- Ukraine to establish AI-assisted demining test site
February 25, 2025
Ukraine has begun developing a testing site for the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies in mine action. The Defence Ministry and its partners have identified a location for a testing ground dedicated to demining technologies. Representatives of the Main Directorate of Mine Action, Civil Protection, and Environmental Safety, the United Nations Development Programme, ...
- Texas official issues warning after rancher killed by cartel IED in Mexico
February 25, 2025
Texas ranchers working near the southern border have been urged to exercise extreme caution when traveling through Mexico after one of their own was killed earlier this month by an improvised explosive device (IED). Antonio Céspedes Saldierna, 74, a Texas rancher who worked on both sides of the border, was driving near his ranch in Tamaulipas, ...
- India: CRPF foils Naxal attempt, defuses IED in beer bottle in Karnataka
February 25, 2025
In a swift operation, security forces averted a major threat by defusing an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted inside a beer bottle, allegedly placed by Naxals to target personnel patrolling the area. The explosive was discovered about 100 meters off an unpaved road between newly established security camps at Pedia and Mutwendi. A joint team of ...
- Germany: Suspected Hamas members face terrorism trial over weapons caches
February 25, 2025
A trial began in Germany on Tuesday for four alleged Hamas members suspected of establishing weapons stockpiles across Europe to be used in potential attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets. In a landmark case, the nation’s top prosecutor accuses the men of being members of a foreign terrorist organisation. The suspects are accused of having scouted ...
- Pakistan: Six security personnel among 8 injured in Kalat IED blast
February 25, 2025
Eight people, including six security personnel were injured in bomb attack at a truck convoy of the guarded copper project in Mangochar area of Kalat district, on Monday. Official sources said that a convoy comprising 29 trucks carrying blaster copper to Karachi from Saindak project was targeted at main Quetta-Karachi national highway when it reached in ...
- UK announces its largest aid package for Ukraine
February 24, 2025
The United Kingdom will deliver its largest-ever aid package to Ukraine, amounting to £4.5 billion ($5.69 billion). At the same time, London will introduce a new package of sanctions against Russia, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “We must strengthen Ukraine even more to guarantee lasting peace, not just a pause in this war. ...
- Government of Japan commits over $500,000 to MAG Vietnam
February 24, 2025
A new grant agreement worth $503,597 USD (equivalent to VND 12.5 billion) was signed today between the Government of Japan, represented by His Excellency Ambassador ITO Naoki, and MAG Vietnam to support mine action efforts in Quang Binh province. Since 2015, funding from Japan has enabled MAG to clear over 25 km² of contaminated land, respond ...
- Two Attacks on Russia-Linked Tankers Were Caused by Limpet Mines
February 24, 2025
At least two recent explosions affecting tankers in the Mediterranean this year can be explained by limpet mine attacks, three security sources told Reuters this week. Five tankers have been damaged in suspicious incidents over the last two months, and all vessels were linked to a recent history of Russian port calls. Overnight on February 14, ...
- Vietnam: Explosives found in teen’s bag at Đà Nẵng Airport
February 24, 2025
Security personnel at Đà Nẵng International Airport said on Monday they detected a young passenger attempting to carry explosive materials onto a domestic flight from Đà Nẵng to HCM City last month. During routine luggage screening at the domestic terminal on January 24, security staff identified suspicious items in the baggage of a 16-year-old passenger, Gia ...
- American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi diverted to Rome due to bomb threat
February 24, 2025
An American Airlines flight traveling from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome Sunday due to a bomb threat, according to a source familiar with the situation. In a statement, American Airlines said Flight AA292 was traveling from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport before it diverted to Leonardo da ...
- France: An incendiary device explodes outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille
February 24, 2025
A suspect threw an incendiary device that exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille early Monday, authorities said, on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. No injuries were reported. A second device, also thrown against the consulate’s outer wall, failed to detonate and landed on the sidewalk. A bomb disposal expert was dispatched to ...
- Thailand: Twenty-three people, including seven police officers, injured in bomb explosion in Yala
February 23, 2025
Twenty-three people, including seven police officers, were injured in a bomb explosion near a supermarket in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, on late Sunday. Bannang Sata Police chief Col. Pol. Ranon Surawit said the explosion occurred at 8.20pm local time and was believed to have been carried out by an armed group that authorities are tracking. ...
