- Somalia: Explosion kills three African Union soldiers in Baidoa
July 21, 2025
At least three Ethiopian soldiers were reportedly killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb attack on their military convoy in Baidoa, some 250km south west of the capital, Mogadishu. The explosion, caused by a landmine, hit an armoured personnel carrier with Ethiopian troops serving under African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Witnesses say the blast ...
- Sweden: Five explosions reported in Malmö over the past week
July 21, 2025
Malmö, Sweden has been hit by a wave of bombings – at least five explosions have occurred during the past week. Several residential areas have been damaged, but no one has been arrested yet. Police suspect the incidents are linked to criminal networks. During week 29, several powerful detonations have awakened residents in the southern Swedish ...
- Ukraine: Warhead of Russian missile defused in Kyiv
July 21, 2025
Bomb disposal experts from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have defused the warhead of a downed Kh-69 missile that Russian forces launched at the capital on the night of 20-21 July. The missile fell near a residential building following yet another Russian air attack and could have detonated at any moment. Bomb disposal experts from ...
- South Korea: Police uncover cache of homemade explosives after father shoots son with homemade shotgun
July 21, 2025
A man in his 30s was shot and killed by his father during a birthday gathering in Incheon on Sunday night, with police later uncovering a cache of homemade explosives at the suspect’s residence in Seoul. The fatal shooting unfolded at 9:31 p.m. in an apartment in Songdo International City, according to the Incheon Yeonsu ...
- Cameroon: Bomb blast kills 2 children in Far North region
July 21, 2025
At least two children were killed in a bomb explosion early Monday in Cameroon’s Far North region, according to locals and security sources. The children were trekking along the Bargaram-Abasouni Road in the Logone-et-Chari division of the region when they stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED), and it exploded, said a security source in the ...
- Japan’s aid agency, U.N. sign deal to expand mine action cooperation
July 21, 2025
The government-backed Japan International Cooperation Agency and a U.N. unit in charge of landmine countermeasures have concluded an agreement to expand their cooperation in disposing of the munitions in Africa and other areas. JICA said the deal with the United Nations Mine Action Service, or UNMAS, aims to cement their collaborative ties in the field, particularly ...
- Pakistan: Islamist militants use drones to target security forces
July 21, 2025
Islamist militants in Pakistan have started using commercially acquired quadcopter drones to drop bombs on security forces in the country’s northwest, police said, a potentially dangerous development in the volatile region. The use of such drones, which are powered by four rotors allowing for vertical take-off and landing, is worrying the overstretched and under-equipped police force, ...
- UK: Controlled explosion carried out after shell found in Old Trafford
July 20, 2025
An explosion was carried out after a shell was found in a city centre canal, the Manchester Evening News understands. Police shut off an area near a major tram stop with the bomb squad called to the scene last night (July 19). Emergency services were pictured at the scene next to Cornbrook tram stop, in ...
- California: Improvised explosive device used to gain entry to ATM at San Ramon Target
July 20, 2025
An investigation is underway in San Ramon after police said an improvised explosive device was used to gain entry to an ATM early Sunday morning. Shortly after 2:15 a.m., officers responded to the Target on Bishop Drive, where they discovered an improvised explosive device had been used to gain access to an ATM. The explosion damaged ...
- India: Security forces recover IED in Namsai
July 20, 2025
One powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered from the Nongtaw village area in Piyong circle in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. Security forces had intensified counterinsurgency operations in eastern Arunachal Pradesh and eastern Assam following reliable intelligence inputs of the presence of multiple hit squads of Ulfa (Independent) in the region. Read more… Source: Hindustan ...
- Pakistan: Security official killed in Quetta magnetic IED blast
July 20, 2025
A senior officer belonging to security forces was martyred in a bomb attack at the Western Bypass area on Saturday, according to officials. Police said a magnetic explosive device was attached to the officer’s vehicle, which exploded in the Jabl-i-Noor area, a locality on the outskirts of Quetta. CCTV footage from a nearby camera showed a ...
- Syria: Death toll from violence in the south tops 1,000
July 20, 2025
Calm returned to southern Syria’s Sweida province on Sunday after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups. A ceasefire announced on Saturday appeared to be holding after earlier agreements failed to end fighting between longtime rivals the Druze and the Bedouin that spiralled to draw in the Islamist-led government, the Israeli military ...
