Scotland: Police confirm controlled explosion carried out at Scatsta Airport

A controlled explosion of a suspected ordnance has been carried out near the former Scatsta Airport site. Police Scotland confirmed a team of experts carried out the explosion on Thursday, following a discovery at the site on Monday. Officers set Read More …

DR Congo: French soldiers tackling explosive devises in North Kivu

French troops that have been reported to be in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo will not leave the country until the last date of March 2026. According to Paris, the army mission in DRC mostly focuses Read More …

EOD Technicians Prove Arctic Warfare Readiness in Norway

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, assigned to Commander, Task Force 68, completed Exercise Arctic Specialist 26 alongside allied forces from Norway and Sweden, Feb. 3 to 12. Arctic Specialist is an annual Norwegian-hosted multinational exercise focused on expeditionary mine Read More …

Nevada: Car loaded with weapons crashes into power substation in suspected act of terror

A 23-year-old man from New York drove across the country with an arsenal in his rental car, then crashed it into a Nevada power substation before killing himself in what police are calling a potential “terrorism-related event.” In a news Read More …

Somalia: Senior Police officer survives IED blast in Mogadishu

A senior Somali police health official, Abdirizak Afgaduud, survived an apparent assassination attempt after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in his vehicle detonated near the headquarters of the National Intelligence and Security Agency in Mogadishu on Friday morning. The Read More …

UK: Man arrested after explosives found at house in Derbyshire village

Officers were called to a house in Church Street, Bonsall, on Valentine’s day, Saturday, February 14, following concerns about items at the address. Some explosives were found at the address but they have since been removed. A man in his Read More …

India: Manipur police recover AK-47, grenades and IEDs in statewide operations

Security forces in Manipur recovered an AK-47 rifle, multiple grenades, IEDs and other arms during coordinated search operations across several districts, even as the overall law-and-order situation remained normal on Tuesday, the Manipur Police said. Police recovered three hand grenades, Read More …

A multi-country epidemiological analysis of mortality from landmines and other explosive ordnance

Explosive ordnance including landmines, improvised explosive devices and explosive remnants of war are known to contaminate at least fifty-eight countries, threatening the health of affected communities across generations. Despite the scale of this problem, mortality estimates pertaining to these weapons Read More …

South Korea team supports U.S. Army route clearance equipment turn-in

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM – A U.S. Army rotational unit preparing to redeploy to Fort Carson, Colorado, recently completed the turn-in of route clearance vehicles and robotic systems with support from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel in South Korea. Read More …

Ukraine: Explosion at military enlistment office declared terrorist attack

An explosion at a military enlistment office in the city of Kolomyia, in western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, has been classified as a terrorist attack, the regional prosecutor’s office said. The news comes amid a rise in attacks on vehicles belonging to Read More …

Belgium gives €1.35 million to UN mine clearance in Iraq and Syria

Belgium contributed €1.35 million last year to mine clearance work by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq and Syria, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. Since 2019, Belgium has invested more than €13 million in mine Read More …

Azerbaijan: ANAMA employee injured in landmine explosion in Khojaly District

A staff member of the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) was injured in a landmine explosion on February 18, 2026, in the village of Mukhtar in the Khojaly District, an area recently liberated from occupation. According to ANAMA, the incident Read More …

South Korea: Jeong Tae-seong urges to set mine standards and speed clearance

Jeong Tae-seong, secretary general ofthe Korea Association for Mine Action Technology, said, “Not only north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) or the Civilian Control Line (CCL), but also mines around rear-area air defense bases are making normal use of the Read More …

Myanmar: Civilian injured in IED explosion in Ngazun township of Mandalay Region

In order to cause injuries to both peaceable civilians and administrative authorities who are striving to restore the rule of law, extreme terrorists provide financial assistance and instigate destructive activities, such as detonating explosive devices and remote blasting, against public Read More …

Italy: Rail sabotage – old tactics, new radical ties

Low-cost, high-impact sabotage: targeting signaling systems stops trains without touching the rolling stock. According to Roberto Setola, director of the Master’s program in Homeland Security at the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, the method is a classic of the anarchist Read More …

North Carolina: Training for the unthinkable, Task Force 2 validates domestic response readiness

Soldiers from units across the force converged at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 10-12, to validate their readiness as part of Task Force 2 under the Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives Response Force. The training ensures the soldiers Read More …

48th CES EOD holds demonstration for local community

RAF FELTWELL, England — The 48th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance disposal shop hosted a demonstration for the Feltwell Parish Council and local community members at RAF Feltwell, England on Feb. 13. The primary mission of the EOD team is Read More …

Western Australia: Police accused of being slow to respond to alleged homemade bomb at Perth Invasion Day rally

Sisonke Msimang had no way of knowing the item she picked up while in the crowd at a Perth Invasion Day rally was what police allege was a homemade bomb designed to detonate on impact. She also told 7.30 that Read More …

Pakistan: Militants kill 11 security personnel, one child near Afghan border

Militants rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into an army checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing 11 security personnel and a child, the military said on Tuesday. Women and children were among seven wounded in Monday’s attack in Bajur district, which lies Read More …

UK: Man arrested after ‘significant number of illegal weapons’ found in house in Abergwynfi

A man has been arrested after a report of a ‘significant number of illegal weapons’ discovered at a property in Abergwynfi, Neath Port Talbot. Officers attended an address on Commercial Street, following a report at around 09:30pm on Sunday 15, Read More …