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- Nigeria: Troops uncovered and neutralised ESN drones production factory in Delta
March 12, 2024
The Nigerian Army has said that its troops have uncovered and neutralised a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory at Onicha Olona in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta ...
- Georgia: Two men planned to have python eat woman’s daughter before bombing her home
March 12, 2024
Two Georgia men have been indicted on several federal charges in the bombing of a woman’s home and plotting to have a large python “eat the victim’s daughter,” federal officials ...
- Bulgaria: Naval Forces Destroy Sea Mine Near Kabakum Beach In Varna
March 12, 2024
A potentially hazardous situation unfolded today near Varna’s “Kabakum” beach as a floating mine was discovered in the sea. The Navy swiftly mobilized a mine countermeasures vessel to the scene to ...
- Massachusetts: Bomb squad searches Charles River in Needham for unexploded ordnances
March 11, 2024
The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and other agencies searched the Charles River in Needham Monday following the recent discoveries of two unexploded ordnances in the water. Needham police said the ...
- Defusing Danger: 20th CES hosts joint EOD exercise
March 11, 2024
SHAW AIR FOCE BASE, S.C. — There is something to be said for the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) community across the military. Among the stories and seasoned jokes from time spent ...
- Kenya: Nine police officers injured in IED attack in Hagadera, Garissa
March 11, 2024
The officers from the elite Special Operations Group were in a convoy of two vehicles when the incident happened on Saturday, March 9 morning, officials said. Police said the APC was ...
- South Korea: Workers discover 1,000-pound bomb at construction site in Cheongju city
March 11, 2024
An unexploded 1,000-pound bomb leftover from the Korean War was partially dismantled and removed from a construction site last week south of Seoul, a South Korean air force spokesman said. The ...
- The Houthis Are Schooling Us in Asymmetric Warfare
March 11, 2024
The Houthis of Yemen think they’re at war with the West. With the news that three undersea fiber-optic cables were severed off the Yemeni coast and that one of their ...
- CARICOM: Emergency summit in Jamaica to address spiraling Haiti crisis
March 11, 2024
Envoys from key nations were set to meet Monday in Jamaica to address the spiraling instability in Haiti, where gang violence has crippled the impoverished nation’s capital and forced foreign ...
- Unexploded bombs, a long-term threat to life in Gaza
March 11, 2024
For more than five months, the Israeli army has been pounding the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Israel. In addition to the daily intensive shelling ...
- Ukraine: Mine explosion and artillery destroyed another M1 tank
March 11, 2024
Another US-supplied M1 Abrams tank to Ukraine is on fire. New video footage from the battlefield reveals the abandoned tank. Judging by the drone footage, this Abrams appears to be ...
- Iraq: Landmine blast kills three border guards in Erbil
March 10, 2024
A landmine explosion on Sunday at an Iraqi border guard command in Erbil killed three, an army spokesperson said. The explosion occurred during a training session at the engineering unit of ...
- Pakistan: Blast on Peshawar’s Board Bazar road kills two, injures another
March 10, 2024
A blast killed two people and injured another person on Peshawar’s Board Bazar road on early Sunday morning, said the police officials. The bomb disposal unit’s (BDU) report revealed that it ...
- India: One injured in IED explosion in India’s Shillong
March 10, 2024
One person was injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Shillong, Meghalaya, the news agency PTI reported on Sunday (Mar 10) citing the police. The police said that the ...
- UK: Anger and despair amid fallout over Devon bomb
March 10, 2024
Devon locals directly affected by the fallout of a bomb discovery say they have been left angry, exhausted and in despair at the way they feel they have been left ...
- Mexican Drug Cartels Employ Landmines and IEDs in Escalating Turf Wars
March 9, 2024
The series of blasts in the Tierra Caliente — an area along the border of Jalisco and Michoacán states that has long been a hot zone for cartel warfare — ...
- Iraq’s lingering landmine menace: ongoing struggle for safety and stability
March 9, 2024
Landmines in Iraq has been a longstanding issue, originating from conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, where both conventional and improvised landmines were extensively deployed. The aftermath ...
- India: Anti-Terror Agency Releases New Photos Of Bengaluru Cafe Blast Suspect
March 9, 2024
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released new photographs of the suspect linked to the Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast which left 10 people injured. The anti-terror agency, which took over the ...
- West Bank: Seven IDF soldiers wounded by IED blast in Silat ad-Dhahr
March 8, 2024
Palestinian gunmen set off an improvised explosive device near Israel Defense Forces troops in the West Bank town of Silat ad-Dhahr on Friday afternoon, wounding seven soldiers, the military and ...
- Iraq: IED explosion kills one and injures another in Kirkuk province
March 8, 2024
One person was killed and another injured on Friday by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Jawal Bor area in northeastern Kirkuk. A reliable source from Kirkuk police told Kurdistan24 ...
- Russia Now Looks To Be Using Wire-Guided Kamikaze Drones In Ukraine
March 8, 2024
Russian forces in Ukraine appear to now be using so-called first-person view kamikaze drones controlled via a physical fiber optic line rather than a wireless data link. This configuration offers a ...
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs pioneer innovative method to clear stuck artillery round
March 7, 2024
FORT SILL, Okla. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians demonstrated flexibility, ingenuity and resourcefulness during a recent response to a lodged round in a M109A6 Paladin howitzer on Fort ...
- UNMAS Welcomes the Contribution from Denmark for Mine Action in Ethiopia
March 7, 2024
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes a donation of 7 million Danish krone (DKK) (more than 1 million USD) from the Government of Denmark for life-saving humanitarian mine ...
- Bangladesh: Two children hurt while playing with abandoned crude bomb in Jashore
March 7, 2024
Two children suffered injuries in a crude bomb explosion while they were playing with it in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila this noon. The explosion took place around :pm at Fatehabad village as ...
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