Italy: A bomb attack on a Postamat station leaves criminals fleeing empty-handed

They planted a crude but still high-impact bomb in the Postamat cash dispenser in Tinnura. The explosion destroyed the machine and threw shrapnel onto a car, but it still didn’t open the safe containing the money. Indeed, the criminals fled Read More …

UK: Two arrested, ten people in hospital after mass stabbing attack on board Doncaster to London train

Ten people are in hospital – nine believed to have life-threatening injuries – after a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London King’s Cross train on Saturday. Two people have been arrested after the train made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon Read More …

Cambodia, Thailand Designate Pilot Site for Border Demining

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to launch a pilot humanitarian demining operation along their shared border, the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence said Friday. The Cambodia–Thailand Joint Coordinating Task Force (JCTF) selected a site in Ou Bei Choan commune, Ou Read More …

Pakistan: Abandoned telephone exchange building blown up in Lakki

An old and abandoned building of a telephone exchange was blown up with explosives in Takhtikhel area of Lakki Marwat district on Friday, the police said. An official said that the incident occurred within the limits of Shaheed Asmatullah Khan Read More …

Syria: SDF says captured five ISIS militants in Raqqa

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday said they “dismantled” an Islamic State (ISIS) cell, in a “precise” security operation in coordination with international coalition forces in Raqqa province, capturing five militants. “As part of our ongoing national mission to Read More …

Ukraine: Anti-tank mines from downed Russian drone destroyed in Sumy region

Police bomb disposal experts in the Sumy region destroyed anti-tank mines that were attached to a downed Russian drone. According to Ukrinform, the Sumy region police reported this on Telegram. “The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down an enemy attack drone Read More …

Spain: One soldier dead and another injured after explosion at the Álvarez de Sotomayor army base in Almeria

Private Daniel Ruiz Mateo, assigned to the Command of the ‘Álvarez de Sotomayor’ Manoeuvring and Shooting Range, in Viator (Almeria), died this Friday, 31 October, after an explosion occurred at the military facilities at around 11.00 am. Private Alejandro Carvajal Read More …

Solomon Islands: Bomb explodes at Townground area

An unexploded ordinance (UXO) went off this evening, Thursday, at Town Ground, West Honiara causing a huge bang and fear within the vicinity. Reports reaching Solomon Star said, the explosion occurred closed to the Scripture Union building along the Lengakiki Read More …

Ukraine: Explosion at Ukrposhta sorting center in Kyiv, police detain suspect

Police have detained a man involved in the explosion at one of the sorting centers of Ukrposhta, Ukraine`s National Post, in the Solomianskyi district on October 30. The suspect is a 40-year-old resident of Ternopil who attempted to send ammunition Read More …

Yemen: Executive Mine Action Center destroys war remnants in Hodeidah

The Executive Center for Mine Action carried out an operation today to destroy large quantities of war remnants—including landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosives—north of the Kilo 16 area in Hodeidah city. The operation was supported by the International Committee Read More …

Solomon Islands: Over 6k UXOs disposed off in 2024

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has safely disposed of 6,121 unexploded ordnances (UXOs) nation-wide in 2024. Of this total, 3,200 UXOs were cleared in Western Province under Operation Render Safe. Officer-in-Charge Read More …

UK pledges £4m to clear land mines to help flow of aid in Gaza

The UK will give £4m to help clear landmines from parts of Gaza so more aid can get in, the foreign secretary has announced. It will be used by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) to demine areas preventing Read More …

Kashmir: NDRF conducts Table-Top Exercise on CBRN in Kargil

In view of the upcoming mock exercise on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN), the 13th Battalion, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conducted a Table Top Exercise (TTE) today at Conference Hall Baroo today. The table-top exercise aimed at strengthening Read More …

Syria: Jolani-Affiliated Militants Accused of Sectarian Crime Against Syrian Shia

The Center for Documenting Violations Against Shia in Syria strongly condemns the horrific crime committed by armed gangs affiliated with the criminal Jolani in the Ghazlaniyah area of Damascus countryside. The attack claimed the life of citizen Atallah Al-Qattan, a Read More …

Sudan: RSF kills ‘at least 1,500 people’ in western Darfur region

Scores of people have been killed in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their recent capture of the city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s western Darfur region, according to a medical group and researchers. The RSF, which has been Read More …

Ireland: Arrest made over anthrax hoax targeting associate of news site’s editor

Gardai have arrested a man over an anthrax hoax aimed at an associate of the editor of Ireland’s leading conservative news site. The Irish Mirror reports that gardai believe the woman who was the victim of the hoax sent to Read More …

Philippines: Special Action Force arrests bomb expert of Dawlah Islmiyah-Hassan Group in Sultan Kudarat

Elite policemen from the Special Action Force (SAF) arrested a suspected bombmaker of the Dawlah Islamiyah- Hassan Group during an operation in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., acting chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Read More …

Syria: Three soldiers injured while clearing mines in Homs and Hama countryside

Three Syrian soldiers were injured while carrying out demining operations in the countryside of Homs near the Syrian-Lebanese border and in the town of Kafr Nabouda in Hama countryside, military source said Tuesday. “Three soldiers from the engineering units of Read More …

Brazil: At least 60 dead including four police officers, in operation against organised crime in Rio de Janeir

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said. The Read More …

UK: Man convicted of making explosive and poisonous substances

A man who was found with a large amount of dangerous chemicals in his garden shed has been convicted of various offences linked to explosive and poisonous substances. Harry Whittaker, aged 31, was arrested on 6 May 2024 after Bedfordshire Read More …