News – September 2026

  • Massachusetts: Explosive device worn by man detonates during Charlestown encounter with police

    September 21, 2026

    A man in apparent emotional distress detonated an explosive device he was wearing during a confrontation with Boston police in Charlestown early Monday morning, leaving him seriously injured, according to a police report. The man was taken into custody and then to the hospital after the detonation. He faces explosives charges, according to a police report. Read ...

  • Syria and Ukraine sign demining agreement to support recovery and development

    September 20, 2026

    Syria and Ukraine signed a high-level humanitarian cooperation agreement on Sunday at the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management in Damascus to enhance demining operations, technical surveying, and sustainable agricultural recovery. The agreement was signed by Syrian Civil Defense Director Mounir Mustafa and Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Economy and Environment Ihor Bezkaravainyi. It aims to leverage ...

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina still has 756 sq km contaminated with mines

    September 20, 2026

    Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than three decades after the end of the war, has about 756 square kilometers of mine-suspected area, while the number of people trained in mine countermeasures has almost halved compared to the period before the coronavirus pandemic. The new law on mine action, which is still in the process of harmonization, ...

  • TSA ended mandatory shoe removal before audit found explosive detection gaps

    September 20, 2026

    TSA launched Gateside by TSA PreCheck in September 2026, allowing vetted non-flyers to enter secure gate areas at 13 U.S. airports without a boarding pass — the first time non-ticketed access has been permitted at American checkpoints since the post-9/11 security overhaul. The program requires an existing TSA PreCheck credential, a Known Traveler Number, and a free online application submitted one to ...

  • Ireland: Bomb squad carried out controlled explosion in Finglas park

    September 20, 2026

    Homes around the North Way Estate Park in Finglas were evacuated on Saturday evening due to the discovery of a viable suspicious device. The Irish Defense Forces and Gardaí attended the scene, with the Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit undertaking a controlled explosion on the device. Evacuated residents have since been allowed to return to their homes. Local ...

  • Nigeria: Troops Disrupt Terrorists’ Logistics Networks, Arrests IED Experts

    September 19, 2026

    Sustained Military operations have disrupted terrorists’ logistics networks operating across the country with the arrest of Improvised Device Explosion (IED) experts in the North and South East theatres of the country. Director of defence media operations Major General Michael Onoja while giving updates on military operations yesterday said troops killed several terrorists and rescued abducted victims ...

  • Pakistan: 21 killed, more than 80 injured in blast at Kohat Police Lines

    September 18, 2026

    At least 21 people, including 15 police officials, were martyred on Friday when an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a mosque in Kohat Police Lines, followed by terrorists storming the compound and attacking police facilities, according to senior police and district health officials. More than 80 people were injured, with three in critical condition. Footage aired on television ...

  • Ukraine: Blast near recruitment center in Lviv region injures military service member

    September 17, 2026

    An explosion occurred near the building of a district Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) in Mykolaiv, Lviv region, injuring a TRC service member. “Today, at around 16:30, an explosion involving an unidentified device occurred near the entrance to the building of the Stryi District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center in the town of Mykolaiv, Lviv region. ...

  • Laos: 80 million unexploded munitions remain, funding cuts hit clearance

    September 17, 2026

    A senior Lao official has warned that an estimated 80 million unexploded munitions remain buried across Laos, while cuts in international funding could slow clearance work and prolong the threat to civilian lives. The National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action official Bounpheng Sisavath said more than a million of the deadly remnants had been cleared after ...

  • UK: Macclesfield man found in possession of ‘terrorist material’ during police raid

    September 17, 2026

    A Macclesfield man found in possession of ‘terrorist material’ during a police raid has been jailed. Jonathan Wilson, of Abbey Road, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday, September 16. It comes after the 49-year-old admitted to nine counts of possessing/collecting of information likely to be useful to a person committing or ...

  • Afghanistan inks 4.1 mln USD deals to clear landmines

    September 17, 2026

    The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) announced on Thursday the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Danish Refugee Council’s mine action program to expand demining and explosive-risk reduction efforts across the country. Valued at 4,131,741 U.S. dollars, the agreements will enable the clearance of more than 1.53 million square meters of heavily ...

  • Pakistan: Police officer and civilian injured in explosion near Sra Khawra checkpost

    September 17, 2026

    A civilian and a policeman were injured when a powerful vehicle-borne improvised explosive device went off on Indus Highway, damaging the outer wall of Sra Khawra checkpost, some 15 miles south of the provincial capital, officials said. They said that the bomb had been planted in a loader rickshaw, which went off on Frontier Road, a ...

