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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Saturday, December 30, said their team of engineers has cleared 30% of areas in Marawi city most affected by unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. This means residents in the 24 barangays Read More …
At least four people have been reported dead and several injured in a suicide bomb attack on Thursday at Amarwa community of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 2 p.m. Read More …
The Transportation Security Administration is deploying experimental, non-invasive devices to help detect an improvised explosive device (IED) inside America’s transit hubs. “Along with industry partners, we are committed to identifying, testing and deploying technology that addresses threats to transportation across Read More …
At least 40 people have been killed and dozens more wounded following multiple blasts at a Shia cultural centre in Kabul. Najib Danish, a spokesperson for the Afghan interior ministry, said suicide attackers had set off explosions outside of the Read More …
Six people are still in hospital after the explosion in St. Petersburg, the city’s deputy governor Anna Mityanina tweeted on Thursday. The condition of five of the eight victims is of intermediate severity, and the rest are said to be Read More …
The U.N. children’s fund warns that 220,000 children in the area of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed rebels are at risk of being killed or maimed by landmines and other explosive remnants of war. Eastern Ukraine is one of the most mine-contaminated Read More …
Swedish police are investigating an attack on a mosque with a homemade bomb as a hate crime, officers said Monday. The attack on the Islamic Cultural Center in Saffle, a town 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Karsltad, left ball-bearings Read More …
PUNE : In the recent times, the Maoists in the Naxal-affected areas of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Gadchiroli have turned to the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that employ a pressure mechanism. This was the finding of the Central Reserve Police Force’s Institute Read More …
An explosion has rocked a crude oil pipeline that feeds the Es Sider sea terminal in Libya, an oil source in the country said. The Mediterranean port of Es Sider, also spelled as Sidr and Sidra, features the largest oil Read More …
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Seven civilians were killed in a landmine blast in the Marja district of southern Helmand province on Sunday morning, sources said. Kamran, a resident of the district, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took place at around 9am Read More …
Since 2013, thousands of Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority from western China, have traveled to Syria to train with the Uighur militant group Turkistan Islamic Party and fight alongside al-Qaida, playing key roles in several battles. Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Read More …
A makeshift bomb exploded outside a Greek court in Athens early on Friday shattering windows and damaging the facade of the building, police officials said. Shots were also fired at a person guarding the Athens Appeal Court building, Justice Minister Read More …
In the backdrop of the criticism aimed at the Federal Government for applying and approving the withdrawal of N2 billion from the Excess Crude Account, ECA, for the sole purpose of fighting terrorism and insurgency which they claim has been Read More …
At least three people were injured after a cooker bomb was exploded in the premises of Lan Revenue Tax Office in Siraha Municipality-7 (Nepal) on December 22. The bomb was planted underneath the sofa of office chief in his room. Read More …
In November and December this year, a mobile training team led by Slovakia conducted a training course in manual demining for Iraqi Security Forces. This was held in Iraq in the framework of NATO’s training and capacity building activities in Read More …
Eastern Ukraine is now one of the most mine-contaminated places on earth, endangering 220,000 children who live, play and go to and from school in areas littered with landmines, unexploded ordnance and other deadly explosive remnants of war, UNICEF warned Read More …
A 42-year-old man has been convicted of manufacturing drugs and explosives at his home on Westgate End in Wakefield. Vladimir Madle was convicted of a total of 12 offences today, following a week long trial at Leeds Crown Court. He Read More …
The Nigerian Army has warned residents in the north-east to be wary of unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and ordnances “dotted around the region”. In a statement sent to TheCable on Thursday, the army also charged citizens to be more security Read More …
Pyro-terrorism, the purposeful ignition of fire with the intention of causing harm, can make firefighting so complex that it eventually stretches the resources of a firefighting department to the limit. The need to preempt terrorist attacks on buildings has forced Read More …
A police bomb squad has been called to a property in Chesterfield following early morning raids in which four men were arrested. Anti-terror police targeted three properties in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire in a move to foil a planned terror Read More …