UK: Live hand grenade and WW2 shell removed by Navy divers

A team of Royal Navy divers from HMNB Devonport disposed of a live grenade and a World War Two shell in two separate call-outs. The team first responded to a grenade found at the Cornwall Energy Centre in St Austell, Read More …

UK: Man in court over cash machine explosion plot

A man has been charged over an alleged plot to blow up a cash machine. The ATM, at Hedgeley Services in Powburn, Northumberland, was on fire when police arrived on 12 May. Kristopher Follos, 45, of Olivers Mill, Morpeth, appeared Read More …

Libya Adopts First National Plan to Mitigate Chemical and Nuclear Risks with EU Support

Libya has adopted its first-ever national plan to reduce risks related to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) materials. The development was announced by the EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (EU FPI). According to the announcement, the plan was Read More …

Syria: Explosion of IED leaves member of the Awqaf Committee injured in Al-Bukamal city

Deir Ezzor province: A member of the Awqaf Committee was injured, at noon, due to the explosion of an IED while he was in front of a mosque in Al-Bukamal city in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. He was taken to Read More …

India: IED defused in Kakching district, Manipur

Security forces uncovered and safely defused an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 8.467-kilogram planted along a roadside at Wangoo Lamkhai Kaibung under Wangoo police station in Kakching district today. According to reliable sources, a joint team of Kakching district commandos Read More …

DR Congo: A new Ebola outbreak kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds

As a deadly new Ebola outbreak kills dozens in southern Congo, health authorities and organizations are sounding the alarm, warning they lack the funds and resources to mount an effective response to the crisis. The World Health Organization said Wednesday Read More …

Israel strikes Yemen’s Sanaa after Houthi drone attack on Eilat

The Israeli military said it struck military targets linked to Yemen’s Houthis in Sanaa on Thursday, a day after the group claimed a drone attack on a hotel in Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat. The Houthi general staff’s control Read More …

Ohio: Mason man pleads guilty to transporting explosive materials to local park

CINCINNATI – James River Phillips, 21, of Mason, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to illegally transporting explosive materials. Phillips was arrested in April 2025 by the FBI Cincinnati Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) after agents executed Read More …

India: New IED threat in Chhattisgarh, Maoists turn beer bottles into bombs

There’s a new security headache for forces battling Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh: empty beer bottles. In an intriguing development, security personnel, on Monday, recovered and defused ‘bottle IEDs’ — crude bombs packed inside empty beer bottles. The bottles rigged with Read More …

Defense & Security 2025: Where Global Forces Connect and Advance

Returning for its 12th edition this November, Defense & Security 2025 reaffirms Thailand’s role as ASEAN’s strategic hub for defense and security dialogue. Held biennially, the show has evolved into the region’s most influential tri-service defense and internal security exhibition. Read More …

Cambodia and Thailand launch Joint Coordinating Task Force on border demining

The Ministry of National Defense announced this morning that Cambodia and Thailand have officially launched the Joint Coordinating Task Force (JCTF) to oversee humanitarian demining operations along their shared border. According to Lieutenant General Maly Socheata, spokeswoman of the Ministry Read More …

Norway: Police investigate explosion in central Oslo

Norwegian police said on Tuesday they were investigating a blast on a street in central Oslo and later conducted a controlled detonation of a second explosive device found on the site, adding that a suspect had been apprehended for questioning. Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram factions using animal waste to disguise improvised explosive devices

Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in particular landmines, and boost their ignition. These landmines are similar to conventional antipersonnel landmines – Read More …

Pakistan: 10 civilians among 24 killed in Tirah blast

At least 14 terrorists and 10 civilians were killed in a powerful explosion at an improvised explosive device (IED) manufacturing facility in the Akakhel area of Khyber district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), late on Sunday night. According to the state-run Associated Press Read More …

Cleaning up the battlefield: Altus Airmen take on CBRN training with Fort Sill

FORT SILL, Okla. — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear—more commonly known throughout the military as CBRN—refers to the malicious use of hazardous materials or agents that can cause widespread illness, injury, or death. So why does the military train for Read More …

Pakistan: Explosion derails Jaffar Express in Balochistan, leaving several injured

Several passengers were injured when three carriages of the Jaffar Express derailed in the Dasht area of Mastung, Balochistan, on Tuesday, following an explosion on the railway track, officials confirmed. Railway authorities reported that one of the carriages overturned, while Read More …

U.S. Navy EOD Joins 17 Allied Nations for Northern Challenge 2025 in Iceland

Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians worked in tandem with 17 allied nations during Northern Challenge 2025, a multinational counter-improvised explosive device exercise Sept. 9-18 across multiple training sites in Iceland. Hosted by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Northern Challenge is NATO’s Read More …

Pakistan: Digital battlefield – Militants vs the State in the war of narratives

There was a time when militants published newspapers, periodicals, posters, magazines, and distributed CDs to fuel their propaganda machinery. In recent years, however, they have become as equipped in the use of digital media as state actors, if not more. Read More …

Washington: Explosive device with black powder found outside Tonasket High School

Authorities in Washington are seeking the public’s help after an improvised explosive device (IED) was found Thursday on a walking path near a high school campus. The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a walking path near Tonasket Read More …

UK: Bomb squad carried out controlled explosion in Watford

The bomb squad was called to Watford over a firework attached to a motorcycle, police have confirmed. The force attended Dad’s Garage by Paulo, between Vicarage Road and The Hornets, at 8.40am on Saturday (September 20) following reports of a Read More …