Cambodia seeks more cooperation from development partners to achieve mine-free status by 2025

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has called for more assistance and cooperation from development partners and other stakeholders in order to achieve the country’s goal of mine-free nation by 2025. “I would once again like to Read More …

Iraq: Roadside bomb targets coalition forces convoy in Diwaniyah province

A convoy belonging to international forces in Iraq was targeted in a roadside bombing on Sunday, which did not result in any casualties, security sources said. An explosive devise planted on the side of a main road in the southern Read More …

Turkey: Police officer finds bomb under his car ahead of Erdoğan’s event

A bomb was discovered under the private car of a police officer in the Nusaybin district of southeastern Turkey’s Mardin Saturday. It was later revealed that the officer was assigned to a team that was going to provide reinforcements for the Read More …

Philippines: New ’emir’ of Daulah Islamiya, 4 others die in Maguindanao clash

The newly appointed emir or commander of the Islamic State (IS)-linked Daulah Islamiya (DI) group has been killed in an armed clash with the military in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, a ranking general revealed on Friday, Dec. 3. Asim Karinda alias Abu Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC hits 78 per cent of goals for 2021 despite pandemic

The Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) plans to clear all explosive remnants of war (ERW) on 125 sq km next year to advance the decades long clean-up effort closer to its scheduled completion in 2025. The demining centre held a Read More …

UK: Train services delayed after discovery of unexploded World War Two bomb near track in Hampshire

An unexploded Second World War bomb has been found near railway tracks, leading to the delay of some train services. Police received a report about the unexploded bomb at a construction site in Netley, Hampshire, at 10am on Friday, according Read More …

Qatar reinforces its position on the Houthi side of the Yemen war

The inclemency that pervades the atmosphere of Yemen’s war is doubly cruel. Not only is it the most serious humanitarian catastrophe since the end of World War II, which led to the creation of the United Nations. It is also Read More …

Somalia: Four killed, many hurt in roadside blast in Lower Juba province

At least four people were killed and several others wounded in a roadside bomb attack targeting a water hauling vehicle meant for drought victims in Somalia’s Lower Juba region on Thursday, state media and police said. The IED was planted Read More …

US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world

The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried — about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election. And so, block by block, he stole 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of C4 plastic explosives from the training Read More …

NPA and CMAC signs cooperation to clear minefields in Cambodia

Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) have signed cooperation to clear land mines in Kep and make it the first mine-free province in Cambodia. Khmer Times writes that the cooperation agreement was signed on 29 Read More …

Terror suspect arrested at London Stansted Airport

A 26-year-old man has been arrested at London Stansted Airport on suspicion of “extreme right-wing” terrorism. Counter Terrorism officers from the Metropolitan Police detained the UK national prior to boarding an outbound flight on Friday. A search of an address Read More …

Iowa: Monticello man charged with arson after basement explosion injuring deputy

A Monticello man faces a first-degree arson charge, accused of causing an explosion in his home’s basement that injured a Jones County deputy last month. David J. Costello, 62, had threatened to set off a bomb at his home Nov. Read More …

Pennsylvania: Burglary suspect considered ‘armed and dangerous’ arrested in Warwick

A man considered armed and dangerous was arrested in Warwick after officers stopped him there Tuesday, according to police. Warwick police said in a news release that David Bruno Jasiulewicz, 32, was a suspect in a burglary investigated by state Read More …

Australia grants additional AUD1 million for landmine clearance in Sri Lanka

The Australian High Commission has granted an additional AUD1 million or LKR135 million for landmine clearance in Sri Lanka. The funds have been provided as continued support for landmine clearance charity, the Mine Advisory Group (MAG), until December 2022. Australia Read More …

UK: Troops and police train together to hunt down terrorists

80 Soldiers from the 5th Battalion The RIFLES joined forces with four police organisations: Thames Valley Police, Hampshire Constabulary, Ministry of Defence Police and the Civil Nuclear Constabulary to hunt down three fugitive terrorists in the village of Longmoor; in Read More …