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For families in the playground opposite Asad Bhatti’s home, the financial analyst working at Legal & General looked like any other businessman in his suit and tie. But the 47-year-old bachelor – whose CV bragged was ‘motivated by challenge and Read More …
France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said ‘far-Left’ rioters were using mortars to fire explosives at the police amid the intensified violence between security forces and protesters on Saturday. Three police vehicles were completely burned out, and multiple officers injured. Read More …
“I only remember the explosion,” Maytham, 16, said from his hospital bed, his pale arms speckled brown by shrapnel. The attack took place earlier this month in the Shiite-majority village of Hazanieh. The force of the blast hurled the teenager Read More …
A very special 9-week-old English springer spaniel has a bright future ahead with an “exciting prospect” in the police force, sniffing out criminals. Trainee police dog Raf is described as a “little beauty”, who, once licensed, will work to Read More …
Niger’s defence ministry has said its troops killed 79 “terrorists” in operations last week that involved a foray into neighbouring Mali. Troops from the army’s anti-terrorist Almahaou operation began the search after they were attacked by an “armed terrorist group” Read More …
As Exercise Tiger Lightning 2023 began at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Support Operations Training (BIPSOT) center on Feb. 26, 2023, members of the Oregon Army National Guard 3-116 Cavalry Unit, Charlie Company out of Woodburn, Oregon, as well Read More …
A high-level UN Assessment and Advisory Team are scheduled to inspect self-sustenance equipment, combat vehicles and accessories, de-mining devices, Explosive Ordnance Devices, logistic and medical equipment, military hardware and witness mock demonstrations during their visits (March 20-25) to the 1 Read More …
Police and Ammunition Technical Officers are at the scene of a major counter terror search in the Letterkenny Road area of Derry. The Belfast Telegraph understands that an intelligence-led operation brought police to the area shortly before 9am. The bulk Read More …
Thousands across Yemen maimed and mutilated by unexploded weapons and land mines. Some are mortars or rockets fired between rival groups fighting over residential streets, others are mines and booby traps deliberately left behind by retreating forces. Landmines and other Read More …
A group of teenage hooligans in Pattaya threw ping pong bombs at two women in the early hours of this morning, leaving them with injuries. At around 1am, a group of approximately 10 teenagers on five motorcycles approached them and Read More …
A child in Yemen was killed or injured by explosives every two days in 2022, new research has found, as the country enters its ninth consecutive year of conflict. Yemen is littered with landmines and unexploded ordinance such as mortars, Read More …
The United Kingdom is sending Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine equipped with armor piercing depleted uranium rounds. Countries like the U.S., U.K., and Russia manufacture ammunition using depleted uranium because the metal is heavy and dense, making it ideal to Read More …
A controlled explosion has been carried out on a beach in Devon, after a device with US Navy markings was found. In a statement online, Prawle Point Coastguard Team said it was called to reports of the device on Leas Read More …
The second edition of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-2023) between India and 23 African nations began on Tuesday at the Foreign Training Node in Aundh. This unique field training exercise is attended by 100 participants from Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Read More …
At least six Cameroonian soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion on Tuesday in the Far North region of the country, according to local and security sources. The soldiers were driving along the Kolofata-Amchide road in the region when their Read More …
Smajo Zenicanin, a 48-year civilian national of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has been killed in a landmine explosion in a marked minefield near Doboj, 150 km north of the capital Sarajevo, the state-owned news agency SRNA reported on Tuesday. Zenicanin Read More …
Ukraine is almost certainly the country most contaminated by mines and unexploded ordnances in the world. While large parts of Ukraine have been liberated, and the frontline is now far away from most major cities, these deadly remnants of war Read More …
Journalists across Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post. One presenter, Lenin Artieda, was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. He said the explosive device looked like a USB drive. Read More …
Takeo province was officially declared “mine-free” in a March 21 ceremony attended by Ly Thuch, senior minister and first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), making it the 11th first-order administrative division to be cleared Read More …
An action plan for mine clearance of agricultural land for the sowing campaign was approved on Monday, 20 March, following the results of the meeting of the National Mine Action Authority. Thus, the simplified procedure for obtaining a permit for Read More …