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June 14, 2017 Egypt’s permanent representative to the United Nations Amr Abdel-Latif Abul Atta told a Security Council briefing on Tuesday that landmines and explosive remnants of war are used by terrorists around the world to make improvised explosive devices, Read More …
June 13, 2017 A blast at a British base on the southeast coast of Cyprus has injured a police officer. The explosion struck the Dhekelia garrison before dawn on Tuesday. The Cyprus Mail reported a grenade had been thrown by Read More …
June 13, 2017 The mitigation of the threats posed by landmines and other explosive remnants of war is vital to the success of United Nations peacekeeping and special political missions, as well as to the delivery of humanitarian assistance, the Read More …
The dispute that has seen Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies isolate Qatar stems from allegations that the tiny gas-rich nation is sponsoring extremist groups which are destabilising the Middle East. This is not the first time Qatar’s neighbours have Read More …
June 12, 2017 Aviation Security authorities of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi, thwarted the delivery of 500 detonators placed inside cardboard boxes. “We received reports from the airport security officers that they found three packages of goods Read More …
June 12, 2017 Azerbaijan’s National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) cleared a territory of 1,633,964 square meters in May, the Agency reported on June 12. ANAMA stated that its staff discovered and defused 409 unexploded ammunition, 81 anti-tank mines and Read More …
June 12, 2017 A bomb disposal unit has carried out a controlled explosion after old shells were found on Hornsea Beach. The local coastguard said they were called out on Sunday to reports of possible ordnance, which was found by Read More …
June 12, 2017 Helping to clear landmines in war-torn countries is certainly not for the faint-hearted. But as a risk and safety expert Jonathan Smith has plenty of experience of being in potentially dangerous situations. The 51-year-old has travelled to Read More …
June 12, 2017 At the initiative of Bolivia, the Security Council will hold a briefing tomorrow (13 June) under the agenda item maintenance of international peace and security with the title “Comprehensive Approach to Mine Action and Explosive Hazard Threat Read More …
June 12, 2017 Israeli government spies hacked into the operations of Islamic State bombmakers to discover they were developing a laptop computer bomb to blow up a commercial aircraft, The New York Times reported Monday. The Times said the work Read More …
June 11, 2017 Kenya confirmed late Sunday that an improvised explosive device (IED) which was set against soldiers by Al-Shabaab terrorists in the coastal region of Lamu did not harm anyone. The ministry of interior said in a statement that Read More …
June 11, 2017 A 5 kg bomb, planted by Naxals, was recovered from a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, police said today. Acting on a specific input, a squad of district force recovered the improvised explosive device (IED) last evening Read More …
June 9, 2017 Bangladesh authorities are following a European Union directive that all air cargo destined to the EU from the South Asian country be screened extensively for explosives and that a sophisticated detector be installed for this task at Read More …
June 9, 2017 Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi carried a rucksack packed with a “massive number” of small metal objects which “flew through the air at high velocity in all directions” when detonated, a court has heard. The inquests into Read More …
June 8, 2017 With a pop, whiz and disorienting bang, the action begins. The shouts of a simulated casualty magnify as the rapid teamwork of Holloman Air Force Base’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen takes over. However, this time they are Read More …
June 8, 2017 At least 13 people were killed and 24 others injured after three male suicide bombers detonated improvised explosive devices (IED) at Muna area, Maiduguri, Borno state. Damian Chukwu, commissioner of police in the state, told journalists that Read More …
June 8, 2017 The OSCE’s special representative in the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, Martin Sajdik, on Wednesday urged again the sides of the Ukrainian conflict to protect civilians, local media reported. Following a meeting of the Contact Group which Read More …
June 7, 2017 Islamic State claims to have carried out twin gun and bomb attacks on Iran’s parliament and the shrine of the modern country’s founder, Ayatollah Khomeini. At least 12 people were killed and 42 injured when several gunmen Read More …
In the 1950s, Jerry Pournelle imagined the military equivalent of the extinction of the dinosaurs. Toiling away as a Boeing operations researcher in the afterglow of the Manhattan Project and the Soviet Union’s First Lightning nuclear test in 1949, the Read More …
June 6, 2017 Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton hosted 30 local, state and federal explosive detection canine teams in conjunction with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for specialized training, June 6 to 8, 2017 The training gave Read More …