EU pledges additional $8 million for explosives clearance in Iraq

The European Union’s ambassador to Iraq on Friday said the bloc would allocate an additional $8 million (€6.7 million) for the detection and destruction of explosives left by ISIS. Martin Huth said in a tweet that the money would be Read More …

North Carolina: Charlotte police see uptick in homemade explosives

There is an uptick in homemade explosives, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Officials say they believe boredom and isolation is contributing to some people making more explosives. They are reminding everyone that making explosives is illegal at the state Read More …

Russia: Terrorist cell leader eliminated in Siberian city, FSB says

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has eliminated a leader and a participant of the IS terrorist group (outlawed in Russia) who was plotting terror acts in Tyumen. The FSB Public Relations Center told TASS on Thursday that they offered armed Read More …

Russian peacekeepers defuse over 300 explosive objects in Nagorno-Karabakh

Russian peacekeepers defused more than 300 explosive objects found on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “Today, at one of the destruction sites, the group is destroying explosive objects. To date, more than forty Read More …

UK and Kenya sign new Defence Cooperation Agreement to tackle shared threat from Al-Shabaab

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Defence Dr Monica Juma signed the deal after agreeing to step up UK support for the key security partner The UK is stepping up its counter-terrorism and military support to Kenya Read More …

Łukasiewicz – PIAP Delivers Robots to Indonesia

Łukasiewicz Research Network – Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP has delivered another batch of EOD robots for the Indonesian military. Notably, Łukasiewicz-PIAP products have been present there since 2014. The contractual work completed this time referred to Read More …