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- University of Houston Researchers Unveil Groundbreaking Technique in X-Ray Imaging
August 14, 2024
Researchers at the University of Houston unveiled a groundbreaking advancement in X-ray imaging technology that could provide significant improvements in medical diagnostics, materials and industrial imaging, transportation security and other ...
- Pakistan: Grenade attack in Quetta kills one, injures 11, including children
August 14, 2024
One person has died and 11 others, including children, have been severely injured in a grenade attack in Quetta. The incident occurred close to the train station, where unknown attackers ...
- Nebraska National Guard called to rural home after suspected artillery shell found
August 14, 2024
The Nebraska Air National Guard was deployed Monday to a rural home in Adams, Neb. after a suspected artillery shell was discovered, according to the Gage County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were ...
- West Bank: Four IDF soldiers wounded in IED attack in Tubas
August 14, 2024
The IDF announced on Wednesday that four soldiers were wounded in Tubas in the northern West Bank after their partially armored David vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive. The IDF ...
- Cambodia: CMAC unearth another US aerial bomb in Kandal province
August 14, 2024
CMAC has unearthed and safely removed another US made M117 aerial bomb in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Tuesday. Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s Director-General Heng ...
- WHO declares mpox virus a public health emergency of international concern
August 14, 2024
The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the rise in mpox cases constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), following advice from members at Wednesday’s ...
- 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron Hosts CBRN Rodeo
August 14, 2024
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — The 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron and the 23rd Wing Inspector General office hosted a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) exercise at Moody Air ...
- UK: Urgent tests under way on canal sodium cyanide spill
August 14, 2024
Public health bosses say they hope to start reducing restrictions “very quickly” on a 12-mile stretch of canals in the West Midlands following a toxic chemical spillage. Sodium cyanide, which can ...
- Syria: Missile attack targets US airbase in Conoco gas field
August 14, 2024
A missile attack targeted a US airbase in Conoco gas field in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, Syrian state media reported early on Wednesday. However, two US officials said the projectiles ...
- Mpox Declared A Public Health Emergency In Africa
August 13, 2024
Due to the alarming surge in cases of mpox (formerly referred to as monkeypox), the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the disease a public health emergency on ...
- Kenya: Seven people including secondary school child killed in banditry attack in Marsabit
August 13, 2024
At least seven people have been confirmed dead following an attack by an armed group along Eledimtu-Forole Road in Marsabit county. Eastern regional police commander Charles Naibei said they are ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 244
August 13, 2024
he International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) viewed evidence provided to the team today that continues to indicate that Monday’s fire did not start ...
- NPA continues to contribute to demining activities until Cambodia is mine-free
August 13, 2024
The new Director of the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) in Cambodia Hans Risser, affirmed his continued support for the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority’s (CMAA) capacity development project ...
- EU allocating EUR 2M for new humanitarian mine action initiative in Ukraine
August 13, 2024
The European Union is allocating EUR 2 million to finance a new humanitarian mine action initiative in Ukraine, which will be carried out by Ukrainian handlers with their highly trained ...
- Bangladesh: Two children hurt in crude bomb explosion in Rajshahi
August 13, 2024
Two minor boys suffered severe splinter injuries when an abandoned crude bomb they picked up exploded in Rajshahi city on Monday noon. The injured are Md Abdullah, 7, son of ...
- Syria: Eight US Troops Treated for TBI, Smoke Inhalation After Attack
August 13, 2024
Eight U.S. service members were treated for traumatic brain injury and smoke inhalation after a one-way drone attack in Syria over the weekend, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. The injuries were ...
- UNDP and Netherlands launch mine action training for persons with disabilities in Ukraine
August 12, 2024
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, with support from the Government of the Netherlands, has launched a pioneering project to train a group of 12 persons with disabilities, ...
- Tennessee: Athens man charged after more than 40 guns, explosive devices seized in search
August 12, 2024
An Athens man was arrested on several charges on Wednesday after meth, guns, firearms and explosive devices were seized from his home and a storage unit. According to Monroe County Sheriff ...
- MAG successfully completes UK funded project in Laos
August 12, 2024
Following a UK fundraising appeal in 2022, MAG has successfully completed a year-long project in Laos, as a direct result of donations received through the campaign. The ‘Unlock the Land’ appeal ...
- Hamas document reveals devious paraglider terrorism attack plan
August 12, 2024
The Hamas terrorist movement’s use of paragliders as part of its mass murder of nearly 1,200 people, including over 30 Americans, in southern Israel on Oct. 7 was laid out ...
- Thailand: Nine police officers wounded in attack by suspected insurgents in Pattani
August 11, 2024
Ten people were injured, including nine police officers, when suspected southern insurgents detonated three bombs planted at the entrance to the fishing port in Bana subdistrict, Pattani, near police flats. The ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 242
August 11, 2024
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) witnessed thick dark smoke coming from the north-western area of the plant, after hearing multiple explosions throughout ...
- Afghanistan: One killed in minibus IED explosion in Kabul
August 11, 2024
One person was killed and several others were injured when an IED inside a minibus exploded in Kabul on Sunday, the Interior Ministry’s spokesman told Ariana News. The blast happened in ...
- UNIFIL Chief of Operations inspects Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to Lebanon
August 10, 2024
Recently, French Colonel Peyrecave, J3 Chief of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), inspected the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to UNIFIL and expressed his appreciation for China’s outstanding ...
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