  • Iraq: IED blast injures four Iraqi Army personnel in Kirkuk

    September 16, 2026

    An Iraqi army officer and three soldiers were wounded on Wednesday when an improvised explosive device struck their Humvee during a security operation northwest of Kirkuk, military sources told Shafaq News. The blast occurred in the Gharra mountain range in Al-Dibis district as troops pursued wanted individuals. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a ...

  • Virginia: Afghan man sentenced to 20-year prison term in case tied to suicide bombing at Kabul airport

    September 16, 2026

    An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country. A federal jury in Virginia ...

  • Greece: Two arrested over ATM explosion

    September 16, 2026

    Police on Wednesday announced arrests in a case involving a criminal gang accused of stealing vehicles and blowing up an ATM in the town of Martino, south-central Fthiotida prefecture, as authorities investigate a series such robberies across Greece. Two local men, aged 44 and 29, were arrested Monday, Sept. 14, during coordinated operations in the greater ...

  • Yemen: Houthis dug trenches and laid mines near Bab al-Mandab

    September 16, 2026

    Houthi forces have dug trenches in mountainous areas overlooking the Bab al-Mandab Strait and laid mines in the strategic maritime corridor, an unnamed Yemeni military source told the German Press Agency (DPA) on Tuesday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said multiple trenches had been constructed in mountains overlooking and surrounding the strait, one ...

  • Lithuania: Bomb squad deployed after drone found in forest in Pasvalys district

    September 16, 2026

    A drone was found Wednesday in a forest in northern Lithuania, likely crashed months ago, prompting authorities to activate a bomb-response plan and send bomb disposal experts to the site, police said. The police later specified the drone appeared to have been used for smuggling and did not carry any explosives. The drone was discovered at about ...

  • Philippines: K9 dogs expose explosives aboard vessel bound for Palawan

    September 15, 2026

    Explosive detection dogs uncovered blasting materials that may have completed a sea voyage aboard a vessel before being discovered at Puerto Princesa Port on September 13. The cargo was initially reported to weigh about 13 metric tons, but an inventory conducted after its discovery placed the total at 15.75 metric tons. At least two trucks carrying the ...

  • Vietnam backs efforts to prevent use of cluster munitions, anti-personnel mines

    September 15, 2026

    Vietnam supports the humanitarian goals of international conventions banning cluster munitions and anti-personnel mines, as well as efforts to prevent their indiscriminate use, a Vietnamese official said at a conference in Vientiane on September 14. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thi Hoang Van, who led a Vietnamese delegation to the conference as an observer, said ...

  • Syria: Man injured in landmine explosion south of Tal Tamr

    September 15, 2026

    A young man sustained injuries of varying severity after a remnant of war exploded while he was herding sheep in the village of Tal Masas, south of Tal Tamr. He was subsequently taken to the hospital to receive medical treatment. According to the hospital’s medical staff, the injuries resulted in the amputation of several fingers on ...

  • Cambodian Mine Action Centre warns that Thai UXOs, ERWs could take $1B, more than a decade to clear

    September 14, 2026

    Clearing the unexploded ordnance (UXOs) left by the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border clashes could cost approximately $1 billion and take more than a decade, according to a preliminary estimate by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). The cleanup places new financial and humanitarian pressure on a country still dealing with contamination from past wars, it noted. CMAC ...

  • Philippines: Improvised bomb neutralized by soldiers in Lamitan

    September 14, 2026

    Government security forces intercepted and safely neutralized an improvised explosive device (IED) in Barangay Balobo early Monday morning, thwarting a potential bombing attempt just hours before polling precincts opened for the first parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). BGen. Frederick Sales, Commander of the 1101st Infantry Brigade in Basilan, said that ...

  • Bulgaria: Explosion hits another EMCO weapons site

    September 12, 2026

    Bulgaria is investigating the cause of a fire at a weapons storage facility ‌operated by EMCO, including the possibility of sabotage and a link to a previous blaze at another of the company’s facilities in August, the interior minister said. No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out near the village of Tsareva Livada ...

  • Somalia: AUSSOM troops complete IED awareness training in Jowhar

    September 12, 2026

    AUSSOM troops stationed at Jowhar airport in Somalia’s Sector Five have completed a three-day awareness training focused on the dangers posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and safety at checkpoints. The training was delivered by the AUSSOM BNDF explosive ordnance management team with support from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). It focused on helping personnel ...