- India: CID to get blast containers for bomb squads at 2 airports
March 9, 2025
West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is all set to procure two Total Containment Vessel (TCV) on trailer for its Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) units of Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (Durgapur) and Cooch Behar Airport in the state. The TCVs are containers mounted on a trailer which are designed to safely secure and transport ...
- Pakistan: Two security personnel killed in Bajaur blast
March 8, 2025
Two security personnel were martyred and two others injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in a hilly area of Salarzai tehsil here on Friday evening. Sources told Dawn that the incident occurred in Bar Malasaid locality at around 6pm just before Iftar. The security personnel were passing from the area when the ...
- UN crew member killed in attack on helicopter in South Sudan
March 7, 2025
A United Nations helicopter attempting to evacuate South Sudanese soldiers has come under fire near the town of Nasir, the UN mission (UNMISS) there said, resulting in the death of one crew member and several troops. The attack came on Friday as the helicopter was trying to airlift soldiers following heavy clashes in Nasir between South ...
- India: Labourer killed, another injured in IED blast in Narayanpur
March 7, 2025
A labourer was killed, and another sustained serious injuries on Friday after an improvised explosive device (IED) allegedly planted by Maoists exploded at an iron ore mine in Narayanpur district, police said. A police officer said the two labourers had accidentally come in contact with the IED, triggering an explosion at an open area regularly used ...
- Pakistan: Police officer injured in Bannu IED explosion
March 7, 2025
A cop sustained injuries while the police mobile van partially damaged in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion on Bannu Link Road on Thursday. The Domail police mobile van was on routine patrol when an explosion triggered with an IED near Khargai Hotel on Bannu Link Road.As a result, driver constable Kamal Hussain was injured, while ...
- Syria monitor says security forces kill 136 Alawite civilians
March 7, 2025
A Syria war monitor said Friday that security forces killed 136 members of the Alawite minority, to which toppled president Bashar al-Assad belongs, a day after deadly clashes with gunmen loyal to him triggered a major security operation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 231 people have been killed since the clashes erupted ...
- France: ‘Really huge’ unexploded WWII bomb found outside Paris halts Eurostar travel
March 7, 2025
Eurostar trains to London and all trains heading to northern France were brought to a halt Friday following the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era bomb on tracks leading to the nation’s busiest station. Paris police said that at 4 a.m. Friday morning, a WW2 bomb was discovered by workers along railway tracks in Saint ...
- US Army, Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians train to defeat explosive drones
March 6, 2025
FORT JOHNSON, La. – U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians recently trained together to confront and defeat explosive drones. Army EOD technicians from the Fort Johnson, Louisiana-based 705th Ordnance Company (EOD) and EOD Airmen from the Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana-based 2nd Civil Engineering Squadron, EOD Flight, conducted training on Unmanned Aerial ...
- Nigeria: Militants issue evacuation warning, threaten oil attacks in Rivers
March 6, 2025
A militant group, Niger Delta Rescue Movement has threatened to attack oil installations in the Niger Delta region over the seizure of the allocation due to Rivers State. Also, the group under the aegis of the Niger Delta Rescue Movement called on all non-indigenes living in Rivers State to leave in their interest and safety, pointing ...
- Somalia: Mogadishu flights suspended after US Embassy warning
March 6, 2025
It is understood that Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways have cancelled flights to and from Mogadishu, Somalia, following a warning from the US of a “potential imminent attack” at Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ). On March 4, 2025, after “tracking credible information” the US Embassy in Somalia issued an alert indicating multiple locations in the country, ...
- Syrian forces in deadly clashes with Assad-linked fighters in Latakia
March 6, 2025
Gunmen loyal to deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 15 security personnel in ambushes in the coastal province of Latakia, a security source told Al Jazeera. The attacks took place on Thursday near the town of Jableh in the Latakia countryside, part of the coastal area which forms the heartland of the Alawite ...
- South Korea: 15 injured after KF-16 fighter jets mistakenly drop bombs outside training range
March 6, 2025
Fifteen people were injured Thursday after two Air Force KF-16 fighter jets mistakenly dropped eight air-to-surface bombs outside a training range during live-fire drills, military officials and fire authorities said, in an unprecedented mistaken bombing on a civilian town. Authorities said the bombing took place over a village in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul, ...
