Alabama: Explosive device found and detonated at Mobile water reservoir

The Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and detonated an improvised explosive device found underwater at the Converse Reservoir dam, the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System announced Tuesday. The multi-agency effort included the Mobile County Sheriff’s Read More …

Iraq: Controlled blast rocks area near Baghdad Airport

Iraqi security forces carried out a controlled explosion of war remnants near Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, a police source told Shafaq News. The materials included rockets, ammunition, and other unexploded ordnance previously recovered during search operations in several areas. Read More …

Mexico: CIA escalates secret war on cartels

Earlier this spring, a mysterious explosion blew up a car carrying an alleged cartel operative in broad daylight on one of Mexico’s busiest highways just outside of its capital city. Francisco Beltran was killed instantly along with his driver, their Read More …

Pakistan: Ten killed in blast in Lakki Marwat district market

A massive explosion at a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, police and rescue officials said, the latest ​incident in the region that threatens to reignite fighting with neighbouring Afghanistan. The blast Read More …

Missouri: Man Charged with Manufacturing Explosives

United States Attorney R. Matthew Price today announced the filing of a criminal complaint against Jordan Derrick, 40. The complaint charges Derrick with one count of engaging in the business of manufacturing explosive materials without a license, one count of Read More …

Philippines: PNP units neutralize unexploded ordnance

Philippine National Police (PNP) explosive ordnance and K9 units successfully recovered and disposed of a cache of unexploded ordnance and hazardous materials in the provinces of Rizal and Tarlac. In Rizal, personnel from the Regional Explosives and Canine Unit 4A Read More …

UK: Man arrested in Manchester for making explosive device

A chemical substance incident which sparked a major emergency response in Manchester’s Gay Village is not being treated as terror-related, police have said. One man was arrested on suspicion of making an explosive device after the chemical substances were uncovered in a Read More …

Germany: Incirlik Airmen elevate tactical skills through European EOD exercise

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen from the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkiye, participated in Operation Deterrent Viking II, hosted by 786th Civil Engineer Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, at Baumholder Military Training Area, Germany, May 3–8. The exercise brought together EOD personnel from across Read More …

Hantavirus-hit ship evacuation completed as quarantines begin

The repatriation effort, coordinated by Spanish authorities with support from WHO, the European Union, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and multiple governments, marked the end of an emergency operation that has gripped global health attention for weeks Read More …

Nepal: Two decades since peace accord, wartime IEDs still haunt villagers

Nearly two decades after the peace accord formally ended a protracted Maoist insurgency (1996-2006), explosives planted during the conflict are still being discovered in settlements, school compounds and farmlands across the country. According to security agencies, many explosives planted or Read More …

Maine: Several improvised explosive devices found at Trenton home after domestic violence call

A Maine man is in custody after police say they found multiple improvised explosive devices at a Trenton home following a domestic violence incident. Maine State Police say troopers responded to a domestic violence incident at a home on Oak Read More …

Nigeria: NAF Special Forces, Police EOD Team Boost Counter-IED Warfare Capabilities In Bauchi

To maintain operational dominance across increasingly complex security environments, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Regiment Training Centre Annex (RTCA), Bauchi, in collaboration with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Bauchi State Command, conducted a Read More …

China showcases submarine-launched anti-mine vehicles, robotic combat dogs at defense expo

Autonomous underwater drones capable of detecting and neutralizing naval mines emerged as one of the standout attractions at China’s 2026 Chengdu Defense Technology Industry Expo, where the country also showcased robotic combat dogs and other advanced unmanned systems. Among the Read More …

India: Security forces neutralise IED, seize massive arms cache in Imphal East

Imphal: Plots by anti-social elements to trigger bloodshed in Manipur’s Imphal East district were foiled by alert security forces on Saturday, police reported on Sunday. Bomb experts from central security forces, in coordination with Manipur Police, neutralised explosive devices and Read More …

Russian Sappers Deploy Electromagnetic Guns for Mine Clearance in Donbass

Servicemen from Russia’s Center group of forces have begun using «electromagnetic guns» to clear mines in recently liberated settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service reported. According to the ministry, sappers from the 12th Separate Guards Engineer Brigade are deploying the Courier ground-based Read More …

Syria: Suspected IED blast injures four in Damascus neighborhood

Four people were injured on Sunday after an explosion believed to have been caused by an improvised explosive device planted aboard a public transportation bus in Damascus’ al-Wurood neighborhood, a security source told Shafaq News. The blast damaged nearby shops Read More …

Pakistan: 15 police personnel killed in Bannu suicide attack

BANNU: At least 15 police personnel were martyred on Saturday night after a suicide attack on the Fateh Khel police post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district. The terrorists launched their attack on the post by ramming a vehicle laden with Read More …

Northern Ireland: Reward offered for information about Dunmurry car bomb

Detectives carried out road stops in Dunmurry near Belfast on Saturday as Crimestoppers offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information about the car bomb attack on a police station two weeks ago. At around 10.45pm on April 25 Read More …

Nigeria: Army recovers IEDs from IPOB hideout in Enugu

Troops of Sector 1, Operation UDO KA, have destroyed a suspected ritual shrine and recovered improvised explosive devices during an operation against alleged members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network, in Imezi Read More …