News – August 2026

  • France: Explosions heard as more than 400 WWII shells found in the village affected by wildfires

    August 4, 2026

    Hundreds of World War II shells and munitions have been discovered in the French village of Le Porge, as residents return to the ravaged community in the wake of last month’s blazes, according to local authorities. Explosions were heard near the village in France’s Gironde region following the devastating fires, which swept through the country’s southwest. “A bomb ...

  • Pakistan: Police across Balochistan on high alert following Kharan attack

    August 3, 2026

    Police have been placed on high alert across Balochistan following an attack on a police station and Counter-Terr­orism Department (CTD) offices in Kharan by armed men who entered the city late on Saturday night. Sources said the attackers stormed the city police station, ransacked official records and set the building on fire. They also ente­red the ...

  • Azerbaijan: Two injured in Aghdara mine blast

    August 3, 2026

    Two men injured in an explosion that occurred today (August 3) at around 10:40 in the village of Chardagly in Azerbaijan’s Aghdara district were admitted to the emergency department of the Tartar Central District Hospital. The incident took place during a humanitarian demining operation when NGO employee Alzamin Surkhayli (born in 1994) triggered an anti-personnel mine. Read ...

  • Nigeria: Global humanitarian funding declining as 6m people depend on assistance

    August 2, 2026

    The Office of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in Nigeria, has disclosed that nearly six million people still depend on humanitarian assistance, even as global humanitarian funding continues to decline. Head of UN OCHA Nigeria, Miss Danielle Parry, stated this when she led a delegation to pay a courtesy visit to the ...

  • Spain: A 17th-century mortar bomb found in La Seu d’Urgell

    August 2, 2026

    The seventh archaeological campaign in the Pati de les Monges of La Seu d’Urgell has brought to light a 17th-century mortar bomb, a find that forced the activation of the security protocol and the removal of the piece from the site. The projectile reinforces the hypothesis of a sudden abandonment of the space in a wartime ...

  • Pakistan: At least 14 people, including police officials, killed in suicide attack in Swat

    August 2, 2026

    At least 14 people, including police officials, were killed and at least 18 others injured in a suicide attack on Swat’s Kabal police station on Sunday, police and rescue officials said. According to the Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Umar Khan, the suicide bomber detonated explosives after police personnel attempted to stop and search him at ...

  • Pakistan: Two police personnel injured in IED blast near police vehicle in Peshawar

    August 2, 2026

    Two police personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast near a police mobile vehicle at Pir Zakori Bridge in Peshawar on Sunday, police said. According to police officials, the blast occurred close to the police mobile vehicle, injuring two personnel. After the incident, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Peshawar Dr Mian Saeed Ahmed ...

  • Colombia: Truck explodes outside police base, injuring 11 officers and killing a dog

    August 1, 2026

    Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where drug gangs and rebel groups have long fought for the control of smuggling ...

  • Uganda: UPDF passes out EOD, Counter-IED technicians and combat engineers

    August 1, 2026

    The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has passed out Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (Counter-IED) technicians and combat engineers from Intake 4/2026 at the School of Combat Engineering, Kalama. Presiding over the pass-out ceremony, the Commander of the 14 Combat Engineering Brigade, Brigadier General Richard Wakayinja, said the nature of modern warfare has ...

  • Russia: Explosion at Moscow cafe kills three people, injures 15

    August 1, 2026

    An explosion blasted near a summer cafe in the center of Moscow killing three people and wounding 15, an Interior Ministry official said. “The Interior Ministry’s Moscow branch is working at the site of the incident. According to available information, an explosion occurred near a summer cafe at about 08:10 p.m. (05:10 p.m. GMT) today, as ...