African retail giant Woolworths confirmed on Friday that improvised explosive devices had detonated at two of its stores, causing extensive damage. According to a company statement, the first device exploded at the Menlyn Park store in Pretoria on Thursday, Read More …
More than 5,000 Iraqis work in mine and unexploded ordnance clearance across Iraq, facing low wages and limited social and health protections despite carrying out one of the country’s most dangerous humanitarian missions, the Eco Iraq Observatory cautioned on Saturday. Read More …
A drone crashed Friday night around 2:00 a.m. on a building in Galați. The incident was followed by an explosion and fire in an apartment located on the 10th floor of the building. Two people were injured and transported to Read More …
A Cambodian was killed on May 28, 2026 after an unexploded cluster munition detonated while he was collecting firewood in a contaminated area, Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) Director-General Heng Ratana said. In a statement, Ratana said the explosive device Read More …
Senior Minister Ly Thuch renewed Cambodia’s commitment to global mine action, offering to share the country’s demining experience with Lebanon following Beirut’s entry into the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Ly Thuch, who is first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action Read More …
Police are appealing for information and witnesses in relation to a report of a petrol bomb attack at a house in Co Armagh yesterday evening, Thursday 28th May. Sergeant Hamilton said: “Shortly after 11.20pm, it was reported that a device Read More …
An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The state court in Wiener Neustadt, south of the capital, found Read More …
Iraq’s Ministry of Environment has prepared what it calls a comprehensive national strategic plan to address landmines and unexploded ordnance using modern technologies, as the country remains among the world’s most heavily contaminated, with nearly 35,000 Iraqis killed or injured Read More …
A man accused of making bombs at a secret home laboratory near Bathurst has been charged with endangering someone’s life by negligently handling explosives. Bathurst Local Court today heard Paul Stephen Lowry had been charged with more than a dozen Read More …
District Judge Nancy Baskin sentenced 43-year-old Robert Ellis last Thursday to 10 years in prison with the possibility of parole after four years, following his guilty plea to two counts of Possession of a Bomb or Explosive Device. According to Read More …
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” as a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak outpaces containment efforts in a region already battered by armed violence, Read More …
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Syria announced financial support worth $250,000 for mine clearance operations across Syrian territory in 2026. In a statement posted on its official account on X, the embassy said the Polish government had Read More …
A man was killed in a car explosion near Or Akiva on Tuesday in central Israel, in the second apparent car bombing to occur within a day. The Magen David Adom emergency service said it received a report at 8:04 Read More …