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- Kenya: At least four people killed in IED explosion in Mandera
September 17, 2023
At least four civilians were on Saturday killed when their vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device in Qurqura area, Elwak, Mandera County. Reports indicate that three died on the spot ...
- India: ISIS using travelling trainers to teach IED-making in states
September 17, 2023
Terror organisation Islamic State (ISIS) has switched to a new tactic of recruiting “roaming trainers” to make improvised explosive device (IED). The trainers shift base continuously and impart explosive-making training ...
- Iraq: Three shepherds killed in landmine explosion in Salahudin province
September 17, 2023
Three shepherds from one family were killed Saturday in a landmine explosion in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said. The incident occurred when the shepherds took ...
- Pakistan: Terrorist commander killed in Swat security operation
September 17, 2023
According to details, on Sept 7, 2023, based on a tip-off, Pakistan Army and the Counter Terrorism Department conducted a successful IBO in Fizagat area of Swat. Former Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat ...
- Manitoba: Explosive device found by Winnipeg police during homicide investigation safely detonated
September 16, 2023
A potentially dangerous explosive device found by officers during a homicide investigation Friday has been safely detonated, Winnipeg police say. Officers were investigating the homicide of Damion Wayne Skrumeda, 46, ...
- Top UN official calls for immediate halt to cluster bomb use
September 16, 2023
A top official of the United Nations Mine Action Service has appealed to the world to stop using cluster munitions. UNMAS director Ilene Cohn spoke to NHK on Friday while ...
- Taiwan: Police station evacuated after man walks in with unexploded wartime bomb
September 16, 2023
Police evacuated their station and called army bomb disposal experts after a man walked in with an unexploded bomb unearthed on a nearby worksite in Changhua County Wednesday, September 13. According ...
- India: 30 locations in Tamil Nadu & Telangana raided by NIA in ISIS recruitment case
September 16, 2023
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at 30 locations in Tamil Nadu and Telangana on Saturday in an ISIS radicalization and recruitment case. NIA’s sleuths carried out these searches ...
- Mali, Niger, Burkina form Sahel alliance to tackle insurgency
September 16, 2023
The military leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have signed an charter establishing defence alliance, ministerial delegations form the three Sahel countries. “Today, together with the Heads of State of ...
- PBS NewsHour TV Broadcast Highlights Safe Pro’s “Spotlight” Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Drone-Based Demining Technology
September 15, 2023
– PBS NewsHour Crew Films Safe Pro’s Team Utilizing Drones and AI to Address the Massive Humanitarian and Economic Crisis in Ukraine Caused by Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War ...
- Northern Ireland: Two police officers injured in fireworks incident in Enniskillen
September 15, 2023
A police officer suffered concussion and another was treated in hospital after a firework was aimed in their direction in Enniskillen on Thursday. It happened as officers responded to a ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 183
September 15, 2023
Underlining the potential dangers for nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, the IAEA experts have continued to hear numerous explosions some distance away from the ZNPP, which ...
- How ‘war on terror’ was fought and won in Southeast Asia – for now
September 15, 2023
In the early 2000s, the potential for terror attacks in Southeast Asia appeared dramatically different from today. Indonesia was rocked by the Christmas Eve church bombings on December 24, 2000, ...
- Libya’s Storm Daniel could see unexploded WWII bombs emerge from Derna waters
September 15, 2023
Aid workers warned on Wednesday that Libya’s brutal and violent floods may unearth unexploded bombs and landmines from past conflicts in the wake of Storm Daniel and the collapse of ...
- US to conduct new interviews into the deadly 2021 bombing at Kabul airport
September 15, 2023
The United States military has announced it will conduct interviews with service members about the events leading up to a deadly suicide bombing near Kabul’s airport in August 2021, when ...
- Somalia: Al-Shabaab Suicide Car Bomb Attack Targets Galmudug leaders
September 15, 2023
In a brazen act of terror, the notorious extremist group al-Shabaab orchestrated a devastating suicide car bomb attack in Laas Ga’amey, Somalia. The attack targeted a gathering of high-ranking politicians, ...
- Belgian education minister condemns school arson attacks
September 15, 2023
Belgian education minister Caroline Desir has condemned a series of arson attacks on schools in recent days in protest against a new mandatory sex education course, saying the attacks were ...
- Ukraine: A Sea of Explosives 1,000 Kilometers Long
September 15, 2023
Russian troops have transformed the fighting front into what is likely the largest minefield in the world. Ukrainian sappers are making but slow progress through this sea of death. Sappers are ...
- This police robot is designed for bomb disposal, but in Newfoundland and Labrador it has a different job
September 14, 2023
The ICOR Flex is the latest design in bomb-disposal technology. The Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP do not encounter many bombs, so they use the robot for a very different job. Read ...
- US Army Airborne EOD techs hone skills during international parachute competition
September 14, 2023
For a group of American Soldiers who jump out of airplanes and defuse bombs for their nation, X marks the spot. Eight Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers from the 192nd ...
- Nigeria: Commuters injured, one killed ‘after running into IED planted by ISWAP in Borno
September 14, 2023
A commercial vehicle travelling on the Kareto road in Mobbar LGA of Borno exploded after running into a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Wednesday. The IED was believed to ...
- Kenya: Four al-Shabab terror suspects killed in border raid
September 14, 2023
Kenyan security forces have killed four al-Shabab terror suspects and injured several others after raiding the militant group’s camp in Garissa County, northeast part of the country, the police confirmed ...
- Australia’s Defence Force leads multinational team to support Nauru
September 14, 2023
As part of Operation Render Safe, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) led a multinational team to safely dispose of dangerous explosive remnants of war on the Pacific island of Nauru. A ...
- Israel: Six Palestinians killed in IED explosion during riots at Gaza border fence
September 14, 2023
A violent protest involving hundreds of rioters took place near the northern Gaza Strip border fence last night. Israeli authorities reported rioters throwing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and grenades. In one ...
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