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Mines, explosive remnants of war, and improvised explosive devices continue to cause death and injury, especially in situations of armed conflict. On average, one person is killed or injured by such an explosive device every hour. Many children are among Read More …
Earth is riddled with millions of tonnes of explosive bomb material, particularly from the two world wars that struck the 20th century. While most have remained buried and forgotten over the past decades, new research is showing that many are Read More …
After 13 years of conflict, explosive ordnance contamination remains a challenge in Syria. Approximately a third of communities across Syria reportedly face grave risk of injury and trauma by some form of explosive contamination. Demining efforts are underway with the Read More …
Police are investigating an incident where a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a KK Super Mart outlet in Bidor, Perak. Perak police chief Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusof Hassan Basri said they have obtained CCTV footage of the incident, which Read More …
A crude bomb explosion during its preparation has left a man dead and two other people injured in Madaripur’s Kalkini Upazila. The incident took place on the bank of the river Arial Khan in Notun Char Daulat Khan village around Read More …
Despite the terrorist attacks of Russia, the state is taking all measures to ensure the speedy humanitarian demining of agricultural land and food security of the country, the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy informs. Thus, according to the Kherson Read More …
A man hiking in rural Arizona with his children made a potentially explosive discovery last week: a partially assembled pipe bomb. The hiker found an ammo can within a cluster of boulders Friday near Hillside, a Yavapai County community about Read More …
The discovery this week of an inert piece of training ordnance left behind from a recent exercise caused Misawa Air Base, Japan, to shut its gates momentarily. The fighter base in northeastern Japan closed its gates at 2:25 p.m. Monday Read More …
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has declared Kratie province clear of landmines becoming the 15th mine-free province in the country. During the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 70s, intense fighting took place in Kratie Read More …
China has demanded a “thorough investigation” after five of its nationals and one Pakistani were killed in an attack on a convoy in Bisham tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla, according to the regional police chief and a station house officer Read More …
An explosion at a small hotel near a police station in north-eastern Kenya killed four people on Monday (Mar. 25). The blast took place in the town of Mandera, which is on the border with Somalia. The blast was caused Read More …
Gardaí discovered four viable explosive devices during the search of a van in southwest Dublin on Sunday. A man in his 40s was arrested following the search in Ronanstown, Dublin 22. He remains in Garda custody in Dublin, detained under Read More …
At least 3,000 of the 45,000 Israeli bombs dropped on the Gaza Strip between 7 October and mid-January have failed to explode, according to estimates by Handicap International, an NGO specialising in mine action. “Of these 45,000 bombs, 3,000 have Read More …
Ukraine’s Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko, announced that 33 demining operators have already been certified, and the number of mine action developments is increasing. According to her, “over 50 more are in line,” Rubryka reports. “The more operators we have, Read More …
An overnight raid by Al-Qaeda affiliated militants killed two soldiers of Yemeni pro-government troops in the southern Abyan province, a security official told Xinhua on Monday. Six other individuals were injured in the ambush attack on the patrol in the Read More …
France will increase the numbers of soldiers for its ‘Operation Sentinelle’ unit, which deals with handling terrorist threats, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Monday. Attal said an extra 4,000 members of the military would be put on standby for Read More …
The Shin Bet and the IDF on Monday announced that they had busted a vast Iranian network for smuggling more serious weapons into the West Bank to help dramatically increase the danger Palestinian terrorists can present to Israel. Among the Read More …
Sulaimani’s landmine directorate is warning people to be careful after recent heavy rains may have dislodged landmines, carrying explosives away on the current and depositing them in areas that had been cleared. “Rain and flash floods always create problems for Read More …
A controlled explosion was carried out on Cleethorpes beach, after marine flares and black powder were found. The blast was carried out safely on Cleethorpes beach after the items were handed to police. Cleethorpes Coastguard was called in to help Humberside Read More …
Two shepherds were injured in an explosion of a war remnant while herding south of Kirkuk, according to a medical source. The source told Shafaq News Agency on condition of anonymity, that “a war remnant exploded this evening on the Read More …