Canada announces additional support for Ukraine

Canada will provide critical financial and military support to Ukraine in 2024, including new financial support for Ukraine to meet its balance of payments and budgetary needs and stabilize its economy. This also includes the first year of a new Read More …

UK: Unexploded bomb in Plymouth safely removed during complex disposal operation and major evacuation

A 500kg bomb discovered in the back garden of a residential property in Plymouth, which prompted one of the largest evacuation operations since the end of the Second World War, has been safely removed by bomb disposal experts from the Read More …

UK: Plymouth residents choose to stay put in face of German bomb threat

Some residents are refusing to leave their homes in Plymouth despite the discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb that has led to more than 1,000 properties evacuated in the city. Thousands of people have been asked to leave Read More …

India: 54 detonators found at Kalyan railway station

More than 50 detonators were found abandoned in two boxes on platform number one of Kalyan railway station on Wednesday, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said. The official added the boxes were spotted at 11.30am by the GRP officials Read More …

Ukraine lost M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle outside Avdiivka

Ukraine has lost only a few armored vehicles in its grueling defensive fight in—and now outside of—Avdiivka, a former Ukrainian stronghold just northwest of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. But a few doesn’t mean none. And one of the losses is Read More …

UK-owned ship damaged in Houthi missile attack off Yemen

A Palau-flagged, British-owned cargo ship was damaged and a minor injury was reported in the Gulf of Aden after it was hit by two missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis, the US military says. The Islander is continuing its voyage following Read More …

Cambodia: Britain allots additional $3.8 million for mine clearance

The United Kingdom has pledged a further $3.8 million in funding to support mine clearance efforts in Cambodia, as part of a broader commitment to aid eight countries across Africa and Asia. This new donation, raising the amount of funding Read More …

Yemen: Houthis to step up Red Sea strikes, use ‘submarine weapons’

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis will escalate their attacks on ships in the Red Sea and other waters and have introduced “submarine weapons”, in continued solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza war, the group’s leader said on Thursday. “Operations in the Red Read More …

Lao PDR: Opening of Landmine Clearance Quality Management Training for NRA Quality Management staff

It is estimated that since the end of the Indochina war, more than 22,000 people have fallen victim to Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in Lao PDR, almost half of whom died. An estimated 46% of casualties were children. Already in 2024, there have Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Drone dropped IED recovered in Kathua

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered by the Border Security Force after the forces personnel fired at a drone near the International Border (IB) in Kathua district on Thursday, officials said on Thursday. An official told the news agency Read More …

UK: Man pleads guilty to Gosport explosives offence

A man who detonated a low explosive device in the presence of police officers has admitted the offence in court. Police attended an address in Carr Court, Davenport Close, shortly before 10am on 28 August last year to arrest 54-year-old Read More …

EOD technicians support US Army recruiting at robotics competition in West Virginia

Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians supported U.S. Army recruiters during a middle and high school robotics competition in Wheeling, West Virginia. Soldiers from the 754th Ordnance Company (EOD) demonstrated the tools of their profession to students at the Wheeling Robotics Competition. Read More …

West Bank: 40 suspects arrested by Israeli security forces

Around 40 wanted persons were arrested throughout the West Bank on Tuesday night by the IDF, Israel Security Service (Shin Bet), and Border Police, an IDF spokesperson said the following morning. During a counter-terrorism operation in Jenin, 14 suspects were Read More …

Iraq: Bombing targets Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq office in Najaf

An official security source reported on Sunday morning that an office affiliated with Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, a Shiite armed group, was targeted by a homemade bomb in Najaf governorate, the capital of Shia Islam in Iraq and the world. The Read More …

Iran says Israel behind attacks on gas pipelines

Iran has accused Israel of being behind two attacks last week on gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in several provinces, further raising tensions between the regional archenemies amid the war on Gaza. “The explosion of the country’s gas lines was Read More …

NATO supports Ukrainian development of remote mine detection systems

The NATO program “Science for Peace and Security” will support the MinesEye project to create effective systems for remote detection of mines and unexploded ordnance. Ukrainian developers from the charitable foundation “Progress Foundation” initiated the idea and basic development of Read More …

Israeli engineering forces clear 30 kilometers of Lebanese border routes

Engineering forces of the Alexandroni Brigade cleared close to 30 kilometers of routes near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, the military said on Wednesday, granting it significant freedom of action on the northern front. The Alexandroni Brigade, deployed from Metulla Read More …

UK: Man jailed for throwing homemade petrol bomb at an Edinburgh family home

A man who threw a petrol bomb at an Edinburgh family home to “scare” a man has been jailed for five years. Joseph Haughian, 38, threw the weapon at Lewis Gosman and struck a window in the Moredun area on Read More …

Hezbollah’s threats to northern Israel: The evolution of drone warfare

On Monday, February 19, a drone carrying explosives struck a field near Arbel in northern Israel. This is around 30 kilometers from the Lebanon border, which meant the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had flown for some distance inside Israeli airspace. Read More …