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An incident involving a landmine occurred in the Novruzlu village area of the Aghdam district, Azernews reports. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) Press Service have jointly released information about this. Read More …
Seven children were martyred and two civilians were injured, including a woman, when an explosive device planted by terrorists exploded in the southern neighborhood of Al-Sanamayn city in the northern countryside of Daraa. A source in the Daraa Police Command Read More …
TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey, Delaware and Idaho National Guard participated in interagency chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives training with the FBI and state and local law enforcement March 25-28. In the training scenario, the FBI has Read More …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, with generous funding from the European Union, the governments of Denmark, Japan and Sweden, has provided a substantial batch of demining and protective equipment to 202 demining units of the State Emergency Read More …
A CPI(M) worker was killed and another seriously injured when a crude bomb, which they were allegedly making, went off in Kerala’s Kannur district early on Friday. The police have identified the deceased as Sherin, 26, and the injured as Read More …
The Royal Australian Navy has laid sea mines for the first time in nearly 50 years during Exercise Dugong. The mine warfare and clearance diving activity, from March 4-22, was designed to test a combined force from Australia, New Zealand Read More …
Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Ilene Cohn, said, “it is time to stop the use by terrorists and other non-State armed groups of improvised explosive devices.” The Director of UNMAS today (04 Apr) spoke to reporters Read More …
Ukraine’s international partners have allocated more than US$700 million in equivalent funds for humanitarian demining projects between 2022 and 2027. It is noted that the key donors to Ukraine are the USA, Switzerland, Norway, EU countries, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany Read More …
Efforts to settle the consequences of bombs and mines in 2024 will continue focusing on clearing bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war and supporting victims, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Read More …
On the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the United Nations reaffirms their support to Somalia in protecting the lives of civilians from the explosive hazards and building peace through the development of national explosive threat Read More …
NATO allies agreed on Wednesday to initiate planning on long-term military support for Ukraine, but a proposal by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to do so via a 100 billion-euro ($107 billion) five-year fund drew mixed responses. Ministers said such Read More …
Travellers will have to wait another year for 100ml limit to be lifted after government extends deadline for new scanners. The Department for Transport had previously set a target for the introduction of 3D scanners in all UK airports by 1 June, Read More …
The number of martyrs of the terrorist attack on several military headquarters in Sistan and Baluchistan province has risen to eleven. Two police officers, two border guards, and seven IRGC and Basij volunteer forces were killed in armed clashes with Read More …
The US said it would consider revoking its recent designation of Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists if the Iran-backed militants cease their shipping attacks in and around the Red Sea. “My hope is that we can find diplomatic off-ramps,” Tim Lenderking, Read More …
On average, one person is killed or injured by landmines and other explosive ordnance every hour. Their destructive influence lasts long after armed conflict ends, inflicting horrific injuries and death, while trapping communities in poverty and fear. Millions of people Read More …
A controlled explosion has been carried out after an suspected explosive device was found at a garage off the A19 north of Billingham, police have confirmed. The main route was closed for several hours and motorists were caught up in Read More …
Security personnel recovered three powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during anti-naxal operations in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said. The security forces, which included CRPF, Cobra, Jharkhand Jaguar, and district armed police, have been conducting combing operations in Read More …
Security forces arrested 20 wanted persons throughout the West Bank. The IDF Spokesman added that in the village of Al Funduq, the forces located and confiscated a rifle and destroyed three improvised explosive devices. In the village of Qibya, five Read More …
The scale of the bombs dropped on Gaza since 7 October means that it will take millions of dollars, and many years, to decontaminate the Strip from unexploded munitions, the head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Palestine Read More …
Director of the Military Construction Establishment branch in Hama Province, Engineer Basil Abdel Qader, was martyred in a terrorist attack that targeted his car with an explosive device in front of his house in al-Qusour neighborhood in the city of Read More …