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Two policemen and a minor in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental were wounded during a roadside encounter with suspected members of Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Barangay Bi-ao on Sunday morning. Police report said Lt. Charles Richard Casalan, Read More …
The Kenyan Defence Forces soldier has been seriously injured on Saturday, February 12 when the vehicle he was traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) between Milimani and Baure in Lamu County. Al-Shabaab targeting construction workers clearly shows Read More …
Like the neck of a giraffe, a minesweeping vehicle extends a serrated bucket forward and dips its teeth into the blighted earth. It drags the dry soil backward, sifting, before harvesting a jerrycan and gently placing it on the edge Read More …
Colombian Military Engineers made progress in the decontamination of 9,728 square meters in Marquetalia Tolima that were suspected of having antipersonnel mines. The work of the soldiers of the Humanitarian Demining Engineer Battalion No. 2 continues in the region. En Read More …
The U.S. Department of State established the Chemical Forensics International Technical Working Group (CFITWG) to address gaps in chemical forensic science and capabilities through an international partnership of experts from science, policy, academic, law enforcement, and export-control organizations. The effort Read More …
Ordnance experts on Thursday destroyed a home-made bomb found on the premises of the office of a power utility cooperative. The improvised explosive device left in the compound of the Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (Magelco) in Barangay Upper Capiton was fashioned Read More …
The Air Force will begin fielding reconditioned armored vehicles this fall that are equipped with lasers to detonate unexploded ordnance on airfields following a $40 million development program. If the 13 planned bomb disposal vehicles are a success, the Air Read More …
French investigators probing an explosion that badly wounded a driver at the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia have concluded an improvised explosive device caused it, a source close to the investigation revealed on Friday. Investigators from France’s specialized anti-terror prosecutor’s Read More …
Nine people including a Frenchman were killed this week in attacks in a national park in Benin’s remote north bordering troubled Niger and Burkina Faso, according to a government update. The toll was the deadliest in recent attacks Benin has Read More …
Explosion went off while dozens of worshippers had gathered inside the mosque for Friday prayers An explosion on the doorsteps of a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed one worshipper and wounded seven others on Friday, a Taliban official said. Baz Read More …
A suicide bomber targeting a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia’s parliamentary elections killed at least six people in Mogadishu, the ambulance service said, as the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab armed group claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast occurred early Read More …
A man has been arrested on suspicion of offences under The Explosive Substances Act after a bomb disposal team was called to a residential street in Llanelli. Police, fire, ambulance and bomb disposal experts were called to the scene on Read More …
Four people have been killed in an IED attack in Sangailu, Holugho sub-county in Garissa county on Thursday morning. The group was travelling from Masalani to Holugho when the incident happened. The driver of the vehicle narrowly escaped death and Read More …
At least four people were killed and seven others injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northeast Somalia’s Puntland commercial city of Bossaso on Wednesday afternoon. A Puntland police officer told state-run Radio Mogadishu that the bomber struck in Read More …
China has agreed to donate millions of dollars in military and construction equipment to the Philippine government despite a bitter dispute over the South China Sea, officials said Wednesday. Much of the donation worth around 1 billion Philippine pesos will Read More …
Iraqi Security Forces thwarted a roadside bomb attack against a Global Coalition’s convoy in al-Iskan area, al-Diwaniyah Governorate. The Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency in the Ministry of Interior discovered and defused two explosive devices planted alongside the highway in Read More …
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) posted the annual release of the Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA), an open invitation to the scientific and technical communities to propose novel ideas that address Read More …
Burkina Faso’s new armed forces chief, who was appointed last week following a military coup, on Wednesday vowed to give a “new impetus” to a years-long struggle against jihadist insurgents. At a ceremony to mark his appointment, Colonel David Kabre Read More …
Quick reaction by alert BSF troops to effect recovery of weapon, ammunition, cash and huge quantity of RDX in depth area upon detecting drone activity along the border has successfully thwarted the nefarious plans of ANEs. Quick reaction by alert Read More …
Three Iraqi soldiers and one civilian were reportedly killed in a bomb attack that targeted their vehicle in al-Rutba district, western al-Anbar, on Wednesday morning. A source told Shafaq News Agency that the soldiers were heading home on their leave Read More …