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- U.S. Central Command Forces Kill ISIS Leader During Precision Strike in Syria
December 20, 2024
On Dec. 19, U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a precision airstrike targeting ISIS leader Abu Yusif aka Mahmud in the Dayr az Zawr Province, Syria resulting in two ISIS operatives ...
- ADF Specialised facility counters IED threats
December 20, 2024
Gallipoli Barracks was recently the scene for an inspection of one of the ADFs new level two counter-IED weapons technical intelligence (L2 WTI) laboratories being delivered by Project Land 154-2 ...
- Germany: Vehicle plows into crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing 2 and injuring dozens
December 20, 2024
At least two people were killed, and more than 60 were injured when a car plowed through a crowded Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday. The suspected driver, identified as ...
- US drops bounty for Syria’s new leader after Damascus meeting
December 20, 2024
Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria’s new leader, a senior U.S. diplomat said Friday, following “positive messages” from a first meeting that included a promise ...
- Cambodia: CMAC to clear UXOs in three rivers next year
December 20, 2024
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) is setting out to clear unexploded ordnances (UXO) in approximately 500 hectares across three river locations next year. Director General Heng Ratana said yesterday ...
- Virginia college student arrested by FBI for plotting terrorist attack on Israeli Consulate
December 20, 2024
A Virginia college student was arrested by the FBI this week for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on the Israeli Consulate in New York City. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an ...
- Azerbaijani serviceman receives injury due to mine explosion
December 20, 2024
“On December 20, at around 12:00, Azerbaijan Army serviceman, Salmanov Ziyad Ilgar was injured stepping on an anti-personnel mine while performing service and combat tasks in the direction of the ...
- Mexico: 2 more soldiers killed by an improvised landmine, after 2 died earlier this week
December 19, 2024
Two more members of Mexico’s armed forces have been killed by an improvised landmine, just days after two soldiers died in a similar blast, officials confirmed Thursday. The blasts, both in ...
- California declared an emergency over bird flu
December 19, 2024
California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in ...
- Iraq: Over 500 mines and explosives removed in Duhok
December 18, 2024
On Wednesday, the General Directorate for Mine Affairs in Duhok province announced the removal and detonation of over 500 landmines. The Directorate’s Media Official, Reger Besfki, told Shafaq News that a ...
- Montreal synagogue firebombed in suspected hate crime
December 18, 2024
Firefighting teams responded to the scene at 3 a.m. to extinguish the flames. The synagogue’s window and door were shattered in the blaze. Witnesses reported seeing at least one individual near ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Police hosts workshop on IED data management, post blast operation
December 18, 2024
A One-day training program on IED data management and post blast investigation was organized by Zonal Police Kashmir at PCR Kashmir in collaboration with officials of National Security Guards. The training ...
- Mexico: Explosion kills 2 soldiers in suspected booby trap by drug cartel after dismembered bodies found
December 18, 2024
An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico’s defense secretary said Tuesday. Before the blast, the soldiers had discovered the ...
- Pope assassination plot foiled by UK intelligence
December 18, 2024
A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence, according to his upcoming autobiography. The Pope writes that, after landing in ...
- Russia: FSB detains Uzbek national for carrying out terrorist attack that killed Russian general
December 18, 2024
The suspect behind the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops, has been arrested. “The terrorist confessed to being recruited by ...
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Council of Ministers of BiH approved Two Million BAM for Demining
December 17, 2024
The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the proposal of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, adopted the Decision on the Approval of a Multi-Year ...
- New York: Luigi Mangione Indicted on Terrorism Charge over Brian Thompson Murder
December 17, 2024
Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors in New York announced on Tuesday. Mangione faces an 11-count ...
- India: ‘We thought it was a ball’ – the bombs killing and maiming children
December 17, 2024
Over the last three decades, at least 565 children in the Indian state of West Bengal have been injured or killed by home-made bombs, a BBC Eye investigation has found. So ...
- New IAEA Publication on the Security of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material in Transport
December 17, 2024
A new IAEA publication on the security of nuclear and other radioactive material in transport has been released. “It is essential that nuclear and other radioactive material is managed securely ...
- Somalia concludes explosive management training with Chinese support
December 17, 2024
The Somali Explosives Management Authority (SEMA) on Monday concluded a training program aimed at tackling the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war. Funded by the Chinese Embassy in ...
- Pakistan: Two police officers killed in Shangla grenade attack
December 17, 2024
Terrorists carried out a grenade attack on a police checkpoint in Chakesar, District Shangla, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resulting in the martyrdom of two policemen and injuries to three others, Geo News ...
- Russian general, his aide killed in Moscow blast
December 17, 2024
Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his aide were killed in a blast in southeastern Moscow on Tuesday morning. The blast was caused ...
- Hong Kong: Inter-departmental counter-terrorism exercise “WISDOMLIGHT” concluded
December 17, 2024
The Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU) coordinated a large-scale inter-departmental counter-terrorism (CT) exercise codenamed “WISDOMLIGHT” at the Youth Sports Ground in the Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) today (December 17). In ...
- Book Release: ‘Only a Soldier Knows’ – Life on the Front Lines with the Irish Defence Forces – by Ray Lane
December 17, 2024
Author: Lt Col (Ret.) Ray Lane An inspiring story of a bomb disposal officer and his extraordinary life journey that offers insight into modern warfare and the psychological resilience required in ...
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