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Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)’s Counter-terrorism Units have arrested three ISIS suspects the al-Jala’a Farm, northern countryside of Raqqa. “The arrested terrorist cell was responsible for manufacturing IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and distributing them to other terrorist cells in the region,” Read More …
The new GASKET 3 bomb disposal vehicle’s Initial Operating Capability (IOC) was announced this week, following extensive consultations with the soldiers who will be using the new vehicle. GASKET 3 deployed on its first operational tasking on Tuesday 20 September Read More …
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) thwarted an attempted terrorist attack on the Hol camp. In a statement published on its official website, the ISF said that they were able to detect a dangerous terrorist plan devised by ISIS to attack Read More …
GENEVA, 21 March (UNEP/HABITAT) — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has confirmed to the United Nations that depleted uranium (DU) was used during the Kosovo conflict. But, according to the Joint UNEP/UNCHS Balkans Task Force (BTF), the information provided Read More …
There have been 18 attempts to set fire to draft centres and state administrative buildings across Russia since the Kremlin announced that it was mobilising Russian citizens to fight in Ukraine last week. They are the latest in a wave Read More …
CATHLAMET, Wash. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians responded to a potentially dangerous unexploded round at a museum. Army EOD Soldiers from the 707th Ordnance Company (EOD) “Thunderbirds” were called by the Washington State Police Bomb Squad when the Read More …
Russia’s security service said it thwarted a planned Ukrainian attack on infrastructure delivering energy to Turkey and Europe – a claim Kyiv denied. The Russian Federal Security Service, known as FSB, “prevented an attempt by the Ukrainian special services to Read More …
Owerri—Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday, said a Major of the Nigeria Army has lost his life to illegally manufactured explosives by bandits, in Awo-Idemili in Orsu Local Government Area in the state, while two captains of the Nigeria Army Read More …
The handbook for Capacity Development in Mine Action was published to capture the wealth of UNDP’s experience of developing capacities in mine action programming and share the best practices and lessons learned with national and international development partners. UNDP Lao Read More …
A Thai policeman was killed, and four others injured when a roadside bomb detonated as their vehicles passed near a hospital in southern Thailand, police said. A police motorcycle and a patrol truck were travelling together when both were hit Read More …
There have been over 70 explosions this year. Police say they have links to criminal gangs. There are often explosions near houses where ordinary people live. On Tuesday, there were two explosions in Skåne, one in Åstorp and one in Read More …
At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde, Somalia, on Sept. 18. The command’s initial assessment is that the strike killed Read More …
A man is facing charges after police said an improvised destructive device was found in his vehicle across the street from a Maryland middle school on Tuesday. Baltimore County police wrote in charging documents that once the device was disabled, Read More …
A man was arrested and several hotel rooms in the 600 block of West Wishkah Street in Aberdeen were evacuated around 4:30 p.m. on Friday after officers found improvised explosive devices “in plain view of a hotel room,” the Aberdeen Read More …
A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an explosion at an apartment building in Åstorp in Skåne. Police are also investigating a second explosion which happened half an hour later at an apartment Read More …
An unidentified USV (uncrewed surface vessel) was found on a beach near Russia’s major naval base at Sevastopol today. Omega Bay is just outside the entrance to the harbor and is in an area used by the Russian Navy. It Read More …
Construction workers in Leipzig discovered the 100 kg bomb at around 10.38 am while working on the construction site in front of the police headquarters on Dimitroffstraße (city centre), according to local reports. Following the discovery, the entire city centre Read More …
A 26-year-old man is facing explosives charges after he was allegedly caught with two “improvised explosive devices” after a confrontation at a business on Broad Street on Monday. Police said staff at the business told a man to leave after Read More …
The government of Punjab with a spending of Rs173 million is planning enhance the capacity of the Bomb Disposal Squad, an important wing when it comes to dealing with terror threats. Around Rs27 million will be spent to acquire 16 Read More …
On September 16, 2022, one Frontier Corps trooper was killed and three were injured when Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) cadres targeted a Frontier Corps vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Sabzal Road at Podgali Chowk in Quetta, the Read More …