- UK: Man jailed after police find gunpowder and IED at Yorkshire property
March 5, 2025
West Yorkshire Police executed a warrant at a property connected to Paul Bruveris in Illingworth, where they discovered chemicals, explosives and electrical materials Bruveris was arrested when police attended his home address in Dene View, Luddenfoot, in December 2023. The 47-year-old was later charged with; possession of explosive substance for unlawful purpose (gunpowder); possession of explosive ...
- Europe faces return of landmines as defence against Putin
March 5, 2025
Britain and its European allies must urgently regain the ability to deploy landmines if they are to be able to counter the “terrifying” threat posed by Russia, experts have warned. Finland, a new member of Nato in the wake of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, announced in December that it was considering pulling out of the ...
- Pakistan: At least four killed, five injured in Khuzdar explosion
March 5, 2025
At least four people were killed and five others were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the explosion occurred in the Naal Bazaar area, setting nearby vehicles on fire and causing widespread panic in the area. Law enforcers added that the explosive ...
- Lithuania’s departure from the Convention on Cluster Munition creates dangers for its population and global norms
March 5, 2025
Lithuania will formally withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an unprecedented move with potentially profound consequences for the protection of civilians in Lithuania and elsewhere. This date ends the convention’s required six-month delay after Lithuania submitted its official intent to withdraw document in September 2024. Lithuania’s decision was designed to address its population’s understandably heightened ...
- India: 3 CRPF Jawans Injured in IED Blast In Jharkhand’s Chaibasa
March 5, 2025
Three jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa. The injured soldiers were airlifted to Ranchi for medical treatment. “Three CRPF jawans injured in an IED blast in Chaibasa. Injured Jawans are being airlifted to Ranchi for medical treatment,” SP Chaibasa said as reported ...
- Man allegedly behind 2021 Kabul airport bombing being extradited to U.S.
March 5, 2025
Mohammad Sharifullah, who has been connected with the August 2021 Abbey Gate suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, has been extradited to the United States, U.S. officials told CBS News. The attack killed 13 American service members and about 170 Afghans during the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. A senior defense ...
- U.S. has halted sharing intelligence with Ukraine
March 5, 2025
In the wake of a televised Oval Office squabble pitting President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the U.S. has paused intelligence sharing with its war torn ally, according to CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe acknowledged the halt in intelligence sharing Wednesday morning during an interview on Fox Business. Ratcliffe said ...
- Benin: 10 Gunmen, one soldier killed in clashes near Niger border
March 4, 2025
On Thursday night into Friday, the army launched an “offensive operation” that resulted in the deaths of nine gunmen, a source close to the military high command reported. The operation took place in the commune of Karimama, following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in nearby Kantoro, which killed one soldier and injured two others. Both ...
- US designates Yemen’s Houthis as ‘foreign terrorist’ organisation
March 4, 2025
The US has designated Yemen’s Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, as a “foreign terrorist” organisation, the US Department of State has said. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the department had restored the designation, which carries with it sanctions and penalties for anyone providing “material support” for the group. Read more… Source: Al Jazeera News Sign ...
- EU unveils $840 billion “ReArm Europe” plan to boost defense spending
March 4, 2025
European Union leadership announced a plan Tuesday to shore up the continent’s collective defense by significantly boosting military spending, hours after President Trump said the U.S. was suspending all its military aid to Ukraine. “We are in an era of rearmament,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told journalists on Tuesday while announcing the plan ...
- Israel carrying out mine-clearing operation near Syria border
March 4, 2025
The Defense Ministry says it is carrying out activities to clear explosives from an area of the Golan Heights near the Syrian border today. Crews are being deployed to areas around the community of Ein Zivan to clear mines and other unexploded ordnance in the ground there. “As part of the planned operations, blasts from explosions ...
- Russia: ATACMS missile debris found, neutralized near Bryansk
March 4, 2025
The debris of an ATACMS missile has been found in a forest area in the town of Seltso in the Bryansk Region. It has been neutralized by bomb disposal specialists from the National Guard (Rosgvardia) and Defense Ministry. “The debris of a Western-made ATACMS missile was found in a forest area on the territory of the ...
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