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- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 184
September 22, 2023
IAEA experts continued to conduct walkdowns of the ZNPP this week. The team visited the main control rooms of units 2, 5 and 6 where they observed that units 2 ...
- EOD training simulating deployment grows in its second year
September 22, 2023
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.— Some of the Air Force’s most dangerous missions are undertaken by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squads regardless of the hostilities and hazards of an unpredictable ...
- Nigeria: Police bust explosives, gun-making factory in Cross River State
September 21, 2023
Cross River State Police Command, yesterday, made a major breakthrough when it uncovered and busted an Improvised Explosive Device, IED/gun manufacturing factory at Osomba community in Akampka Local Government Area ...
- Royal Solomon Islands Police Force EOD put training to the test in Nauru
September 21, 2023
Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Constable Armstrong Regoso and Staff Sergeant Ansa Puaraua recently travelled to Nauru with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on Operation Render Safe to conduct ...
- Texas A&M police welcomes new K9 officer
September 20, 2023
The Texas A&M University Police Department (UPD) welcomes a new K-9 to the force. Taps, a 2-year-old German Shepherd, was born in Poland and in June joined her partner, Officer ...
- UK: Gunpowder found at Norwich charity recycling centre detonated
September 20, 2023
Bomb disposal experts were called to a former recycling centre after a tin of gunpowder was discovered by a worker during refurbishment work. The 1kg (2.2lb) tin was found at ...
- Pakistan: Rickshaw Laden With Explosives Intercepted In Khyber
September 20, 2023
In a proactive operation, the police in the Khyber district intercepted a loader rickshaw transporting a significant quantity of gunpowder and apprehended the rickshaw driver. District Police Officer Salim Abbas ...
- Romania: Sea Mine Suspected As Explosion Hits Cargo Ship Close To Ukraine Border
September 20, 2023
The crew onboard the Togo-flagged general cargo ship Seama were evacuated Monday morning with the help of the Romanian Agency for Saving Human Life at Sea. The Romanian Agency for ...
- Georgia: Cobb County police find unexploded grenades in home of dead veteran
September 20, 2023
While inside the home of a dead veteran on Tuesday, Cobb County police had to deal with a rare situation. Officers were made aware of several unexploded grenades dating back ...
- Ukraine: Car explodes on explosives in Kyiv region, driver killed
September 20, 2023
A man was killed in the Kyiv region as a result of a car exploding an explosive device. The State Emergency Service reported on Telegram. On September 20, rescuers received a ...
- Northern Ireland: Police probe petrol bomb attack in Newtownards
September 20, 2023
Detectives are appealing for information after a house was damaged during a petrol bomb attack in Newtownards on Tuesday night. It was reported to police at around 10.10pm that a petrol ...
- Ukraine’s military bomb squads upgrade demining system
September 20, 2023
The Defense Ministry’s State Special Transport Service experts improved the mobility of the demining system they have in service by placing it on chassis. In order to create passages through enemy ...
- UK: Bomb found in Worcester exploded in Powick field by Army
September 19, 2023
An explosion of an undetonated bomb pulled from the river Severn was carried out in a field on the outskirts of Worcester. People were warned not to be alarmed if they ...
- 11 Somali Soldiers Killed as AU Forces Start Second Round of Troop Drawdown
September 19, 2023
Eleven Somali government soldiers were killed and three others injured in a roadside explosion Monday in the southwestern Gedo region, officials said, as the African Union peacekeeping force began a ...
- Marine EOD Tech Inspires Students at San Clemente High School’s Military Appreciation Night
September 19, 2023
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – As the sun set on a Friday night football game at San Clemente High School, a different kind of spectacle captivated the crowd ...
- Cyprus: Football referees go on strike after latest car bomb attack
September 19, 2023
Referees in Cyprus have gone on indefinite strike after an apparent arson attack on a car belonging to an official’s mother, the latest incident in a campaign of terror that ...
- Cambodia: CMAC starts clearing mines and explosive remnants on more than 500 hectares of forest land in Siem Reap
September 19, 2023
532 hectares of Phnom Preah Chbar community forest and people’s land in Srey Snom district, Siem Reap province, have been cleared by CMAC of mines and other explosive remnants of ...
- Afghanistan: 120 killed in due to mine explosions last year
September 18, 2023
The Head of Coordination and Mine Clearance reported a grim statistic for 2023, revealing that 120 people have died, while another 250 individuals have injuries due to mine explosions and ...
- South Korea will provide Ukraine with two non-lethal battlefield demining tanks
September 18, 2023
These Korean non-lethal tanks are armored anti-mine machines. The Ukrainian armed forces have been struggling since the start of the summer counter-offensive because of the huge minefields laid by the ...
- Premier US Army CBRNE Command refines skills at exercise on Dugway Proving Ground
September 18, 2023
DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah – Highly specialized units from the U.S. military’s premier Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) command refined their sampling and reconnaissance techniques during an exercise on ...
- Bulgarian Navy destroys drone with mortar attached found near coastal village
September 18, 2023
A Bulgarian Navy specialist team destroyed a drone that had an 82mm high-explosive mortar attached to it, found near the village of Tyulenovo on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast, according ...
- United States Partners with the Ministry of Interior to Enhance Regional Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Emergencies.
September 18, 2023
Nairobi, September 18, 2023 – The United States partnered with the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to enhance regional preparedness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) emergencies through ...
- Somalia: Al-Shabab attacks Ethiopian military convoys in Bakool region
September 17, 2023
Al-Shabab militants attacked convoys carrying Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia’s southwester Bakool region early Sunday, Somali officials said. The ambush targeted two convoys, one traveling from the Somali town of Yeed to Wajid ...
- Pakistan: Suspicious bag containing grenade, Red Zone map seized in Islamabad
September 17, 2023
A suspicious bag containing hand grenades, pistol, bullets and a map of Red Zone buildings was seized by Islamabad police. The ICT spokesperson said that the teams are inspecting the ...
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