Ukraine says it launched drone attack on Russian chemical plant

Ukraine launched a drone attack on a Russian chemical plant in the western city of Tula overnight on Friday into Saturday, according to the country’s security service. Russian authorities have not acknowledged the attack. According to the SBU, Aleksinsky chemical Read More …

UK: Second man charged after bomb squad explode ‘suspicious item’

A second man has been charged after a “suspicious item” was discovered in a flat and destroyed by the Royal Navy bomb squad.Police officers discovered the item while searching a flat in Clydebank’s Overtoun Court on Monday, October 28, in Read More …

Pakistan: At least 25 killed, over 40 injured in suicide blast at Quetta railway station

At least 25 people were killed and 40 others were injured in a suicide explosion at Quetta’s railway station, marking the latest incident of unrest in Balochistan. Preliminary reports indicate that the explosion took place at the railway station’s booking Read More …

Netherlands: Police seize 35 tons of fireworks destined for illegal Dutch market

Officers of the fireworks team of the Zuid-Holland Zuid district of the Rotterdam Unit arrested two men for trafficking in illegal fireworks after an investigation on Thursday 7 November. It concerns two men aged 57 and 37 from Vuren and Read More …

Nigeria: Imo Police train officers, men on bomb detection, handling

Following the recent bomb explosion at International Market Orlu, which claimed two lives and injured many, the Imo State Police Command has organized a one-day for officers on the identification, handling, and disposal of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs. A press Read More …

Israel tightens travel advice for Amsterdam, bans soldiers from coming to Netherlands

The Israeli government has tightened its travel advice for Amsterdam, advising citizens to return to Israel and not to show Israeli or Jewish symbols when going out on the street. The Israeli army has also banned soldiers from traveling to Read More …

UK: WW2 bomb found on building site in East Tilbury safely detonated

Specialists have successful carried out a controlled explosion of a World War Two bomb discovered on a construction site. The buried device was uncovered near Station Road in East Tilbury, Essex at 11:30 GMT on Tuesday before the detonation took Read More …

Iraq security forces detain PKK-affiliated suspect in Kirkuk bombing case

Iraqi security forces have detained an alleged member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in connection with a recent bombing in Kirkuk. Arshad al-Salihi, Chair of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, told Shafaq News that National Security Service forces carried Read More …

India: Digital University Kerala researchers develop mine-detection technology

A team of researchers from the Digital University Kerala (DUK) have come up with a technology to detect buried explosives with minimum human involvement. The technology can be put to use even in the most rugged and forested areas, thereby, Read More …

Pakistan: Four soldiers, two schoolchildren killed in attacks in South Waziristan

A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in northwestern Pakistan, killing four officers and wounding five others, officials said. The roadside bombing happened in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police officer Dilawar Khan said Read More …

U.S. DOD Developing CHAPPIE for CBRN Defense

The Department of Defense has introduced CHAPPIE, a quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle, or QUGV, being developed for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear—a.k.a. CBRN—field operations. The U.S. Space Force said Tuesday CHAPPIE is one of two QUGVs at the Buckley Space Force Read More …

The European Union and Cambodia standing together for a mine-free future

Cambodia is at peace today, but for 40,000 Cambodian amputees, the past wars are still with them every day, visible on their bodies. Mobility, dignity, family and economic integration are all affected by the scourge of mines. The EU and Read More …

Pakistan: Conflicting reports of ‘operation’ near Pakistan-Iran border

Conflicting reports emerged about a cross-border operation, conducted by Iranian forces in the Sistan and Balochistan province, with Iranian officials claiming the targets were Afghan-Tajik militants, while other sources suggest they may have been smugglers. Iranian authorities said that 18 Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 258

A new expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency crossed the frontline this week to travel to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), replacing colleagues who have been monitoring nuclear safety and security at the site over the past Read More …

Kansas: Newton police find illegal explosives, one arrested

Newton police have taken an unidentified person into custody after finding dozens of illegal explosives in the garage of a home. Police said a suspect fled from a North Newton Police officer during an unrelated traffic stop. Newton Police assisted Read More …

Kenya: Security forces destroy two al-Shabab camps in border region

Kenya’s counter-terrorism police unit said its special forces carried out intelligence-led operations on the border with Somalia, destroying two al-Shabab makeshift camps. It said the operation, carried out by the Special Operations Group, Kenya’s elite counter-terrorism group, led to the Read More …

Nigeria: Two Suspected IPOB/ESN Members Killed In Imo Market IED Explosion

Two suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm Eastern Security Network (ESN) have been reportedly killed in an accidental explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Orlu international market close to Mbari Okoro, Read More …

Ukraine’s Modified Sport Plane Drone Strikes Russian Naval Base 700 Miles from Front Lines

A modified Aeroprakt A-22 sport plane, converted into a long-range drone and carrying explosives, struck Russian naval vessels at a Caspian Fleet base in Kaspiysk, Dagestan – approximately 700 miles from Ukraine‘s frontlines, according to a report from Anton Gerashchenko, Read More …

Northern Ireland: Viable pipe bomb thrown through elderly couple’s window in Derry

In a statement Detective Sergeant Mark Gingell said: “Police received a report at around 7.30 pm that an object had been thrown at a house in the area. “Officers attended and observed the remnants of what they believed to have Read More …