News – January 2025


  • Solomon Islands Police Force EOD Team ends operation in Western Province

    February 13, 2025

    The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) team has successfully concluded a significant operation on Shortland Islands in the Western Province (WP) recently. Supervising Director of the EODD, Senior Sergeant Peter Ririvere, said the team safely located and removed more than 70 unexploded ordnances (UXOs) that have posed a threat to ...

  • Tanzania, U.S. Announce Two Joint Military Training Exercises

    February 6, 2025

    The U.S. and Tanzanian governments announced Thursday the upcoming two joint training exercises and programmes aimed at “enhancing regional security and peacekeeping capabilities,” according to a statement from the U.S. Embassy. The land-based Justified Accord 2025 will focus on building Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces (TPDF) peacekeeping capabilities, while the naval-based Cutlass Express maritime exercise brings together ...

  • Safe-Pro’s AI image processing technology profiled in video interview recorded live from the 2025 Shot Show

    January 31, 2025

    Press Release Company Receives Significant Interest in its New American-Made Protective Gear from Multiple Potential Buyers in the Military, Law Enforcement and Public Safety Markets   AVENTURA, Fla. – Safe Pro Group Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAI) (“Safe Pro” or the “Company”), a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions specializing in drone imagery processing, announced today that its artificial intelligence ...

  • UK: WW2 grenade safely disposed of by bomb squad

    January 31, 2025

    A hand grenade found in a residential area of Cornwall has been safely removed by a bomb disposal unit, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said it was notified that a grenade had been found in the Bosorne Road area of St Just at about 13:20 GMT on Friday. The Royal Navy EOD Team confirmed ...

  • Spain: Six injured in explosion at an ammunition factory in Murcia

    January 31, 2025

    Six people have been injured in an explosion at an ammunition factory owned by a subsidiary of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall in south-eastern Spain. The blast occurred at a Rheinmetall Expal Munitions depot in Javalí Viejo, in the Murcia region, Spanish emergency services said on Thursday. The injured men, aged between 30 and 52, sustained head ...

  • Australia allocated supplementary funding to enhance Cambodia’s mine clearance initiatives

    January 31, 2025

    The Government of Australia has allocated an additional AUD 2 million to support the Royal Government of Cambodia’s efforts to achieve a mine-free status by 2030 through the Clearing for Results Project, implemented by the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A new Contribution Agreement was signed ...

  • EODGRU-1 Holds Change of Command

    January 30, 2025

    SAN DIEGO (Jan. 30, 2025) – Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 welcomed its newest leader during a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Base Point Loma, Harbor Drive Annex, San Diego Calif., Jan. 30. Capt. Clinton Cornell relieved Capt. Wade Hilderbrand in front of friends, family and military personnel during an outdoor ceremony. Hilderbrand expressed pride and ...

  • IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 272

    January 30, 2025

    Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will travel to Ukraine next week for high-level meetings in Kyiv, in which the ongoing efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help prevent a nuclear accident during the military conflict will be discussed. Over the past week, the IAEA teams present at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants (NPPs) have ...

  • Chad: France hands over last military base to local authorities

    January 30, 2025

    France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris. Chad has been a key counterterrorism force in the region and was one of the last countries in which France maintained a large military ...

  • Northern Ireland: ‘Improvised grenade’ recovered following Belfast security alert

    January 30, 2025

    Police remain at a property in Empire Street in south Belfast which was the focus of a security alert on Wednesday. The scene has been reduced and evacuated residents have returned home after a suspicious object, believed to be an improvised grenade, was made safe and removed by Ammunition Technical Officers (ATO). A man in his 50s ...

  • Winter 2024/25 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print

    January 30, 2025

    We are pleased to inform you that Winter 2024/25 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from C-IED Centre of Excellence, Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy, 3DX-Ray Ltd, Terrogence – Global et al. To view contents please use this link: Counter-IED Report Winter 2024-25 – ...

  • Syria: CENTCOM Forces Kill Senior Operative of Terror Group Hurras al-Din, an Al-Qaeda affiliate

    January 30, 2025

    TAMPA, Fla. – On Jan. 30, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria targeting and killing Muhammad Salah al-Za’bir, a senior operative in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an Al-Qaeda affiliate. The airstrike is part of CENTCOM’s ongoing commitment, along with partners in the region, to disrupt and degrade efforts ...

