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- Navy offering up to $100K in EOD officer retention bonuses
October 16, 2023
The Navy is offering big bucks to some explosive ordnance disposal officers — if they remain in the service for a few more years. Under a new policy, the Navy is ...
- UK: Second controlled explosion carried out in Union Canal after device found
October 16, 2023
A second controlled explosion has taken place in the Union Canal after a device was discovered. Police confirmed that an explosive item had been recovered from the waterway in Linlithgow ...
- Philippines: Local bomb-maker killed in accidental IED blast in Maguindanao del Sur
October 16, 2023
A local terrorist was killed in an accidental explosion of an improvised bomb he was assembling in Barangay Malangog in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday afternoon, the police ...
- Somali TV journalist killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing
October 16, 2023
A Somali television journalist was killed Monday evening in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Mogadishu, police said. Abdifatah Moalim Nur Qeys, who worked for Somali Cable Television, was ...
- UK: Man admits possessing a pressure cooker bomb
October 16, 2023
A clinical support worker who is accused of planning terrorist attacks on a hospital and an RAF base has admitted possessing a pressure cooker bomb. Mohammed Farooq, 27, was arrested in ...
- Nigeria: Police arrest 3 kidnap suspects, recovers IEDs in Delta
October 16, 2023
The command spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe stated this while addressing newsmen on Monday in Warri. Edafe said that the suspects were arrested on Friday by police operatives attached to the ...
- Singapore: A look at SAF’s selection process, training for its bomb disposal experts
October 16, 2023
When the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) was alerted to a World War II aerial bomb last month, the experts sent to assess the situation had never been involved in such ...
- Pakistan: CTD issues list of 127 most wanted militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
October 16, 2023
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has issued a list of the most wanted militants across the province with mostly from Swabi district. The list carries names of 127 militants ...
- Israeli Merkava Tanks Appear With ‘Cope Cage’ Armor
October 16, 2023
Israeli Merkava tanks have emerged with metal armor screens on top of their turrets as the country continues to prepare for a major ground assault into the Gaza Strip. The ...
- UK: Counter-terror police investigate death of man in Hartlepool
October 16, 2023
Counter-terrorism police are investigating the death of a man and the assault of another in Hartlepool. A 44-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the ...
- Israel: IDF seized Hamas weapons cache
October 16, 2023
Israel Defense Forces confiscated a large cache of weapons and supplies from Hamas terrorists amid the attack against Israel, the group announced Sunday. The weaponry removed from Hamas’ possession included ...
- Nigeria: Troops seize explosive devices, clear terrorist camps in Imo, Anambra
October 15, 2023
Troops of “Operation UDO KA II’’ conducted clearance operations on terrorist camps in Imo and Anambra on Saturday. The troops arrested a suspected terrorist and also recovered improvised explosive device-making materials, ...
- Ukraine: Two teens blow up on mine in Mykolaiv region
October 15, 2023
In Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region, one teenager died and another was injured after a mine set off. This was reported by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko. “A 14-year-old teenage boy ...
- Israel: IDF kills Hamas commander involved in deadly attacks as rocket fire on south resumes
October 15, 2023
The military on Sunday said it killed another commander in Hamas’s commando forces who led the murderous attacks on southern Israeli communities last weekend, as Israel moved to evacuate a ...
- Cambodia: Vietnam War era U.S. aerial bomb safely removed in Phnom Penh’s suburb
October 15, 2023
A Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)’s expert team safely removed a war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb from an area in the northwestern suburb of Phnom Penh, a mine clearance chief ...
- UK: WWII bouncing mine found at Devon recycling centre
October 14, 2023
A Second World War bouncing mine has been found in a Devon recycling centre. Police in Kingsbridge confirmed that the unexploded ordnance was discovered at Torr Quarry earlier today (Saturday ...
- Canada to conduct flights, airports security audit in Pakistan
October 14, 2023
A delegation of Transport Canada will visit Pakistan in December to conduct a flight and airport security audit, ARY News reported on Friday. Canada is expected to conduct a security ...
- France raises security level after school knife attack
October 14, 2023
The French prime minister has put the country on its highest state of counter-terrorism alert after an assailant fatally stabbed a teacher and seriously wounded two others. Witnesses say the ...
- UK: Devon man admits encouraging terrorism online
October 14, 2023
A man has admitted encouraging terrorist activity but denies threats to kill two terrorism experts. Harry Parris, 22, pleaded guilty to four counts of encouraging terrorism online on the basis ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: IED destroyed in Baramulla
October 14, 2023
A major tragedy was averted by troops on Friday by timely detecting and defusing an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) along the Handwara Baramulla Highway. An army official said a high-powered IED ...
- Almost €500 million allocated for mine clearance in Ukraine
October 13, 2023
Ukraine has allocated about €500 million for mine clearance, which will be spent on survey equipment, machinery and equipment for bomb disposal experts. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that taking into ...
- Azerbaijan: One civilian killed, another injured in landmine blast in Fuzuli
October 13, 2023
On October 13, a landmine explosion occurred in the village of Ashaghi Veysalli, Azerbaijan’s Fuzuli district, the Interior Ministry and the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) said in a joint ...
- U.S. Army Explosives Forensics Stakeholders Meet to Collaborate on Future Defense Capabilities
October 12, 2023
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently hosted the first Stakeholder Engagement Day for the Army Explosives Forensics program. This ...
- Florida: Man hid firework mortars with shrapnel attached inside Eustis home before assaulting woman
October 11, 2023
Lake County deputies said a man who fled after assaulting a woman in Eustis on Sunday hid improvised explosive devices inside the home before he left. The sheriff’s Office said ...
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