- Nigeria: Police unveil EOD training school in Borno
November 13, 2024
The Borno State police command on Tuesday inaugurated an Explosive Ordnance Disposal training school in Borno State. Speaking during the ceremony in Maiduguri, the Commissioner of Police, who was represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Bello, said the facility, being the first in the region, would aid in training officers in handling explosives and ...
- Houthis launch missile, drone attacks on US warships off Yemen’s coast
November 13, 2024
US warships came under sustained missile and drone attack from Houthi fighters as they sailed off the coast of Yemen, the Pentagon has confirmed, with the armed group claiming it attacked the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and two US destroyers. Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder said on Tuesday that the United States ...
- Russian Black Sea Fleet Captain killed in car bomb explosion in Sevastopol
November 13, 2024
A car exploded on Taras Shevchenko Street in Sevastopol, Crimea. The driver, a Russian serviceman, died from his injuries. The victim is believed to be captain of the first rank of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. The car exploded as a result of the detonation of an improvised bomb that was attached to ...
- Afghanistan: Mine Clearance Organization warns of IED contamination
November 12, 2024
The Mine Clearance Organization recently announced that over 65 square kilometers of land in Afghanistan is contaminated with improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The organization has called on the global community to increase political and financial support for clearing these devices from Afghanistan’s lands. According to the Mine Clearance Organization, more than 65 square kilometers across 26 ...
- Philippines: Explosion of improvised fireworks injures three in General Santos City
November 12, 2024
A suspected explosion involving improvised fireworks left three individuals injured, including two minors, in Rosario Village, Barangay Lagao, General Santos City, on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred at approximately 5:20 PM along Molave Street when the improvised fireworks were reportedly mishandled or improperly constructed. Authorities say the explosion caused varying degrees of injury to the victims, ...
- China: 35 killed, 43 injured after car ramming into people the southern city of Zhuhai
November 12, 2024
A hit-and-run attack at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai killed 35 people and severely injured 43, local police said on Tuesday. The incident happened at 7:48 p.m. (1148 GMT) on Monday, when a small off-road vehicle was driven into a large group of people exercising outside the sports centre. Zhuhai police ...
- Key findings from the Clearing the Mines 2024 report
November 12, 2024
As of today, 58 States and two territories remain contaminated with anti-personnel mines, and the need for focused and unwavering commitment to get all of them over the finish line by completing clearance is as important as ever. In 2023, global mine clearance of 237 square kilometres was the highest ever recorded, with 192,563 AP mines ...
- Laos’ Hidden Suffering: Landmines And UXO Killing More Innocent Children
November 12, 2024
In the rugged and scenic mountains of remote villages in Laos, children and farmers contend with a legacy of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) threatening their lives for over 40 years. These leftover war remnants from the horrific Vietnam War have become an occupational hazard as well as a threat to the lives of innocent local ...
- Bangladesh: 123 crude bomb-like objects found in 10 bags
November 12, 2024
A total of 123 crude bomb-like objects in 10 bags were found in roadside bushes in Damudya upazila of Shariatpur yesterday morning. Hafizur Rahman Milon, officer-in-charge of Damudya Police Station, said locals first noticed the bags in the bushes in Akalbarish area and informed police. “The objects appear to be crude bombs wrapped in insulation tape,” ...
- Indian Army, Assam Rifles, & Other Security Agencies Seize 29 Weapons, IEDs, Ammunition
November 12, 2024
In a week-long joint operation, the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, Manipur Police, and other security forces recovered 29 weapons, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), ammunition, and other war-like stores (WLS) from several districts of Manipur, the Ministry of Defence said in a release on Monday. Security forces recovered weapons, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), ammunition, and other war-like ...
- US military says strikes in Syria targeted ‘Iranian backed groups’
November 12, 2024
The US military has carried out strikes against targets in Syria in what the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said was a response to recent attacks on US forces by “Iranian-aligned targets” in the country. CENTCOM’s commander General Michael Erik Kurilla said in a statement early on Tuesday that the US military action sent a “clear” ...
- Haiti: Airlines suspend flights after plane hit by gunfire
November 12, 2024
Several airlines have suspended flights to Haiti after a passenger plane from the US was hit by gunfire as it tried to land in Port-au-Prince. Spirit Airlines Flight 951 from Fort Lauderdale in Florida was diverted to the neighbouring Dominican Republic, where it landed safely at Santiago Airport. A flight attendant suffered minor injuries but no ...
