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A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday, an official said, as soldiers and militants celebrated an unprecedented Eid ceasefire. Islamic State claimed Read More …
Organized in partnership with the National Training Center of the Dutch Ministry of Defense, NCT Europe will take place in Vught, the Netherlands, from the 3rd to the 5th of July. CBRNe stands for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and explosive Read More …
A new NATO project, EXTRAS, led by research institutions in Italy and Serbia, will make it possible to detect explosives and prevent terrorist attacks on public transport. The project, funded by NATO’s Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, will Read More …
The Nigerian Army has expressed alarm over what it described as emerging but dangerous trend of the use of Improvised Explosive Device, IED, as weapon in the South Eastern part of the country. The Army said that although the zone Read More …
Trained bees have been successfully used for the first time to find mines in a former Yugoslavian warzone, a Scottish scientist has revealed. The honey bees led mine clearance teams to unexploded ordnance in Croatia after they were trained to Read More …
A bomb disposal team of Nepal Army defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a parked vehicle belonging to Mayor of Damak Municipality Rom Nath Oli on Thursday. Upon finding a suspicious material wrapped in a carton on the Read More …
Soldiers from Kansas’ Army National Guard’s 137th Transportation Company participated in the counter improvised explosive device training lane at Custer State Park, June 12. The CIED course provided an opportunity for units attending the Golden Coyote training exercise to practice Read More …
The French military has deployed an engineering detachment to Egypt to help its military detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The French defence ministry said the detachment was deployed to Egypt from 20 April to 5 May. It will soon take Read More …
A 10-year-old child was killed and seven people wounded in a blast in Jalalabad city, capital of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar on Wednesday, provincial government said in a statement. The explosion occurred roughly at 6:00 a.m. local time in Read More …
More than 200 kilograms of gel explosives, thought to be similar to those used in cash-in-transit heists, have been stolen from the Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) in KwaZulu-Natal. The African News Agency (ANA) understands that the theft took place during Read More …
A huge cache of explosive materials was discovered by Afghan security forces in a vegetable truck crossing from Pakistan, in one of the largest ever finds. Intelligence officers found nearly eight tonnes of ammonium nitrate – the chemical widely used in making explosives Read More …
Civilian and military bomb squad teams from across the country will take part in Sandia Labs’ 12th annual Western National Robot Rodeo this week, a competition that uses simulated scenarios to test the ability of first responders to use robots Read More …
Members of the 702nd and 720th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Companies competed for the US Army Europe Team of the Year at the training area here June 4-9, with a team from 720th winning the event. Both units fall under the Read More …
Thirty-four militants and seven police were killed and 14 people were wounded in daily violence in Afghanistan, authorities said Monday. In one incident, 12 civilians were wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated at a public picnic area Read More …
A military airstrike on Sunday successfully destroyed the bomb-making factory of the IS-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Liguasan Marsh, an Army official said Monday. Capt. Arvin John Encinas, the Army’s 6th Infantry Division spokesman, said the operation also Read More …
US security officials have uncovered specific cargo-related terrorist threats against US-bound aircraft, prompting the customs agency to tighten requirements related to air cargo reporting. “[The Department of Homeland Security] has received specific, classified intelligence that certain terrorist organisations seek to Read More …
The Afghan army personnel found 73 improvised bombs and landmines within the last 24 hours, the country’s Defense Ministry said Thursday. “Afghan National Army (ANA) explosive-ordnance disposal teams recovered 73 rounds of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmine elsewhere since Read More …
A 34-year-old Federal Way man accused of blowing up his SUV with homemade explosives on Tuesday evening was charged Thursday with possession of an incendiary device, according to King County prosecutors. Police and federal agents seized 22 pounds of triacetone triperoxide, known Read More …
At least 18 people were killed and over 90 wounded in an explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City district on Wednesday, an Iraqi police source said. An interior ministry spokesman said in a brief statement the blast was the result of Read More …
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $2 million in federal Homeland Security Grant Program funding has been secured, allowing the state’s 12 local FBI-accredited bomb squads to sustain and enhance their capabilities to detect, interdict, and respond to improvised explosive Read More …