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Last week’s terror attack that left 11 General Service Unit (GSU) officers dead in Garissa has put in sharp focus the rising use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by Al-Shabaab against security officers along the Kenya-Somalia border. Every year, thousands Read More …
The explosive device, set off with a mobile phone, indicated an escalation in the street-level arms race between police officers and the protesters. HONG KONG — A homemade bomb was detonated in Hong Kong on Sunday amid violent protests, the police Read More …
A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) was found in Mong Kok near police vans during a protest on Sunday. At around 8pm, riot police were clearing protester roadblocks on Nathan Road before a loud bang was heard near the T.O.P mall Read More …
Last year, landmines still killed or injured an average of four Afghans every day. During the past four decades of war, the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan has cleared more than 18 million explosive remnants of war, about 737,000 anti-personnel mines Read More …
The two alleged operatives of Neo JMB, an offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Majahideen Bangladesh, said they crafted the bombs at the extremist hideout in Narayanganj’s Fatullah which was raided on Sept 23, according to the police. The militants, Read More …
Homegrown terror group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah made headlines once more with last week’s daylight attack by one of its members on Chief Security Minister Wiranto. The shadowy group has been the most active of its kind in Indonesia over the Read More …
Eleven security personnel from the elite General Service Unit were Saturday killed in a deadly blast after their vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the Degoh Road, Liboi, Garissa County. Their vehicle was extensively damaged in the Read More …
In 2007, Ray Lane was having trouble sleeping in his quarters in Afghanistan. It wasn’t the dry Kabul heat keeping the Irish officer awake but rather the seemingly relentless beeping from the device in the corner of his room. The Dubliner Read More …
An improvised explosive device went off on the way of a Russian military police patrol in Syria’s Daraa governorate, chief of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the conflicting sides in SyriaAlexey Bakin said on Friday, TASS reported. “At 10:25am on Read More …
On 17 September, German Ambassador Jörn Rohde visited the demining sites of the HALO Trust and Delvon Assistance for Social Harmony (DASH), who is the local implementing partner of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in Kilinochchi. The aforementioned two non-governmental organisations Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) suddenly went off while authorities were demolishing illegal structures inside the maximum security compound (MaxSeCom) of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Friday morning. Police Major General Guillermo Eleazar, regional director of Read More …
A budding young cop was rewarded for his good behaviour with a trip to the police station to meet up with his favourite police dog. Nine-year-old Bobby made firm friends with community engagement dog Russell after he came into his Read More …
A number of buildings were evacuated in Offaly on Wednesday night after five suspected pipe bombs were discovered. An Army EOD team attended the scene after being alerted to the situation by gardaí. Gardaí called the bomb disposal team to investigate Read More …
Police in Hinsdale, New Hampshire are investigating after “numerous explosive devices” were found in an abandoned home. Hinsdale Police, along with New Hampshire State Police, Hinsdale Fire, and other agencies are at a home on Indian Acres. Access to the area is Read More …
At least four police officers have been killed and three others wounded after their vehicle hit a landmine at Siinka Dheer area outside the capital, Mogadishu. Sources told SomaliAffairs that the police vehicle blew up after it hit an improvised Read More …
Some of the most memorable images of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, show her wearing a protective suit while touring a minefield in Angola in 1997 to raise awareness of the devastating effects of land mines. After meeting 13-year-old Read More …
A new robot that can be transported by an individual Soldier conducting dismounted operations is being tested by the 82nd Airborne Division. During a three-week operational test, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team’s mission was to validate the effectiveness of the Read More …
A delegation of US representatives yesterday (07) monitored the demining activities in Jaffna, Muhamalai and Pallai areas. Mine clearance organizations are carrying out demining activities in the aforementioned areas with the financial assistance of the US government. According to demining Read More …
The Royal Navy has been helping its counterparts in Ukraine deal with a “real threat” from Russia. A team of instructors from the Defence Diving School on Horsea Island in Portsmouth headed to the eastern Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, on Read More …
New model utilizes data science to predict terror groups’ lifetime lethality after first 10 attacks Data scientists have developed an early-warning model that can successfully predict how lethal a terror organization will become in the future based on only its Read More …