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- AI’s Role in Mine Action, A Glimpse Into the Future
October 17, 2024
Attending the recent Innovation Session: Artificial Intelligence for Mine Action in Geneva the previous week, hosted by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), was both humbling and inspiring. As ...
- Japan: Two unexploded bombs found near airport in Okinawa
October 17, 2024
Two unexploded bombs believed to have been dropped during World War II were found in a vegetable field next to Miyako Airport in Okinawa this month, sources said Thursday. According to ...
- Gaza Strip: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Rafah
October 17, 2024
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the IDF in Tel Sultan in Rafah on Wednesday in an unplanned operation, sources close to the matter confirmed to The Jerusalem Post ...
- Swedish gangs targeting Israeli interests
October 17, 2024
The 13-year-old boy should have been in school last Thursday, instead of sitting in a police station in central Gothenburg. But police say he fired shots outside the offices of ...
- Cyprus: Two more suspects in car bomb attack
October 17, 2024
Two suspects, aged 21 and 28, are expected to appear before a court at a date yet to be set in connection with the explosion of a bomb near a ...
- German UNIFIL ship downs drone off Lebanese coast
October 17, 2024
A German Navy warship participating in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has downed a drone off Lebanon’s coast, a military spokesman told dpa on Thursday. The Ludwigshafen am ...
- Munitions Modernization: The Family of Drone Munitions
October 17, 2024
The Army Modernization Strategy outlines how the Service will become a multidomain force capable of operating across land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains by 2035. As part of the ...
- Pakistan: Six live rockets found in two houses defused
October 16, 2024
Civil Defence Bomb Disposal Squad on Tuesday defused six live rockets found in two houses. The Bomb Disposal Squad received information that there are four rockets in the house of ...
- Oklahoma City police find explosives in car during traffic stop
October 16, 2024
Two men were arrested in Oklahoma City after a routine traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs and explosives. According to the Oklahoma Police Department (OKCPD), on Oct. 14, ...
- UK: Glasgow motorcycle gang member planted pipe bomb under rival dad’s van in ‘feud’
October 16, 2024
A tattooed motorcycle gang member planted a pipe bomb under a rival’s father’s van amid an ongoing feud. Daniel Laponder, 43, targeted David Rollo senior’s work van outside his home ...
- Ontario: Police investigating imitation explosive device found in New Hamburg
October 16, 2024
Police are investigating what they determined to be an “imitated explosive device” found under a bridge in New Hamburg on Sunday. Members of the public discovered the suspicious device near ...
- Ukraine: Inside a secretive drone unit targeting Russian territory
October 16, 2024
CNN was granted unprecedented exclusive access to one of Ukraine’s long-range drone units, part of the GUR. Its members call themselves the Long-Range UAV Unit. Long-range drone attacks have become an ...
- Israel: Tel Aviv suicide bombing attempt in August was overseen by Hamas in Turkey
October 16, 2024
An attempted suicide bombing attack in Tel Aviv several months ago was planned and carried out under the supervision of the Hamas terror group’s headquarters in Turkey, the Shin Bet ...
- Iowa: Des Moines police arrest suspect in bomb blast
October 16, 2024
Authorities in central Iowa say they’ve made an arrest after a homemade bomb exploded on Tuesday. Des Moines police say someone detonated what’s described as a dangerous homemade explosive device ...
- Pakistan: 4 policemen injured in IED attack on vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Buner district
October 16, 2024
Four policemen, including the in-charge of the police post, were injured on Wednesday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a police van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Buner district, ...
- Ukraine needs at least 34 billion dollars for demining of territories
October 15, 2024
The Minister of Economy of Ukraine said that $34 billion is needed to survey and demine the territories. The government is working to reduce the cost of the process and ...
- North Korea blows up inter-Korean road, rail lines near border
October 15, 2024
North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas on Tuesday, prompting South Korea’s military to ...
- UK: Navy destroys WW2 artillery item found on beach
October 15, 2024
A suspected wartime artillery item discovered on a Somerset beach has been destroyed in a secure location by the Royal Navy. HM Coastguard Watchet responded to reports of the item ...
- UNDP identifies most promising innovative approaches to financing mine action in Ukraine
October 15, 2024
The issuance of thematic bonds linked to sustainable development and result-oriented public-private partnerships are the most promising innovative tools for financing mine action in Ukraine. This is stated in a report ...
- Three taken to hospital after chemical explosion at Sydney University
October 15, 2024
Three people have been rushed to hospital following a chemical explosion near the University of Sydney’s Sports and Aquatic Centre, FRNSW has confirmed. It’s understood a staff member was carrying a ...
- NATO CBRN defence specialists navigate chemical hazards in training
October 14, 2024
Live chemical agents were used in a NATO course to test the skills of a group of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence specialists. Using live chemical agents for training ...
- Ukraine denies involvement in drone supplies to Mali’s rebels
October 14, 2024
Ukraine denied late on Monday media reports that it has been involved in supplying drones to rebels fighting in the north of Mali. The French Le Monde newspaper reported that ...
- Ireland: Controlled explosion carried out at scene of ‘suspect device’ in west Dublin
October 14, 2024
Gardai and the Army bomb squad attended the scene of a “suspect device” in west Dublin this afternoon. The alarm was raised at Barneville Park in Cherry Orchard and a ...
- Ukraine: Ministry of Defence codified and adopted over 17 new models of demining equipment this year
October 14, 2024
In the nine months of 2024, the Ministry of Defence codified and adopted over 17 models of demining assets for use in the Defence Forces, with 5 being made domestically. Ukrainian ...
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