- Solomon Islands: US joins WWII UXO removal exercise
September 3, 2024
The United States (US) has joined a multinational team of experts from Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom as part of “Operation Render Safe 2024.” The operation organized and led by the Australian Defense Force and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) was requested by Solomon Islands Government (SIG). US Embassy ...
- Ireland: Five men arrested after gardaí recover 19 petrol bombs from car in Co Kildare
September 3, 2024
Five men have been arrested after gardaí recovered a total of 19 petrol bombs from a car they had stopped in Co Kildare. Four men were arrested when detective gardaí attached to Leixlip Garda Station intercepted the car in the Carbury area at approximately 11.30pm. As they were carrying out the operation, gardaí were confronted by ...
- Afghanistan: Deadly Suicide Explosion in Kabul Leaves 6 Dead, 13 Injured
September 2, 2024
Kabul security command reported that in today’s explosion (Monday, September 2) in the Qala-e-Bakhtiar area of the sixth security district of Kabul city, six people were killed and thirteen others were injured. Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Kabul security command, said in a statement that the attacker had concealed explosives on their body and detonated ...
- Cutting-edge military equipment, high-ranking visits and the Open Day: MSPO 2024 commencement
September 2, 2024
The 32nd International Defence Industry Exhibition (3 to 6 September 2024) makes Targi Kielce the innovation centre in the safety and security domain. This year’s event offers industry insiders the chance to see equipment exhibited by 769 companies from 34 countries around the world. 7 September marks the MSPO Open Day – Polish Army and ...
- Ssang Yong 24: CBRN tactical sight assessment and exploitation rehearsal
September 2, 2024
Republic of Korea Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Battalion, 1st ROK Marine Division and U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a tactical sight assessment and exploitation rehearsal during exercise Ssang Yong 24 in Pohang, South Korea, Sept. 2, 2024. Exercise SY24 strengthens the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing ...
- New IAEA Publication about Detecting Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control
September 2, 2024
A new IAEA publication titled Detection in a State’s Interior of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control offers law enforcement agencies and frontline officers detailed guidance to support them in combatting criminal acts involving nuclear or other radioactive material that has fallen out of regulatory control. “The new publication is added to a ...
- Ireland: Hand grenade thrown at house and pub doused with petrol in separate incidents in Cork
September 2, 2024
Gardaí are investigating separate and unrelated incidents in which a hand grenade was thrown at a house, forcing a midnight evacuation of homes in a Cork housing estate, and an attack in which a man attempted to douse a pub with petrol. Gardaí, Defence Forces Explosives & Ordinance Disposal experts and Cork Fire Brigade were alerted ...
- Ukraine: Government will compensate 100% of the cost of demining to farmers who demine agricultural land
September 2, 2024
The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the amount of compensation for agricultural producers who plan to demine agricultural land from 80% to 100%. The programme will also now be open to those farmers who have a tax debt for land or a single tax debt if they are group IV single tax payers. And bidding for ...
- Iraq: ISIS remnant landmine claims lives of three children near Mosul
September 1, 2024
A devastating explosion west of Mosul has claimed the lives of three children and injured two others from the same family. The blast, believed to have been caused by a landmine left behind by ISIS, occurred inside an abandoned house near the village of Sweiti in the Baaj district. A security source in Nineveh informed Shafaq ...
- Croatia donates robotic mine clearance system to Ukraine
September 1, 2024
Croatia has announced the transfer of a robotic mine clearance system to Ukraine. The relevant certificate was handed over to Ukrainian representatives by Croatian Defence Minister Ivan Anušić and the heads of the manufacturing company during the Globsec international conference in Prague. Anušić noted that the process of mine clearance in Ukraine will require a lot ...
- Israel: IDF retrieves six bodies of Gaza hostages from Rafah
September 1, 2024
The bodies of hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino were found in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said on Sunday morning. The IDF retrieved the bodies of the hostages from a tunnel under the city of Rafah in Gaza. They were likely slaughtered by Hamas shortly before the ...
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