- Pakistan: Mastermind, female accomplice involved in Karachi airport terror attack arrested
November 11, 2024
Sindh Home Minister Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar on Monday announced the arrest of three terrorists, including the mastermind behind the deadly blast near the Karachi airport that killed two Chinese nationals among three people. “Javed alias Sami, who is the mastermind of the attack, and a woman facilitator were arrested from RCD highway [which connects ...
- Historic mine ban treaty at risk as clearance rates plummet amid escalating global conflict
November 11, 2024
The HALO Trust, the international landmine clearance organisation, has called for global recommitment to the Landmine Ban Treaty following a 10 per cent drop in the number of anti-personnel mines cleared in 2023. The steep fall in landmines cleared is reported in Mine Action Review’s “Clearing the Mines” report, which will be published today by a ...
- UK: Man charged over IED Ultra Low Emission Zone camera explosion in south-east London
November 11, 2024
A man has been charged in connection with the explosion of an ultra low emission zone (Ulez) camera in south-east London. Kevin Rees, 62, of Harcourt Avenue, Sidcup, was arrested by counter-terror police after a low-sophistication improvised explosive device (IED) damaged the camera in Willersley Avenue, Sidcup, at about 6.45pm on December 6. He has been ...
- Ireland: Man with ‘keen interest in bomb-making’ gets six-year sentence for manufacturing explosives
November 11, 2024
A 63-year-old man who the court was told “has a keen interest in bomb-making as a hobby” has been sentenced to six years in prison for manufacturing explosives and having firearms and ammunition at his home near Sneem, Co Kerry in March 2021. The final year and a half was suspended and Ivan Gilder was jailed ...
- Cambodia: Landmine claims farmer’s life in Oddar Meanchey
November 11, 2024
Yet another life was lost to a landmine when it exploded beneath a farmer’s tractor in Trapaing Prasat district on Saturday. Prime Minister Hun Manet expressed regret over the accident, said Ly Tuch, First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), yesterday. The CMAA continues to work with local authorities to spread ...
- Azerbaijani serviceman injured by landmine in Goranboy District
November 11, 2024
An Azerbaijani serviceman was injured after stepping on a landmine in the Goranboy district on November 10. The incident occurred near the village of Gulustan, where the mine was reportedly planted by Armenian armed forces. The Ministry of Defense confirmed that the serviceman, identified as Gadim Khalig oglu Ibrahimov, sustained injuries from the antipersonnel mine. In ...
- Nigeria: IED killed two suspected IPOB/ESN members in Imo
November 10, 2024
Imo Police Command has alleged that two young men, suspected to be members of the proscribed freedom fighting members of Indigenous People of Biafra,IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, has been killed in Orlu while carrying an improvised explosive device (IED) on a motorcycle with the intention of planting it at Orlu International Market, near ...
- New York: Somalia terror group operative convicted of planning 9/11-style attack on America
November 10, 2024
A federal jury has convicted an operative of a Somalian terrorist organization of conspiring to kill Americans in an attack modeled after the Sept. 11 hijackings. Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, was convicted in New York on Monday of six charges, including conspiring to support the terror organization Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mijahideen, which is commonly known as Al ...
- Ukrainian mines destroy modern Russian tanks in Kursk Oblast
November 10, 2024
Russian troops have suffered significant losses during assaults due to minefields established in the Kursk Oblast by Ukrainian forces, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine’s operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast launched on 6 August 2024, aimed to counter Russian aggression and disrupt planned offensives. Ukrainian forces advanced up to 35 ...
- UK, US carry out air strikes on Yemen, including Sanaa
November 10, 2024
The United States and the United Kingdom have launched air strikes in Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, a television station run by the Houthi rebel group has reported, with the Pentagon saying it targeted advanced weapons storage facilities in the raids. The Pentagon told the AFP news agency that it targeted facilities, which contained various weapons ...
- Indian Army defuses bomb found by shepherd near Indo-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer
November 10, 2024
The Konark Corps of the Indian Army defused a bomb, which was spotted by a shepherd, in a village near the international border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. Army sources said that the jawans connected the bomb with wires and defused it by using a remote. A loud explosion was heard in the entire area during the ...
- Ireland: Army bomb disposal unit carry out controlled explosion at Dublin home
November 9, 2024
Army bomb disposal experts were called to a home in Finglas last night after a device was found shortly before 10.30pm. A spokesperson confirmed that gardaí were alerted to an incident at Hampton Wood Drive in Finglas, Dublin 11. “A cordon was established by gardaí, and the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit attended the scene,” ...
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