  • UK: Anti-Israel vandals ram van through a defence factory security barrier

    January 30, 2025

    Two anti-Israel vandals rammed a van through a UK defense industry factory security barrier on Tuesday, according to West Yorkshire Police and Palestine Action, then locked themselves to the vehicle to prevent their removal. The van used to ram the Baildon Teledyne factory security barriers was filled and weighted down with concrete. Palestine Action said on ...

  • Uganda confirms new Ebola outbreak

    January 30, 2025

    Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) in the capital city of Kampala. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Health today following positive tests from three National Reference Laboratories. “Our rapid response teams are fully deployed, contact tracing is underway, and all necessary measures are in place to contain the ...

  • Syria: Tunnels and car bombs, the latest war front in Manbij

    January 30, 2025

    Turkey’s allied forces have captured an entire underground ‘city’ in Manbij, previously controlled by Kurdish paramilitaries. Clashes near the Euphrates River threaten to cause a catastrophe at the Tishrin Dam. Clutching a small radio transmitter, Abu Azzam shouted at the group gathered in front of the Al Agha restaurant. He urged them to disperse. Just a ...

  • Israel: Hostages released from captivity in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners after delay

    January 30, 2025

    First, hostage Agam Berger, and then later on Thursday, hostages Arbel Yehoud, Gadi Mozes, and five Thai citizens were released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Berger was freed in the early morning with Yehoud and Mozes released hours later. In exchange, in the late afternoon, Israel released 110 Palestinian security prisoners, of which around 30 ...

  • Red Sea: Hong Kong-flagged ship drifts abandoned after explosion

    January 29, 2025

    An explosion that struck a Hong Kong-flagged container ship travelling north through the Red Sea sparked a major fire, forcing its crew to abandon the vessel, shipping industry officials said. The ship was drifting and ablaze on Wednesday some 225km (140 miles) off the coast of Hodeida, a port city in Yemen held by the country’s ...

  • NSW Police investigate whether explosives found in Dural were intended for antisemitic attack

    January 29, 2025

    NSW Police are investigating whether explosives discovered in a caravan at a property in Sydney’s north-west were intended for an antisemitic attack. On January 19, police were contacted about the caravan in Dural and discovered the explosives. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and ASIO are involved in the investigation. NSW Police are investigating whether the explosives ...

  • Netherlands: Police release new photos of suspect in Romanian gold artifacts theft at Drents Museum

    January 29, 2025

    Police investigating the daring burglary at the Drents Museum in Assen have released a series of photographs featuring a man wanted in connection with the robbery. The images were caught by a security camera at a hardware store in Assen, police said on Wednesday afternoon. The robbers involved in the incident early Saturday morning made off ...

  • Afghanistan: Two children killed in unexploded ordnance explosion in Kandahar

    January 28, 2025

    Local officials in Kandahar province have reported that two children were killed in an explosion caused by an unexploded shell in the Spin Boldak district of the province. Asadullah Jamshid, the spokesperson for the Taliban’s provincial police command, stated in a press release that the incident occurred on Monday morning, January 27, in the Hoot Ghara ...

  • 19th CES EOD technician earn ‘Master EOD Badge’

    January 28, 2025

    Staff Sgt. Matthew Sanders, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician, was awarded the Master EOD Badge at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Jan 25, 2025. The EOD badge identifies and affords recognition to personnel who have successfully completed the EOD training course; sustained a continuing high caliber of EOD job performance and ...

  • Mexico: US consulate warns of gun battles, IEDs, kidnappings in Mexican border towns near Texas

    January 28, 2025

    American officials in Mexico have issued the highest-level travel warning amid increased gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in a town that sits on the Texas border. The State Department has put the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, which sits across the border from McAllen, Texas, under a “Level 4: Do not travel” advisory. “As a precaution, U.S. ...

  • Cadets aim to make explosive ordnance operations safer

    January 28, 2025

    U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – A cadet brother team developed an electronic wire stabilization and cutting tool that could revolutionize explosive ordnance operations. Military members are put at risk during explosive ordnance operations as they disarm improvised explosive devices. Cadets 1st Class Gunnar and Simon Gott’s project introduces additional tools for EOD technicians. It offers ...

  • Pakistan army foils militant attempt to take security post in Balochistan

    January 28, 2025

    Islamist militants in an explosive-laden vehicle were thwarted in their attempt to overrun a Pakistani security post near the border with Afghanistan, the army said on Tuesday. The five attackers, including two suicide bombers, were killed when the post came under attack in Qila Abdullah district in the southwestern province of Balochistan, the military said in ...