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Preliminary investigations into a blast that occurred on October 20 at an under-construction building in east Bengaluru, in which two workers from UP and Assam were injured, have revealed that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) disguised as a torch caused Read More …
Two police officers and two members of the public were injured in an explosion at a building in central Athens, Greek police said on Wednesday. A police official who declined to be named said the explosion occurred when officers reached Read More …
Around 30 staff from the HALO Trust, the world’s largest humanitarian landmine clearance organisation, are among hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the frontline Yemeni city of Taiz, after Houthi fighters tightened their siege on the government-held enclave, cutting Read More …
A total of 103 handmade crude bombs were recovered from an abandoned cement sack in the Aduburi area of Rajshahi city early today, said the Special Response Battalion (SRB). An SRB-5 team received information around 2:00am that a suspicious cement Read More …
The patient is a woman who recently travelled from Uganda and began showing symptoms on 7 October, four days after her arrival. The woman sought care at a private health facility in the capital, Abuja, on 11 October; laboratory testing Read More …
Cambodia and Croatia have pledged to further exchange experiences and lessons on mine action to strengthen cooperation in the field, following Croatia’s successful mine actions under the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty. On October 19, Ly Thuch, the first vice Read More …
The Council today adopted an assistance measure worth €20 million under the European Peace Facility (EPF) in support of the armed forces of Nigeria. It is the first bilateral assistance measure for Nigeria that already benefits from EPF support as Read More …
A major cache of weapons, explosive devices, and narcotics was uncovered over the weekend in an open area near the village of Rama in the Galilee. According to police suspicions, the stockpile was used by the Abu Latif crime organization, Read More …
A suspect who was taken into custody Monday after police issued a shelter-in-place in Lakewood had a handful of firearms and an improvised explosive device in his vehicle, police said in a news release Tuesday. The suspect, 35-year-old Hawk Douglas, Read More …
The U.S. Navy, Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, and 15 partner nations successfully concluded the ninth Multi-National Mine Warfare Exercise 2026 (MNMIWEX 26) off the southeast coast of Busan, Oct. 16, 2026. The multi-day evolution brought together surface mine countermeasures Read More …
“We are alarmed by the continued deadly drone strikes across the country that are killing civilians, including children, and that are disrupting essential services,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York. The rising use of armed drones during Read More …
Police have identified the device recovered near the entrance to Lalon Shah’s shrine in Kushtia as a time bomb, using technology similar to one found under a Dhaka metro rail station in July. They recovered two small bottles filled with Read More …
Poland has said it is examining the circumstances surrounding a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives that crashed in Lithuania, after officials in Vilnius insisted it had entered the country from Polish airspace. The drone exploded in Lithuania’s northern Pasvalys district on Read More …
Gardaí seized a viable pipe bomb and two loaded firearms in Drogheda, Co Louth, today as they continue to investigate organised crime in the area. The seizure was made after a search of land at Rathmullen Park in the town. Read More …
An Army major was martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack during a security operation in Gwadar on Sunday, while security forces killed four terrorists in a separate operation in Kalat district, the military’s media wing said. Major Wajahat Read More …
Qutaiba Kadish, director of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, met Sunday with Kazumi Ogawa, director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), to discuss the agency’s work in Syria and ways to Read More …
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have arrested a suspect, who had allegedly planted two high-intensity explosive devices on a road in the suburbs of Bahawalpur city. According to CTD officials, the suspect, whose name was not disclosed, had Read More …
A quiet residential street in Stockport was the scene of a large police operation involving bomb disposal experts this weekend, after “harmful chemicals” were discovered at a property. Officers executed a warrant at an address on Brown Lane in Heald Read More …
Eight Nigerian soldiers have been killed after their patrol vehicle struck a landmine allegedly planted by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) jihadists near the border with Cameroon in Borno State. The soldiers died on Saturday when the vehicle ran Read More …
At least seven people are dead and dozens more left injured from an explosion and fire at the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, according to multiple military sources. The explosion was caused by a live-fire training exercise hitting a gas line Read More …