Queensland Police first in Australia to award national bomb technician diploma

Four Queensland Police Service (QPS) members are the first police officers in Australia to be awarded the national Diploma of Police Bomb Technical Response, after they graduated from a six-week course run by the Explosive Ordnance Response Team on Friday, Read More …

CJTF-OIR: Combat role in Iraq complete; invitation from Iraq reaffirmed to advise, assist, enable

JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND, Iraq – Combined Joint Task Force – Inherent Resolve, the international force charged with maintaining the enduring defeat of Daesh, announced today that it has completed its transition to a non-combat mission before year’s end as agreed. The Read More …

India: One injured in low-intensity bomb blast at Rohini Court in Delhi

One police personnel suffered minor injuries in an explosion at Rohini Court in Delhi on Thursday morning. He has been taken to the hospital. Meanwhile, proceedings at the court have been suspended and all gates have been shut, officials said. Read More …

Unexploded ordnance bring endless nightmare to Iraq

In the northern Iraqi hamlet of Hassan-Jalad, almost every family has a story to tell about a time when a child, nephew or brother was lost to wartime munitions. Located near Mosul, a former stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) Read More …

104th Explosive Ordnance Disposal team helps serve and protect

Many of our neighbors and community members know that we fly F-15Cs in service of our community and nation, but many of you may not know about some of our other missions that also serve and protect. “Explosive Ordnance Disposal Read More …

Record number of children in Britain arrested over terror offences

A record number of children were arrested on suspicion of terror offences in Great Britain in the last year, a development that investigators have linked to the shutdown of schools during the early stages of the pandemic. Figures released by Read More …

Seven UN peacekeepers killed in latest Mali attack

On Wednesday morning, seven UN peacekeepers from Togo died and three others were seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Bandiagara region in central Mali. The peacekeepers were part of a convoy travelling from Douentza Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis target Aramco, other Saudi sites in missile, drone attacks

Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Tuesday it fired several ballistic missiles and 25 armed drones into Saudi Arabia, targeting Aramco oil facilities in Jeddah and the defence ministry in Riyadh. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said late Read More …

UK: Terror awareness warning ahead of Christmas in Bedfordshire

Christmas shoppers and people attending festive events are being urged to be vigilant to the threat of terrorism. Bedfordshire Police said the warning followed the recent increase in the UK’s terrorism threat level. More uniformed officers are expected to be Read More …

Nigeria: Troops recover ‘IEDs planted on road’ in Imo community

The Nigerian Army says troops have recovered improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the Orlu-Owerri road in Imo state. In a statement on Monday, Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesman, said the soldiers also foiled an attempt by gunmen to attack two communities Read More …

Delhi man arrested at Coimbatore airport for carrying suspected explosive substance

Police said the 31-year-old was carrying packets of a powder that seemed to be in the explosive category of substances; the man claimed it was a type of ore imported from Cambodia The Peelamedu police on Sunday arrested a 31-year-old Read More …

UK: A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices

A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices, a jury at the Old Bailey was told. Asad Bhatti also worked on a computer handbook that included the subject “Jihad and Martyrdom”, the Read More …

Syria: Explosion in Daraa targets Russian military vehicle

An improvised explosive device (IED), planted on a motorbike, detonated while a Russian military vehicle patrolled the town of Izraa. An explosion in the Syrian town of Izraa targeted Russian troops on Saturday afternoon, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Read More …

Guerrilla tactics offer Ukraine’s best deterrent against Putin’s invasion force

While there is no consensus concerning what current Russian military activity near Ukraine means, it has led to strong statements from US officials. On December 3, the Washington Post reported that US intelligence has found the Kremlin is planning a Read More …

UK: Man is arrested on suspicion of making or possessing an explosive substance in Derby

A man has been arrested and more than 50 houses are evacuated after a number of suspicious items were found during a police search warrant. Officers attended a house in Derbyshire alongside a bomb disposal unit at around 11.30am today Read More …

Why France faces so much anger in West Africa

It all started so positively. Where have things gone wrong? Why does France now appear so unpopular in Africa? French President Emmanuel Macron has increased aid to the continent, begun the return of cultural artefacts stolen during the colonial wars Read More …