Taiwan to provide US$2m for mine clearance in Ukraine

Taiwan will provide US$2 million to an international mine action fund for Ukraine. In a statement, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence said the Taiwanese mission in Vilnius had expressed its intention to contribute US$2 million to Lithuania’s ongoing demining efforts Read More …

Russian Emergencies Ministry sappers destroy 2,100 munitions in Kursk Region over month

The Russian Emergencies Ministry’s sappers have found and destroyed more than 4,300 munitions in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the agency’s press service told TASS. “The Russian Emergencies Ministry continues to survey the territories and search for explosive Read More …

Quantico EOD called to remove WWII-era mortar from Virginia home

In central Virginia, it’s not uncommon to unearth relics from Civil War battles. But finding a 50mm French mortar dating to World War II hidden in your backyard is something else entirely. That’s what happened to Hunter Vap, a Marine Read More …

India: 3 suspected militants and an Indian army officer killed in Kashmir fighting

Three suspected militants and an army officer have been killed in two separate gunbattles in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the Indian army said Saturday. Army soldiers laid a cordon in a forested area in southern Kishtwar district on Wednesday following a tip Read More …

Indonesia: 13 die after ammo explodes during disposal in Garut, West Java

The Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) on Monday confirmed that 13 people, including four military officers, were killed in an explosion while trying to dispose of expired ammunition in Sagara village, Garut district, West Java. Chief of the TNI’s Information Office, Read More …

UK: Bomb squad called to petrol station ATM blast

A bomb disposal unit was called to a petrol station after an explosion during an attempted theft at a cash machine. It happened between Sunday evening and Monday morning at Hedgeley Services, off the A697 at Powburn in Northumberland. It Read More …

Cambodia: Battambang farmer unearths 250-pound US bomb, as UK assesses demining funding

HALO Trust Cambodia responded to an unusual Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) call-out over the weekend, when a farmer excavating his land in Battambang province’s Samlout district discovered a Mk81 bomb. The district is one of the most landmine contaminated areas Read More …

Libya: Heavy gunfire, clashes in Tripoli after killing of militia leader

The United Nations has called for urgent de-escalation in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, as rival gunmen exchanged fire in the city’s southern districts after the killing of a powerful militia leader, with authorities imposing an emergency lockdown. The appeal early on Read More …

Israel: IED near gas tanks on Saadia Gaon Street in Haifa

Coastal District police from the Haifa station, together with a police sapper, recently located an explosive device near gas cylinders on a criminal background in a residential building on Saadia Gaon Street in Haifa, and are currently working to neutralize Read More …

TSA’s paw-tnership with law enforcement

Did you know TSA’s Canine Training Center (CTC) also trains canines deployed by local and state law enforcement teams in our airports and mass transit locations? The TSA CTC partners with over 100 local and state law enforcement agencies across Read More …

India: IED defused in Haryana

An improvised explosive device (IED) recovered during a counter-terror operation in Sector 39 on Thursday night has been safely defused by a bomb squad from the Indian Army’s Western Command, based in Chandimandir. The 2-kg device, believed to contain RDX, Read More …

Pakistan: The shadow war

While most of the week’s headlines focused on India’s direct assault on Pakistan, its indirect, clandestine attacks also went on in the shadows all the while. A CTD official was martyred in a firing incident in the Hassankhel area of Read More …

India: Security forces foil cross border smuggling bid in Manipur

Security force in Manipur, while foiling yet another bid to smuggle arms and explosives along Indo-Myanmar border, recovered a cache of arms and explosives which included among others, six IEDs. Arms and explosives were found in two gunny bags left Read More …

Pakistan: Policeman martyred in Gwadar grenade attack

A policeman was martyred in an exchange of fire after attackers threw a hand grenade near a masjid in Gwadar, according to police. According to Gwadar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Zia Mandokhail, a residential quarter of people belonging to Read More …

Pakistan: CTD arrests two TTP militants in Sahiwal

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested two suspected members of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in sting operations in Sahiwal and its outskirts. In a raid conducted late Wednesday night near Village 58/GD, on the Faisalabad-Sahiwal Road in Noor Shah, Read More …

UK: Army detonates three suspected bombs found in Leigh-on-Sea

Army officers attended a scene along the Essex coast, after three unexploded bombs were discovered a day after the 80th anniversary of VE Day. A 100m cordon was secured around three unexploded WWII bombs in Leigh-on-Sea, after being discovered by Read More …

Solomon Islands: World class training on UXOs delivered

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) has finished delivering world-class Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training to international partners. The International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) EOD Level 2 course was conducted at Hells Point Read More …