India: Militant arrested with explosives in Imphal

A combined team of district police commando unit, Imphal East and 15 Assam Rifles, on Thursday arrested one active cadre of proscribed underground organisation PREPAK(Pro) along with improvised explosive device (IED) which was to be planted, reportedly at Mantripukhri, Imphal. Read More …

Azerbaijan: ADA University, British Embassy in Baku organize lecture on land mine clearance in Karabakh

ADA University and the British Embassy in Baku have co-organized the online lecture on “Land mines in Karabakh. Seeking solutions”. The discussion was held in the framework of “Global Perspective Lecture Series”, the flagship platform of ADA University that brings Read More …

Australia: Police seize cache of guns, bombs from property on Sydney’s outskirts

Police say a doomsday prepper who allegedly amassed dozens of guns and 250 kilograms of explosive material at his home on Sydney’s outskirts put the community at risk of a “catastrophic event”. Simon Mitchell Clay, 42, was arrested during a Read More …

Bolivia: Explosion at the entrance to the headquarters of the Bishops’ Conference

The General Secretariat of the Bolivian Bishops ‘Conference (CEB) reported the explosion of a bomb, which occurred early in the morning of Wednesday 24 November, at the entrance to the building that houses the headquarters of the Bishops’ Conference, without Read More …

Alabama: Man facing multiple charges after suspected improvised explosive devices found in vehicle on I-65

Calera Police Chief David Hyche said a person is facing charges of possession of destructive devices and DUI after two suspected improvised explosive devices were found in a vehicle on I-65. Wesley Edwards Mills has been formally charged with felony Read More …

Somalia: Eight killed in suicide bombing outside Mogadishu school

An Islamist suicide bombing outside a school in Somalia’s capital killed eight people and wounded at least 23 including 13 children, the latest in a string of deadly blasts this year in a country beset by political turmoil and drought. Read More …

British army to get extra £8bn of kit as part of radical shake-up

The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has announced a radical reorganisation of the British army, with an additional £8.6bn to be spent on equipment and a new ranger regiment created to help counter extremist organisations and hostile state threats. The Future Read More …

Minneapolis Bomb Squad called out Friday in Willmar after arrest of Lake Lillian man

The Minneapolis Police Department Bomb Squad was called out to secure two suspected explosive devices Friday after local police found them during an investigation into a physical domestic incident in Willmar, according to a news release from Willmar Police Chief Read More …

UK: Man obsessed with coronavirus jailed for sending hoax bomb to vaccine factory in Wrexham

A man with an “obsessive” COVID-19 interest has been jailed after sparking a bomb scare at a vaccine factory. Anthony Collins, from Kent, halted manufacturing of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at a factory in Wrexham, Wales, after sending a suspicious package Read More …

Cambodia: From 1979 to 2021 mine casualties in Battambang top 15,000

Over the 42-year period from 1979 to 2021, there were 15,289 people in Battambang province who were killed, disabled or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), according to Battambang provincial governor Sok Lou. Lou provided the figure as he Read More …