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According to the Landmine Monitor 2020, more than 80 per cent of the world – 164 countries – have adopted the Mine Ban Treaty 23 years after it was drafted and signed, and most of the 33 countries that are Read More …
The Russian military police came under attack on Thursday, while traveling through the eastern countryside of Daraa in Syria’s southern region. According to a report from the Syrian Armed Forces, the Russian military police were traveling west from the town Read More …
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ukraine Jennes de Mol said this to an Ukrinform correspondent in The Hague. “A new program of the Dutch government sets a very ambitious goal – a mine-free world by 2025. In Read More …
The government is planning to introduce a new law to force all businesses to assess their risk of a terrorist attack and take measures to cope with the threat. Details of the new legislation emerged at the inquiry into the Read More …
A bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s volatile southern Helmand province Thursday killed a reporter working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Afghan Service, Radio Azadi. Afghan officials said the slain journalist, Elyas Dayee, and his brother were traveling to the press club Read More …
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday released a list of 86 persons wanted in connection with act of terrorist. They were alleged to be members of the notorious Boko Haram terror group. The latest release was the fourth in such releases Read More …
Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Laos has cleared more than 500,000 square meters of land in two villages of Yommalath district, Khammuan province, with over 800 bomblets and items destroyed. According to local daily Vientiane Times on Wednesday (Nov 11), the Read More …
A disturbance led to the discovery Monday night of an abandoned trailer with unstable homemade explosives inside, California officials say. San Benito County sheriff’s deputies found someone had connected 20 fireworks inside the trailer on Sunnyslope Road to create a Read More …
Two policemen were killed and another wounded in an early morning magnetic IED explosion in Kabul city. The incident happened in Khair Khana area, in PD11. Early reports indicate that an explosive device had been attached to the police Ranger Read More …
EOD expert Lloyd Davies rates the realism of bomb-disposal scenes in popular movies and TV shows. Davies addresses land mines in the TV show “SEAL Team” (2018) and other improvised explosive devices in “The Hurt Locker” (2008), “Die Hard with Read More …
Several people were wounded Wednesday in what French officials described as a “bomb attack” targeting a World War I commemoration ceremony attended by European diplomats at a non-Muslim cemetery in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. France’s Foreign Ministry said the attack had Read More …
Unidentified man planted a grenade on the main gate of a residence in Jangalak area of Kabul’s seventh district, said local police on Tuesday morning, which was discovered and safely defused. On the other hand, Faryab Governor, Naqibullah Faiq, told Read More …
Highly innovative Flex marks 15th anniversary for Canadian robotics manufacturer for EOD and SWAT communities Press release November 9, 2020 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)— ICOR Technology, a Canadian manufacturer of EOD and SWAT robotics used in more than 55 countries Read More …
Authorities in Afghanistan said Tuesday an intelligence-led security operation had killed a key al-Qaida leader in a western region close to the Iranian border. The Afghan spy agency, the National Directorate of Security, identified the slain man as Mohammad Hanif, Read More …
Almost 40 years after the Falklands War ended, the islands have been cleared of the deadly minefields laid during the conflict. The legacy of the 1982 war with the occupying Argentine forces had meant large areas of the islands had Read More …
An IED, or improvised explosive device, was found inside a vehicle that had been involved in a crash in Lincoln. On Saturday, Lincoln Police said Desmond Hauser, 35, suffered a medical episode and crashed his vehicle into a light pole Read More …
A bomb disposal squad have returned to Dalmarnock Road for the second time today following the discovery of a grenade and artillery rounds in the River Clyde. Dalmarnock Bridge in the east end of the city was closed off to Read More …
Afghan National Defense Security Forces foiled several attacks planned in Gizab and Trinkot districts of Uruzgan provinces Sunday, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. During the clashes, at least 10 Taliban were killed and further 14 wounded. “Several Read More …
At least two civilians were wounded in a roadside mine blast in the east of Kabul on Monday morning, police said in a statement. The incident happened at around 7:30am Kabul time in Pul-e-Charkhi area in the east of the Read More …
A receipt from a hardware store led authorities to the suspects who set off homemade explosive devices Monday night in the east metro communities of Lake Elmo and Afton. Nicholas Thole, 29, and his cousin, Seth Slaikeu, 40, were both Read More …