- Ukrainian mine masked as tree
July 19, 2025
The Russian news agency RIA Novosti released a video showing a Ukrainian anti-tank mine disguised as a tree—an innovative and unusual tactic in the ongoing conflict. The recorded mine has sparked interest among experts and on social media, raising questions about the creativity and escalation of engineering methods employed by Ukrainian forces. This is yet another ...
- Grenades, mortars and rockets: What to do if you find military explosives
July 19, 2025
Police responded to two separate munitions discoveries in the Maritimes this week, prompting the public to ask: What do you do if you find, dangerous, potentially explosive items? “There are absolutely things that members of the public should do, and absolutely things that members of the public should not do,” says Nick Monteiro, UXO Legacy Site’s ...
- California: Santa Monica apartment is focus of probe into blast that killed 3 L.A. County sheriff’s deputies
July 19, 2025
Authorities investigating the deadly blast at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility are looking into connections to some explosives collected in Santa Monica. Three deputies were killed Friday in an explosion at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Center Training Academy in East L.A. while handling explosive materials. No cause for the blast ...
- Germany: 19 injured after fireworks show goes awry at fair in Düsseldorf
July 19, 2025
German authorities say at least 19 people were injured, four seriously, after a fireworks show went awry at a fair in the western city of Düsseldorf. Fire squad and emergency services deployed after the incident late Friday at the Rheinkirmes event along the Rhine river, where images from the scene showed fireworks going off nearly at ...
- California: Driver slams into crowd outside Hollywood nightclub, critically injuring 7 and wounding more than 20 others
July 19, 2025
A patron who had been tossed out of a popular East Hollywood nightclub early Saturday later intentionally smashed his car into a crowd outside the venue, injuring 30 people — including seven critically — before being pulled out of his vehicle and shot by a bystander, police said. The driver, who police identified as Fernando Ramirez, ...
- Cambodia refutes Thailand’s allegation over recent landmine incident
July 19, 2025
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has firmly rejected recent Thai media reports alleging that Cambodia was responsible for a landmine incident that injured three Thai soldiers. According to CMAA, several Thai news outlets—including The Nation, Bangkok Post, and Khaosod English—recently quoted senior Thai officials who claimed that three Thai soldiers were injured ...
- New airport scanners are better at spotting liquid explosives, but many airports lack them
July 19, 2025
Travelers celebrated the suggestion that American airports might soon ease restrictions on liquids in carry-on bags that create endless hassles at security checkpoints, but more than a third of all airports around the country still haven’t upgraded their screening systems to reliably detect liquid explosives that could bring down a plane. It may be annoying to ...
- Virginia: Smithfield man pleads guilty to possessing over 150 improvised explosive devices and an unregistered firearm
July 18, 2025
NORFOLK, Va. – A Smithfield man pled guilty today to possession of an unregistered short barrel rifle and possession of an unregistered destructive device. According to court documents, on July 31, 2021, Brad Kenneth Spafford, 36, was admitted to an emergency room with a completely amputated right thumb, partially amputated right middle and index fingers, hearing ...
- Philippines: National Police Commission vows upgrades for PNP explosive, K9 units
July 18, 2025
The National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Friday committed the agency’s full support for the capability enhancement of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Explosives and Ordnance Division/Canine Group (EOD/K9 Group). Napolcom Vice Chairperson and Executive Officer Rafael Vicente Calinisan made this pledge during a landmark visit to the EOD/K9 Group headquarters at Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig ...
- Colombian Military Now Using Explosive-Laden Drones To Fight Guerrillas And Gangs
July 18, 2025
Colombian troops have begun using explosive-laden drones to fight against guerrillas and gangs, as the device is increasingly used in battlefields around the world for different purposes. Speaking to NPR, Army Gen. Juan Carlos Correa said criminal groups are also using drones to monitor crops, target rival groups and conduct attacks against security forces. The outlet ...
- California: Three deputies killed in explosion at LA County Sheriff’s Department Training Center
July 18, 2025
Three deputies were killed Friday in an explosion at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Center Training Academy in East L.A., the deadliest incident for the agency in more than 160 years. Deputies with the arson explosives detail, an elite unit within the Sheriff’s Department, were moving ordnance in the training center’s parking lot about ...
- France ends permanent troop presence in Senegal
July 17, 2025
France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces’ long presence in the West African country and a milestone in a withdrawal from the wider region. The commander of French forces in Africa, General Pascal Ianni, handed over a key to the military camp ...
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