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Police killed a terrorist who had a bomb-laden vest and was planning to detonate it on Monday. The suspect, identified as a Syrian national, was attempting to detonate his vest despite warnings by the police, who then fatally shot him Read More …
INDIAN HEAD, Md. – Explosive ordnance disposal and bomb squad experts in the Department of Defense and civilian sector tested the latest EOD robotics and emerging capabilities during the Eastern National Robot Rodeo and Capabilities Exercise Aug. 2-6 here. The Read More …
Two police personnel were martyred while many others sustained injures when a powerful blast targeted their vehicle near a luxury hotel in Balochistan’s capital Quetta on Sunday, officials said. According to provincial government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani, a police van was Read More …
Chalak Taha has spent most of the last 27 years searching the mountains for danger. Tucked among dry grasses on a steep hillside outside Wilyawa village in Sulaimani province, a member of his demining team has found one of potentially Read More …
A soldier was killed and six others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted along the road in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan went off before dawn on Thursday. The identity of the fatality was withheld pending notification of his Read More …
An Afghan Air Force pilot was assassinated in Kabul as a result of an explosion that targeted his vehicle in Chahar Asiab district in Kabul on Saturday, sources said. Five civilians were wounded in the explosion, sources said. A second Read More …
There are indications that the days of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists who had held sway for about ten years are coming to an end following the surrender of about 300 terrorists and some of their Commanders in the North East. This Read More …
The US government on Friday designated two senior Al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists amid intensified operations against the militant group by Somali forces backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) troops. Ali Mohamed Rage, also known as Ali Dhere, and Read More …
Two soldiers are reported to have lost their lives after their convoy was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kumbo, a locality in the Bui sub-division in the restive North West region of Cameroon Wednesday August 04. According Read More …
ONE killed, while eleven civilians sustained injuries after the vehicle they were travelling was blown up by a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), triggered by the Naxals at Ghotiya under Malewdahi Police Station limits of insurgency-hit Dantewada on Thursday morning. Read More …
Employee of Azerbaijan’s Mine Action Agency was hit by a mine in Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district, liberated from Armenian occupation, Trend reports. The mine explosion took place during demining of a new road, connecting the villages of Bash Garvand and Uzundara Read More …
A Jones County recycling plant was locked down Friday as federal agents destroyed an “explosive device” found days after an employee lost his life in the Aug. 4 explosion. According to Jones County Sheriff Joe Berlin, A United States Army Read More …
A group of around a dozen teenagers were arrested for possession of knives and explosives. The Mathayam level, or high school, students were approached by police as they were allegedly waiting to confront students from another school. The students, ages Read More …
SEATTLE – To coincide with National Work Like a Dog Day, officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Thursday highlighted the role working canines play in transportation security operations. The TSA and Port of Read More …
The Nigerian Army (NA) says troops of 28 taskforce brigade, Madagali, Adamawa, seized bags of fertilisers because the product is banned in the state. The Army made the clarification following accusation by farmers that troops were reselling the seized fertilisers Read More …
The risk of militarization of drone technology in Africa represents a new asymmetric tool that violent nonstate groups may deploy to extend the reach of their lethality, reshaping the African battlefield. In late 2016, the Islamic State (ISIS) reached an Read More …
Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Iraq and Syria increased between April and July as they continue to operate a “low-level” but “well-entrenched” insurgency in rural areas, the Pentagon said in its latest quarterly report. “ISIS-claimed attacks increased compared to previous Read More …
An aerial bomb, believed to be from World War 2, was found in an oil palm plantation in Felda Triang 1, Bera on Monday by a settler. District police chief, DSP Mansor Samsudin, said the settler reported it to police Read More …
Japan has donated $4 million to Somalia to support in countering improvised explosive devices that have become commonly deployed weapons by extremist groups in recent years. According to a statement from the Japanese embassy in Kenya, the donation will be Read More …
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. – Explosive Ordnance Disposal members from the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina hosted and participated in field training exercise Operation Guillotine along with EOD members from Shaw Read More …