Meet Bonny, the first British military search dog deployed to Mali

Lance Corporal Grant Stevens and his companion Bonny are part of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal team newly deployed to Mali A three-hundred strong task group of British soldiers has arrived in Mali as part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission (MINUSMA). Read More …

Washington DC: National Guardsmen briefed on IED threat to Capitol

National Guard units are being told to prepare for the possibility that improvised explosive devices will be used by individuals plotting to attack the Capitol in the days surrounding the Inauguration, according to two Guardsmen briefed this week. The briefings Read More …

Pakistan: Explosive device defused in Washuk District, Balochistan

Members of security forces defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the roadside in Basima area of Washuk district, sources said on Tuesday. According to the official sources, after receiving information in this regard personnel of the Frontier Corps Read More …

North Dakota explosive specialist recognized nationally by TSA

Hundreds of passengers go through security every day in the eight North Dakota Airports. TSA officials are trained by experts to spot explosives and other threats to passengers. There are two explosive specialists in North Dakota who train and educate Read More …

UN official: Terrorists using pandemic to stoke extremism

The U.N. counter-terrorism chief warned Tuesday that terrorists are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic and appealing to new “racially, ethnically and politically motivated violent extremist groups.” Vladimir Voronkov spoke at the U.N. Security Council’s 20th anniversary commemoration of the pivotal resolution Read More …

Royal Navy blow up World War Two mortar bomb found on beach in Cornwall

A bomb dating back to the Second World War which was found on a Cornish beach has been detonated safely. Members of the Royal Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) attended Hayle beach at around 8.30am today (January 12) to carry Read More …

California: Bomb making materials found during search of Stockton home

Materials used to build explosives were found on Monday during the search of the Stockton home of a man who was arrested Sunday in connection with igniting an explosive device on Saturday. Authorities on Monday evacuated the 2400 block of Read More …

Map the Gap: autonomous gap crossing survey Phase 2 Competition

This Phase 2 Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition, run on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), aims to develop and trial a number of system demonstrators able to tackle some of the key issues of gap Read More …

Europol: Returning Foreign Fighter Arrested In Spain

The suspect was part of the so-called Islamic State in the Iraqi-Syrian conflict zone. Europol supported an operation of the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) leading to the arrest of a member of the so-called Islamic State. The suspect had Read More …

Virginia: Richlands man pleads guilty to possessing and manufacturing explosive device

According to a press release, a Richlands man, who appeared at a health clinic in June 2020 with severe injuries to his hands and fingers, has pled guilty to charges of possessing and manufacturing an unregistered explosive device. The dept. Read More …

Afghanistan: Two militants killed by own bomb blast in Logar province

Two Taliban militants were killed after a bomb they were planning to explode against civilians went off prematurely in eastern Logar province. Two militants were killed, when their own mine detonated in Mohammad Agha district at around 9:00am on Monday, Read More …

Nigeria: 5 soldiers, 6 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Borno clash

Five soldiers of the Nigerian Army and six Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a gunfight in the Alagarno area of Borno State on Monday, January 11, 2021. The terrorists were members of main Boko Haram faction, the Islamic State Read More …

India: Crude bombs hurled at DYFI leader’s house in Kozhikode

A motorbike-borne gang hurled country bombs at the house of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) leader Arjun Dev at Chakkittappara in Kozhikode on Sunday. The incident took place around 12.30 a.m. The front portion of the house, including doors Read More …

India: Bomb-making items seized from Naxal hideout in Gondia, Maharashtra state

Gunpowder, nails, glass, wire and other explosive-making materials were seized on Sunday afternoon from a Naxal hideout in Bharnoli forest in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of Gondia, police said. The operation was carried out by a joint team of local police, Read More …

Afghanistan: Public Protection Force Spokesman Killed in Kabul IED Blast

Three people were killed, including Zia Wadan, a spokesman for the Public Protection Force, in an explosion in Kabul city on Sunday morning, the Interior Ministry confirmed. The blast occurred around 8:30am local time in the Kart-e-Naw area of PD8 Read More …

Somalia: Explosion targets Kenyan army convoy in Lower Juba region

The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a convoy of Kenyan troops traveling on the Dhobley road. A statement from the Kenya Defense Forces confirmed the attack near the border between the two countries, which resulted in casualties. Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Government forces destroy IED planted in Poonch

Government forces on Sunday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) that was recovered on Gohlad-Mendhar road in this border sub-division. An unnamed official told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the device was recovered during night patrol Read More …