India: 2 more persons held for planting IED under Punjab cop’s vehicle

Two more persons were arrested in connection with an improvised explosive device (IED) planted under the vehicle of Punjab Police sub-inspector Dilbag Singh in Ranjit Avenue locality of Amritsar. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a man from Shirdi on Read More …

Russia: Daughter of Russian public figure Alexander Dugin died in car explosion

Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russian public figure Alexander Dugin, died as a result of the car explosion in the Moscow Region, Andrey Krasnov, the head of the Russian Horizon social movement and the person familiar with her, told TASS Read More …

Pakistan: Two police constables die in Bajaur blast

Targeted attacks at police continue in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) as two more police constables were killed in an IED blast in Dama Dola, Bajaur tribal district on Friday. Police told The Express Tribune that miscreants had planted an IED device near Read More …

Who’s responsible when you’re blown up by a World War Two bomb today?

The scars of war cover Maeverlyn Pitanoe’s body. The 50-year-old mother-of-two was blown up while at a Mother’s Day fundraising barbecue in Solomon Islands last year by an unexploded World War Two bomb. The flesh on her arms and legs Read More …

Somalia: Car bomb and gun attack target popular hotel in Mogadishu

Car bomb and gun attack targeted a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday night, weeks after the government of new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud threatened to launch an all-out offensive against insurgents. Armed men entered Hayat Hotel near Read More …

U.S., Thai Military conduct Humanitarian Mine Action EOD training in Kingdom of Thailand

OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marines from 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group recently concluded a successful cycle of Humanitarian Mine Action Level 3 Explosive Ordnance Disposal training with Royal Thai Military Thailand Mine Action Center counterparts, in Ratchaburi Read More …

Public asked to help MSP bomb sniffing dog win TSA’s ‘Cutest Canine’ contest

EEbbers, a TSA-trained explosive sniffing dog, has worked to help keep Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) safe for the last seven years. Now, as he prepares to retire at the end of the month, he and his handlers are hoping Read More …

MINUSCA Commends The Actions Of The Indonesian Engineer Battalion

215 peacekeepers from the Indonesian Engineering Company, deployed in CAR, were awarded the UN Medal on 17 August 2022 during a ceremony also marking the 77th anniversary of Indonesia’s independence. This eighth engineer battalion arrived in the Central African Republic Read More …

Mali accuses France of arming jihadists

Mali accused France of arming Islamist fighters and carrying out acts of espionage against it, as relations between the West African country and the former colonial power reached a new low. In a letter addressed to the United Nations Security Read More …

Nigeria: Troop busts IED factory in Kaduna, dislodge bandits

A notorious bandit camp where Improvised Explosive Devices are manufactured have been raided by troops of the Nigerian military. Found during the raid on the hideout located in the Rafin Dawa area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State Read More …

Russia: Anti-personnel petal mines found near Belgorod

A large amount of anti-personnel petal mines has been found after Ukraine’s shellings of the Shebekino district of the Belgorod Region. Measures have been taken to render them harmless, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said live on his page in the social Read More …

South Sudan: UNMAS Clears Anti-personnel Mines in Remote Canal, though Community Challenges Remain

MALAKAL – As powerful barges manned by the Bangladeshi Marine Force Unit deployed to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) make their careful way across the overflowing waters of the White Nile, the air is laced with expectation. Read More …

Maryland: Frederick County man with explosive devices charged in home invasion

A Frederick County man is charged with forcing his way into a relative’s home, with explosive devices, and threatening to stab the person with a steak knife. Dominic M. Valenti, 25, is accused in the incident on West C Street Read More …