EDA: Joint Procurement – Buying military equipment together

Collaborative defence procurement allows European countries to buy military equipment together, helping them reduce costs, speed up deliveries and improve interoperability. As the European Defence Agency prepares to launch a new collaborative defence procurement centre, joint purchasing is becoming an Read More …

Nigeria: Terrorists exploit solar street lights for IEDs

Terrorist groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East and North-West are increasingly adapting their tactics by exploiting public infrastructure, with recent military and police operations reportedly uncovering evidence that components from solar street lights are being repurposed for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Read More …

Germany: Berlin Pride terror attack suspect shot dead by police

The suspect in what German authorities described as an “Islamist terror attack” at Berlin’s Pride celebrations was shot dead by police following a major manhunt Sunday. At least one person was killed and 29 others injured in Saturday’s vehicle-ramming and Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb blast near Bajaur dam claims two lives

Two people were killed in a remote-controlled bomb explosion near Tali small dam in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur tribal district on Saturday evening. According to police, unidentified persons had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near the dam, falling in Read More …

UNSMIL explores Tunisian expertise for mine clearance in Libya

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is seeking to draw on Tunisian expertise to strengthen Libya’s capacity in mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal. The discussions came during a visit to the Tunisian Centre of Excellence for Countering Read More …

Bangladesh: Umbrella bomb planted during Rath Jatra would have exploded if opened

The improvised explosive device (IED) recovered from an abandoned umbrella beneath Motijheel Metro Rail Station on 24th July was designed to explode if the umbrella was opened, according to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) sources. Investigators suspect the device may have Read More …

Ireland: Sophisticated and ready to use car bomb intercepted in County Monaghan

The Garda Commissioner has described as “extremely significant” the discovery of a bomb in a car intercepted as it was being driven across the border to Northern Ireland. The car was stopped two days ago south of Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan Read More …

Thailand: Five volunteer rangers killed in Narathiwat checkpoint attack

Five volunteer rangers were killed and two civilians, including a 10 year old boy, were injured after armed attackers opened fire and threw pipe bombs at the Bukit Sami checkpoint in Narathiwat on July 22. The attack took place at about 6.45pm, according to Read More …

Allied EOD units strengthen underwater interoperability at Sea Breeze 2026

Beneath the waters of Weymouth Bay, Allied nation and NATO partner explosive ordnance disposal units collaborated for the second portion of Sea Breeze, an annual maritime exercise aimed at building collective capability and capacity to restore security and stability in Read More …

China: Special police hold bomb disposal robot competition

A bomb disposal robot competition was held in the city of Urumqi in northwest China’s Xinjiang Tuesday as part of a national special police contest which opened a day earlier. In the competition, contestants operated wheeled or tracked robots to Read More …

Syria: Defense Ministry destroys landmines in western Damascus countryside

The Engineering Directorate at Syria’s Ministry of Defense, in cooperation with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) program, destroyed a cache of landmines and unexploded ordnance collected from the towns of Kanaker, Zakia, Khan al-Shih Read More …

Azerbaijan: Civilian injured in explosion in Kalbajar region

A civilian was injured in an ordnance explosion on July 21 in the village of Zeylik, located in Azerbaijan’s Kalbajar district, an area liberated from occupation. Authorities said the victim was grazing livestock in an area that had not yet Read More …

Pakistan: Six IEDs defused, 14 suspects arrested in Bannu operation

Police and other law-enforcement agencies defused six improvised explosive devices and detained 14 suspected individuals during a search and combing operation in different parts of Miryan tehsil in Bannu, according to a press release issued by Bannu police. The statement Read More …

Kenya: KDF neutralise 4 IEDs along key routes in Lamu

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops operating under Operation Amani Boni (OAB) have disrupted terrorist plans after detecting and safely destroying four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) hidden along key supply routes in Lamu County. According to their X post on Monday, July 20, Read More …

New York: ‘Anti-government extremist’ sets off incendiary device outside federal building in Manhattan

A man described as an “anti-government extremist” set off an “incendiary device” to set a fire outside a Manhattan federal building that houses an immigration court, the FBI said, leaving three with minor injuries. Andrew Arrabaca, 43, allegedly poured gasoline onto Read More …

Iraq: US soldier killed during ‘controlled detonation’ of downed Iranian drone

The US military says a service member was killed after an Iranian attack in northern Iraq on Saturday, a day after an attack on a base in Jordan killed two US soldiers and left another missing. US Central Command said Read More …

Syrian, British officials discuss recovery, mine action in Damascus

Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh met on Monday with the UK’s Chargé d’Affaires and Acting Special Representative to Syria, Barrie Peach, to discuss the government’s “Syria Without Camps” initiative, infrastructure rehabilitation, recovery efforts, and mine action. In a Read More …

Vietnam: Explosive Remnants of War discovered in Quang Ngai

On July 19, the Military Command of Dong Son commune coordinated with specialized agencies of the Quang Ngai Provincial Military Command to organize the collection, transportation and safe handling of bombs, ammunition, and explosives left over from the war discovered Read More …

Oceania: Divers trace 11 tonnes of WW2 munitions in Tuvalu

More than 11 tonnes of WW2-era munitions have been located by explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts in the northernmost atoll of Tuvalu in the South Pacific Ocean. The devices were spread across a 12km lagoon in Nanumea, which has about Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces destroy explosive-laden vehicle intended for suicide attack in Wana

One terrorist was killed as security forces foiled a major terrorist plot in Lower South Waziristan’s Wana by destroying an explosive-laden vehicle “intended for a suicide attack”, state media reported on Saturday, citing security sources. “Security forces foiled a major Read More …