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When the call came from war-ravaged South Sudan in June 2011, Job Tawengwa did not hesitate to say yes. Harare-based Tawengwa, a de-mining and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) expert, knew it would be risky, as usual. His first call to Read More …
A 39-year-old Mount Olive man is facing up to 95 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines after being found guilty this week by a federal jury on multiple weapons charges A federal jury convicted Christopher Arthur on Read More …
Police officers found an improvised pipe bomb during a car search in the Israeli-Arab town, Jisr e-Zarka, according to the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit. Police subsequently arrested three suspects. Read more… Source: The Jerusalem Post
An incident on Friday involving the explosion of a car in the Russian city of Belgorod, which left three people injured, was caused by an unidentified explosive device, the Russian Investigative Committee in the Belgorod Region said in a statement. Read More …
On Thursday morning, an explosion damaged a hall used by the Freemasons in Greece. The Masonic Hall, located in Central Athens, was only minimally damaged. The blast was reportedly caused by an improvised explosive device (IED). The bomb detonated after Read More …
Senior CTD official Raja Umer Khattab said that their intelligence wing had been working on the presence of militants belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in Karachi and its adjoining cities in Baluchistan, and when it was returning from its Read More …
Abdul Mateen Qaneh, Taliban’s spokesperson for the interior ministry on Tuesday, July 11, confirmed the content of the letter but avoided providing further details about the potential threats. The letter was delivered on July 9 to the Taliban’s police command Read More …
A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. The governor of Jalisco state said the explosions were “a trap” set by the Read More …
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have in recent days continued to inspect parts of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – without seeing any mines or explosives – but are still waiting to gain the necessary access to the Read More …
In the past three weeks, over 30 security force officers have been killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in more than 10 attacks across north-eastern Kenya’s Garissa and Lamu counties. The violent extremist group Al-Shabaab is believed to be behind Read More …
On July 10, 2023, Humboldt County Drug Task Force Agents and HCSO Deputies served a search warrant at the residence of Dusty Rucker (Age 42) located on 4000 block of Van Dyke Court in Arcata. Agents searched the areas that Read More …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of Japan, today announced the delivery of vital equipment and vehicles to aid Ukraine in demining its territories. The package supplied to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) Read More …
At least three police officers were killed and eight others wounded when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device on Monday in Garissa County in northeastern Kenya, according to the police. After the explosion, the al-Shabab militants ambushed the Read More …
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Col. Michael Schoonover relinquished duties as the commander of 71st Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group to Col. Brennan Fitzgerald during a ceremony on July 11, at Richert Field. Brig. Gen. Daryl Hood, commanding general of 20th Read More …
Kyiv sees cluster munitions as the next “game changer” in its battle against Russian forces, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Oleksiy Reznikov rejected disapproval from some countries and humanitarian groups over the Read More …
There was an explosion yesterday evening at a pub in central Gothenburg. Nobody was killed in the explosion but one person was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Police think the device was a banger or an airbomb. One man Read More …
Garland, Texas, July 10, 2023 – Texas-based Garrett Metal Detectors today announced that its standard manufacturer’s warranty on metal detecting products has been extended to three-years (36 months), effectively immediately. The company further detailed that the three-year warranty covers ground-search, Read More …
A search of a vehicle considered suspicious resulted in the location of an improvised explosive device (IED) early Sunday morning in Howell County. The device was safely removed, and the two occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody. The Read More …
At least eight people including six children were killed on Sunday when the modified auto-rickshaw they were travelling in struck a landmine, said local officials. The incident took place between the village of Jicibow and town of Bulaburde in Hirshabelle Read More …
Five civilians were killed in a car bomb explosion in Jarabulus city in northern Syria, according to local sources on Monday. The fatalities occurred when an explosives-laden vehicle blew up on Sunday in the countryside of Ghandoura town, the sources Read More …