Vietnam: Mine clearance of unexploded ordnance continues

Efforts to settle the consequences of bombs and mines in 2024 will continue focusing on clearing bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war and supporting victims, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Read More …

UN reaffirms their support to Somalia in protecting lives from explosive ordnance

On the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the United Nations reaffirms their support to Somalia in protecting the lives of civilians from the explosive hazards and building peace through the development of national explosive threat Read More …

Liquid restrictions at UK airports to remain in place until June 2025

Travellers will have to wait another year for 100ml limit to be lifted after government extends deadline for new scanners. The Department for Transport had previously set a target for the introduction of 3D scanners in all UK airports by 1 June, Read More …

Iran: 11 killed in Sistan and Baluchistan province terror attacks

The number of martyrs of the terrorist attack on several military headquarters in Sistan and Baluchistan province has risen to eleven. Two police officers, two border guards, and seven IRGC and Basij volunteer forces were killed in armed clashes with Read More …

US May Revoke Houthi Terrorist Label If They Stop Red Sea Ship Attacks

The US said it would consider revoking its recent designation of Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists if the Iran-backed militants cease their shipping attacks in and around the Red Sea. “My hope is that we can find diplomatic off-ramps,” Tim Lenderking, Read More …

UNDP: Landmines kill in seconds, their fallout lasts generations

On average, one person is killed or injured by landmines and other explosive ordnance every hour. Their destructive influence lasts long after armed conflict ends, inflicting horrific injuries and death, while trapping communities in poverty and fear. Millions of people Read More …

UK: Controlled explosion carried out as device found at garage off A19 sparks closure

A controlled explosion has been carried out after an suspected explosive device was found at a garage off the A19 north of Billingham, police have confirmed. The main route was closed for several hours and motorists were caught up in Read More …

India: Security forces recover 3 IEDs planted by Maoists in Chaibasa

Security personnel recovered three powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during anti-naxal operations in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said. The security forces, which included CRPF, Cobra, Jharkhand Jaguar, and district armed police, have been conducting combing operations in Read More …

Israel: IDF arrests 20 suspects and destroys 13 explosive devices in the West Bank

Security forces arrested 20 wanted persons throughout the West Bank. The IDF Spokesman added that in the village of Al Funduq, the forces located and confiscated a rifle and destroyed three improvised explosive devices. In the village of Qibya, five Read More …

Millions of dollars needed to make Gaza safe from unexploded bombs

The scale of the bombs dropped on Gaza since 7 October means that it will take millions of dollars, and many years, to decontaminate the Strip from unexploded munitions, the head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Palestine Read More …

Syria: Director of Military Construction Establishment in Hama killed in explosive device blast

Director of the Military Construction Establishment branch in Hama Province, Engineer Basil Abdel Qader, was martyred in a terrorist attack that targeted his car with an explosive device in front of his house in al-Qusour neighborhood in the city of Read More …

UN observers wounded in Lebanon not hit by ‘direct or indirect fire’

The four members of the U.N.’s technical observation mission in southern Lebanon were wounded as they were carrying out a foot patrol in south Lebanon. Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the U.N. peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, said its “preliminary investigation showed that Read More …

JFC Naples’ Mobile Training Team Provided Counter Improvised Explosive Device Training In Morocco

Subject Matter experts from Allied Joint Force Command Naples conducted a Mobile Training Team to Morocco with an emphasis on Counter Improvised Explosive Devise (C-IED) to include Intel support to C-IED, at l’Unité de Secours et de Sauvetage du Génie Read More …

Russia: Security forces seize explosives hidden in icons in Pskov Region

Explosives hidden in icons and seized by security officers in the Pskov Region in Russia’s northwest could have blown up a five-story apartment block, Department Head of the Interior Ministry’s Regional Forensic Center Dmitry Belotserkovsky said on Tuesday. Russia’s Federal Read More …

Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency sapper injured in mine explosion in Agdam

Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency sapper Aliyev Khayyam Gambar oglu born 1987 was blown up by a mine, the Aghdam district prosecutor’s office reported. The incident occurred on April 2 during mine clearance work in the village of Saryjaly, Agdam region. Read More …

UK: Hand grenade safely detonated after discovery in Bedford river

An old unexploded hand grenade discovered in the river in Bedford has now been safely detonated by experts. The device was reported to police at around 1.30pm on Sunday and a cordon was put in place around Riverside Square. Read Read More …

SmartRayVision – New AI Image Processing

In the Fall 2023, SharpLogixx, LLC, the manufacturer of SmartRayVision, released their latest SRV custom EOD software with new AI enhanced Image Processing. This new technology takes the SRV images from outstanding to extreme fidelity. What you now get with Read More …

Afghanistan: Landmine explosion kills 9 children in Ghazni

At least nine children were killed in southeastern Afghanistan Sunday when a landmine, laid during decades of war in the country, exploded, a local official said Monday. The mine went off as a group of young boys and girls were Read More …