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- Denmark assists Iraq in clearing landmines
December 31, 2023
The Danish government has contributed an additional $3.17 million to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq. The new contribution will help the Iraqi government protect civilians from the ...
- Israel: IDF combat engineers, bulldozer, a key weapon in the Gaza war
December 31, 2023
On October 7, Hamas terrorists attacked dozens of points along the border with Gaza. They broke through the security fence and massacred people in Israeli communities. It took days of fighting ...
- Red Sea: UKMTO receives report of incident near Yemen’s Hodeidah
December 30, 2023
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Saturday received a report of an incident approximately 55 nautical miles (nM) south west of Yemen’s Hodeidah port where “the master reported a ...
- France to deploy 90,000 police officers to patrol New Year’s Eve festivities
December 30, 2023
Speaking at a press conference, Darmanin cited a “very high terrorist threat” because, in part, of “what is happening in Israel and Palestine,” referring to the Israel-Hamas war. Darmanin said that ...
- Nigeria: NSCDC Officer Killed By IED Explosion In Borno
December 30, 2023
An improvised explosive device (IED) has claimed the life of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abubakar Nurudeen, in Jakana, Konduga Local Government Area, along ...
- Ukraine: 500,000 mines installed, second defense line is built
December 30, 2023
In northern Ukraine, military has laid 500,000 anti-tank mines. A second line of defense is being constructed near the border in case of a potential repeat invasion, reports the press-service ...
- Nigeria: Police Hunt For Armed Insurgents Who Killed Two Personnel In Anambra
December 29, 2023
The Anambra State Police Command says it has launched an intensive manhunt for armed insurgents who infiltrated from a neighbouring state and killed two Police Personnel. The gang which disguised in ...
- India asks Pakistan to extradite Mumbai attacks suspect
December 29, 2023
India has formally requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, suspected of involvement in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, for trial in India, foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters in ...
- Navy’s Irregular Warfare Unit Releases Advanced Technology Research & Development BAA
December 28, 2023
The U.S. Navy’s Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate, or IWTSD, has released a broad agency announcement seeking research proposals in areas of advanced development and explosive ordnance disposal and explosive ...
- Texas: Crimes Involving Pipe Bombs in 2023
December 28, 2023
Not too long ago, a friend who lives in Plano, Texas sent me a facebook post she thought I would be interested in seeing. The post, made by Collin County ...
- 775th EOD Flight forges bonds with community first responders
December 28, 2023
LAYTON, Utah — Technicians from Hill Air Force Base’s 775th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight tested their emergency response skills while forging valuable bonds with local first responders during a recent ...
- How Qatar helped the Houthis become a threat to Israel
December 28, 2023
The Yemeni Houthi militia shoots missiles at Israel and blocks international shipping routes on the Red Sea. Its members dance traditional Yemeni dances on the ships they seize, and they ...
- Hong Kong: Teenager jailed for six years after admitting bomb plot
December 28, 2023
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge under a Beijing-imposed national security law over his involvement in a foiled ...
- Somalia: National Intelligence and Security Agency arrests 8, including Ugandan linked to Al-Shabaab
December 28, 2023
The National Intelligence and Security Agency said it detained eight people in connection with the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group, Al-Shabaab. In a statement, NISA said the suspects were traveling in a ...
- Israel: Bomb targets home in Herzliya Pituah neighborhood
December 28, 2023
An explosion rocked one of Israel’s most upscale streets on Wednesday evening, in what was the second incident within a day seemingly targeting family members of a business figure who ...
- Iraq: Missing Kuwaiti and Saudi hunters killed by a leftover Islamic State group explosive in Anbar
December 27, 2023
The bodies of a Kuwaiti citizen and a Saudi with Kuwaiti residency who had disappeared in Iraq were found Tuesday, Kuwait’s minister of foreign affairs said in a statement. Iraqi security ...
- India: Over 180 IEDs found this year in Chhattisgarh
December 26, 2023
Two pressure improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Naxalites on a road have been recovered by security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Tuesday. With this, the security ...
- Somalia: Southwest State security forces foil car bomb attack in Baidoa city
December 26, 2023
The security forces of Somalia’s Southwest regional state carried out an operation in the vicinity of the strategic city of Baidoa following a tip-off from residents. The hawk-eyed Darwish forces managed ...
- Pakistan: Tribal elder killed in Waziristan blast
December 26, 2023
A tribal elder was killed in Azam Warsak area in Lower South Waziristan district here on Monday, police sources said. The sources said that the tribal elder identified as Akbar Jan ...
- India: Delhi Police investigate reports of a blast near Israel embassy
December 26, 2023
A search operation is underway and all staff are unharmed, officials said. Delhi Police sources said a typed letter addressed to the Israeli ambassador was found in a garden area ...
- U.S. launches retaliatory strikes after drone attack on Iraq military base wounds 3 U.S. service members
December 26, 2023
A drone attack by an Iran-affiliated terrorist group on a military base in Iraq early Monday morning left three U.S. service members wounded, the Pentagon said, and prompted President Biden ...
- UK: North Finchley and Golders Green MP’s office hit by suspected arson attack
December 26, 2023
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at the office of North London Conservative MP Mike Freer. A fire broke out at the rear of the North Finchley and Golders ...
- India: Initial probe shows drone attack on merchant ship
December 26, 2023
The Indian Navy’s preliminary assessment of the Merchant Vessel Chem Pluto on Monday has pointed “towards a drone attack.” “The analysis of the area of attack and debris found on ...
- Cyprus: Christmas day car bombing in Limassol
December 25, 2023
A car was targeted by an improvised explosive device in the early hours of the morning on Christmas day. The car, belonging to a 52-year-old accountant in Limassol, was parked outside ...
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