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Three police officers were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Sunday, local police said. “Three Afghan National Police (ANP) members were killed and three others wounded in an improvised bomb explosion Read More …
New Zealand has awarded Cambodia a NZ$5.9 million ($3.8 million) grant to assist mine-clearing operations for six years in Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Pailin provinces. The grant coincided with Pailin authorities clearing 10 MD82B landmines in Pramay Kha commune in Read More …
A man has been charged after he was caught by police making a weapon and explosives in his home. Officers found Pascal Knorr-Gulde, 47, making the devices during a raid of his home in Southampton, Hampshire. Neighbouring homes on Bond Read More …
Alert residents helped the military find and neutralize bombs that the Abu Sayyaf Group is believed to have left in Ungkaya Pukan town, Basilan. Brig. Gen. Fernando Reyeg, Joint Task Force Basilan (JTFB) and 101st Infantry Brigade commander, said troops Read More …
An investigation into the 2018 death of an Army EOD tech in Helmand province, Afghanistan, found that his unit faced equipping and funding issues prior to deployment, but the company command team went to great lengths to resolve those problems before arriving downrange. Read More …
Dozens of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers were targeted by a roadside bomb in the eastern countryside of the Daraa Governorate on Saturday. According to a report from the governorate, a bus carrying 40 soldiers was targeted by an improvised Read More …
An explosion in Kabul city killed a prominent Afghan writer’s wife and daughter while leaving several others others wounded including the writer himself, the security official said. Officials in Kabul Police Headquarters said the explosion in Paghman area of Kabul Read More …
The Contingent Commander of Uganda troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Brig. Gen. Richard Otto on Thursday visited Ugandan soldiers based in the coastal town of Baraawe in Lower Shabelle region, about 208 km from Mogadishu. Read More …
An alleged Abu Sayyaf bomb expert involved in an audacious attack at the House of Representatives that killed seven people in 2007, including a congressman, has been arrested in a raid in the southern Philippines, police said Friday. The suspect, Read More …
The bomb squad and federal agents found booby traps, materials to make explosives and an explosive device in an Evansville home, police said. Special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives were contacted by detectives with the Evansville Police Read More …
Ukraine’s secret service is claiming to have stopped a neo-Nazi cell during its investigation into the distribution of the Christchurch terrorist’s so-called manifesto. Last year it was revealed a neo-Nazi in Ukraine was distributing the document through an online messaging Read More …
A YouTuber has been jailed for 12 weeks after making a bomb threat in the first week of lockdown to an NHS trust dealing with coronavirus patients. Matthew Wain, 31, posted video of himself phoning in the threat about Birmingham Read More …
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) launched the Security Risk Intelligence Portal (SRIP)—an incident reporting tool to help airlines mitigate and manage security risks. The portal also includes the latest state and airport restrictions and requirements imposed as Read More …
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals that can develop the technology needed to counter Unmanned Air Systems (C-UAS) and demonstrate how these can be integrated together to form a capable system. Please note this is the Read More …
A 14-year-old boy has appeared in court accused of trying to make homemade bombs containing shrapnel. The teenager, from Eastleigh, was arrested on Friday after concerns were raised by social services. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with one Read More …
Nine people have been arrested by gardai targeting organised criminality in Limerick. More than 170 gardai were involved in carrying out over 60 searches of properties on Wednesday across counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary. As part of Operation Coronation, gardai Read More …
A wanted man tossing explosive devices from a car during a police chase led to an officer-involved shooting in Indiana, police say. A 911 caller told police a suspicious man was “knocking vigorously” on the door of a home early Wednesday Read More …
Bombs from the Second World War were detonated in Great Hollands yesterday, after they were found in a resident’s garage. The bombs, technically British mortar tips from the Second World War, were discovered and taken home by the resident in Read More …
As a humanitarian organisation HALO’s mission is to protect lives and restore the livelihoods of those communities affected by conflict, especially by landmines and other explosive ordnance. In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic we have sought to continue to Read More …
The Breckenridge Police Department assisted federal agencies in arresting a suspected arsonist out of Minneapolis last weekend. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 22, of Brainerd, Minnesota, is one of at least two suspects wanted for allegedly setting fire to a Minneapolis police Read More …