- India: Indian Army, Assam Rifles recover arms, ammunitions, IEDs in multiple joint operations in Manipur
February 23, 2025
In a joint operation, the Indian Army and Assam Rifles confiscated eight weapons, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), ammunition and military equipment, whilst apprehending two members of militant groups. It apprehended two cadres from hill and valley-based groups and recovered eight weapons, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), ammunition and war-like stores,” according to an official statement. A subsequent ...
- Cambodia: Two children die in UXO explosion in Siem Reap province
February 23, 2025
Two children have died in Siem Reap province, after a 66 mm shell exploded. Heng Ratana, the Royal Government Delegate in charge of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), on the afternoon of February 22, 2025, stated that the two children died in an accident involving a 66 mm shell, which was unexploded ordnance from ...
- Bulgarian nationalists vandalise EU building in protest against plans to join eurozone
February 22, 2025
Police in Bulgaria’s capital have clashed with nationalist protesters who are demanding the government scrap plans to bring the country into the eurozone. Around 1,000 protesters gathered in front of the Sofia office of the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, and began throwing red paint and firecrackers at the building. A door was eventually ...
- German police arrest Syrian refugee after stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial
February 22, 2025
Authorities in Berlin have detained a teenage Syrian refugee after a man was stabbed near the city’s Holocaust Memorial late Friday – as divisive rhetoric swells over Germany’s immigration policy, ahead of a consequential national election. The 19-year-old suspect was arrested after a 30-year-old Spanish tourist was seriously injured at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews ...
- France: One dead, several wounded after stabbing in Mulhouse
February 22, 2025
At least one person has died and two police officers have been seriously injured in a stabbing incident in eastern France, according to local media reports, with the alleged perpetrator taken into police custody. The incident took place shortly before 4:00pm (15:00 GMT) during a demonstration in support of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday ...
- Israel: Six released hostages arrive in Israeli territory
February 22, 2025
Hostages Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham were released in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, crossed into Israel, and arrived at the reception point to reunite with their families on Saturday, with Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, and Eliya Cohen being released from the Nuseirat refugee camp shortly after, given to the Red Cross, and ...
- Virginia National Guard Engineers conduct mine detection and clearance training during Arctic Forge 25
February 21, 2025
Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the West Point-based 237th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group conduct a mine detection and clearance training with the Finnish Army’s Karelia Brigade during Exercise Arctic Forge 21, Feb. 24, 2025, near Kouvola, Finland. Arctic Forge 25 is a U.S. Army multilateral exercise in Finland and ...
- U.S. Drone Strike in Syria Kills Senior Huras al-Din Leader in Idlib
February 21, 2025
A senior leader of the Huras al-Din group was killed on Friday evening when his vehicle was struck by a Hellfire missile launched from a drone on the Sarmada-Dana road in Idlib countryside. The latest targeted killing follows a similar operation late last month, when a U.S.-led coalition drone strike hit a vehicle on the Sarmada-Idlib ...
- IDEX and NAVDEX 2025 conclude with record-breaking and historic results, garnering widespread international acclaim from exhibitors and official delegations
February 21, 2025
The number of visitors increased to 206,073, marking a 55.5% growth compared to the previous edition. International visitors accounted for 57% from 167 countries, while 43% were local visitors. The UAE ranked first in visitor numbers, followed by China, Turkey, the USA, India, France, Russia, South Korea, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Germany, and Ukraine. Male visitors made up ...
- Restoring Hope and boosting protection of communities affected by explosives in the Centre of Mali
February 21, 2025
With an estimated 6.4 million people – or 28% of the population – in need, the humanitarian crisis that started in 2012 in Mali has continued to intensify throughout 2024. In addition to hunger and violence, Malians also face the continuous threat of injury – or death – from unexploded bombs, improvised explosives and ammunitions ...
- Cambodia discovers, safely neutralizes another war-left U.S. aerial bomb MK-82
February 21, 2025
A Cambodia’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert team has found and safely neutralized another war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb in southwest Kampong Speu province, a mine clearance chief said on Thursday. Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), said the bomb, weighing more than 230 kilograms, had been discovered in a pit ...
- Israel: Bat Yam residents shaken by coordinated explosions
February 21, 2025
Residents of Bat Yam were left shaken on Thursday night after two explosions rocked empty buses in separate parking lots in the city. Security forces, including the Israel Police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), launched an investigation, treating the incidents as coordinated terrorist attacks. Local residents described moments of fear and confusion. Following the ...
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