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UNOPS and the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Yemen are working to scale-up much-needed mine action operations across the country. Years of conflict in Yemen have left a devastating mark on the country, including the widespread contamination of explosive remnants Read More …
At least sixteen personnel were injured after an explosion ripped through the second floor of the city police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swabi district on Thursday, police said. A statement from the Swabi police spokesperson said the explosion was caused Read More …
Police in Cologne have a suspect in custody and are hunting for another after an explosion in the early hours of Wednesday destroyed a cafe. But police investigators don’t believe the suspects are involved in a series of other mysterious Read More …
A Co Tyrone man accused of buying parts for a hoax bomb left outside a police station is taking High Court action in a bid to stop detectives extracting messages and photos from his mobile phone. Sean Pearson claims the Read More …
Registration is open as European special operations stakeholders prepare to convene at a symposium in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 1-3 October 2024 to focus on security challenges and irregular warfare solutions. Now in its eighth edition, the GSOF Symposium Europe is Read More …
Multi-agency teams are searching for suspects behind the recovered bomb-making materials from a guesthouse in Garissa Town. The team said the materials were meant to make an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) for use at an undisclosed place. A team raided a Read More …
Last Saturday, the ZNPP informed the team of an alleged drone strike that occurred on Friday afternoon on a 35/6 kilovolt (kV) substation around 300 metres away from the plant. This substation provides electricity to non-safety related facilities at the Read More …
Qatar has been accused of waging a “campaign of intimidation and apparent bribery” to derail a High Court case in which the country is accused of funding terrorism. They are among nine claimants originally from Syria who say they lost Read More …
Under the South-South Cooperation training programme, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has successfully and proudly completed its mission to assist with training Colombian demining teams in Colombia. According to CMAC, sharing knowledge in the field of mine action helps Read More …
Hours before the break of dawn on a humid Tuesday, this writer along with several other individuals sat at a 20-minute debriefing inside a temporary shelter setup a few meters away from the Mankulam junction in the North of Sri Read More …
A Russian FAB-500 guided aerial bomb, which likely failed to detonate upon impact, was found near the Ivan Kharytonenko road bridge in the city of Sumy on the morning of 26 September. The road was closed to traffic. Later, the Read More …
Five people were injured, and one person was arrested following what officials are calling an intentional explosion at a Southern California courthouse Wednesday morning. Multiple agencies, including The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a report of an explosion Read More …
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland – American and South Korean military leaders held a tabletop exercise to strengthen their combined counter Weapons of Mass Destruction posture, Sept. 25. The U.S. Army’s 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command hosted the Read More …
A police official and his driver remained unharmed in an improvised explosive device explosion near Atal Sharif on Kulachi-Hathala road on Tuesday. The police said that Superintendent of Police, Saddar Circle, Khalid Usman Khattak, along with his driver were in Read More …
Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), and Tomoko Shimada, director of the Peace Building Office of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tokyo, on Monday at the CMAC Headquarters signed the “Minutes of Discussions on the Read More …
Hundreds of residents of southeastern Ohio were ordered to evacuate their homes after a chemical leak from a rail car prompted warnings from authorities about a possible explosion. Firefighters in Whitewater Township were notified at 12:46 p.m. Tuesday about an Read More …
A group of about 20 armed men raided the Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary in Waeng district, Narathiwat province, on Saturday evening, stealing weapons and setting fire to multiple buildings. The attackers, dressed in black and wearing face coverings, emerged from the Read More …
A bomb squad has been called to Linwood after an old ‘ordnance device’ was discovered. The incident was reported at around 9.05am this morning (Tuesday, September 24) when the device was found in an industrial estate near the Malcolm factory Read More …
On Saturday night, September 21, 2024, the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) responded to a report of a suspicious package in the Centennial neighbourhood. The incident occurred shortly after 10:00 PM when a resident discovered a package in the back lane Read More …
VARNA, Bulgaria – Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 and Mobile Diving and Salvage Company (MDS) 2-3 operated alongside NATO allies and partners at Exercise Sea 24-3, Sept. 9-20, 2024. This collaborative exercise aims to address the current maritime Read More …