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- Jammu and Kashmir: Police destroy IED along Jammu-Srinagar national highway
August 22, 2023
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) through a controlled mechanism at Selfie Morh near Ban Toll Plaza along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. Following specific ...
- Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves two dead
August 21, 2023
At least two people were killed, and two more were injured in an explosion in the Darul Aman area west of Kabul, the city’s police said on Monday. According to ...
- Iraq: 59% of areas contaminated with landmines cleared
August 21, 2023
The Iraqi Minister of Environment, Nizar Amidi, announced on Monday that 59 percent of the areas contaminated with mines have been cleared. Amidi confirmed that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani ...
- Amtrak police dogs: Dutifully trained to serve and protect the rails and its passengers
August 21, 2023
More than 50 police dogs serve and protect Amtrak’s trains and stations throughout the United States. From birth to adulthood, these canines are trained to work with their human counterparts, ...
- UK: No new charges in Birmingham pub bombings re-investigation
August 21, 2023
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that it could not bring charges despite a “thorough and careful” review of evidence related to the 1974 atrocities. 21 people were killed in ...
- Pakistan: Militant attack kills 11 labourers in Waziristan
August 20, 2023
Eleven labourers were killed in a militant attack in Northwestern Pakistan, caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday. Security and police officials in northern Khyber Pakhtunkwa province said a suspected ...
- Philippines: NPA arms stash found in Quezon
August 19, 2023
The police and military unearthed a New People’s Army arms cache in Sariaya, this province, on Friday, August 18. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte said the 1st Quezon ...
- Kenya: Police arrest alleged Al-Shabaab operative with nail bomb ingredients
August 19, 2023
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has arrested a man in Kiambu suspected of being a terrorist linked to the Somalia-based extremist group Al-Shabaab. The suspect, a 41-year-old man, led detectives ...
- Pakistan: Bomb delivered to police by a child defused successfully
August 19, 2023
A child was used by miscreants for targeting a Police post in Dir District by an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) hidden in a steel pot. According to the police, a ...
- Ukraine: Blast reported on premises of Interior Ministry site in Kyiv where experts examine explosives
August 19, 2023
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported on Aug. 19 that an explosion occurred on the premises of the Interior Ministry’s State Scientific and Research Expert-Criminalistic Center in Kyiv’s western suburb. Klymenko ...
- UK: Businessman found guilty of plotting to plant bombs in London
August 19, 2023
A businessman with a “deep-seated grudge” against two lawyers at the National Crime Agency has been found guilty of planting two devices resembling bombs at the heart of London’s legal ...
- Pakistan: ‘Key Daesh commanders’ among 13 rounded up by Punjab CTD
August 19, 2023
The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested 13 alleged terrorists including “three key Daesh commanders” during an intelligence-based operation from different cities of the province. In ...
- TLR, Camp Robinson hosted AF EOD ToY Grand Finale
August 18, 2023
LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. — Team Little Rock hosted the Air Force EOD Team of the Year competition at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Aug. 8-11, 2023. ...
- How drones have changed the conflict in Ukraine war
August 18, 2023
As Kyiv’s counteroffensive to liberate Russian-occupied territories slowly advances in Ukraine’s east, the drone war continues to escalate. Beyond the symbolic value of high-profile strikes against targets in Moscow, deep ...
- Northern Ireland: Omagh bomb questions can ‘only be fully answered with tandem public inquiries’
August 18, 2023
All questions around the Omagh bomb atrocity can only be answered by holding a public inquiry on both sides of the Irish border, a lawyer representing some bereaved families has ...
- One Thing May Save Ukraine From Russia’s Mine Warfare Nightmare: Spider Boots
August 18, 2023
“Spider boots” may sound like one of the cool magic items you can find in fantasy games, but this specially-designed four-legged footwear exists in real life, and is literally a ...
- Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings
August 17, 2023
Sweden raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level on Thursday, saying it had thwarted attacks after Koran burnings and other acts against Islam’s holiest text outraged Muslims and ...
- Florida man dumps forgotten homemade pipe bomb at car wash after estranged wife turns him in
August 17, 2023
A Florida man was arrested after he left a homemade pipe bomb in a car wash trash can, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Anthony Ray West, a 58-year-old electrical engineer, ...
- Thailand: Ranger killed, four injured in explosion at house in Narathiwat
August 17, 2023
A para military ranger was killed and four others were injured when an improvised explosive device, hidden in a house, was remotely detonated as they entered. The incident took place in ...
- Delaware: Millsboro man sentenced to seven years for possessing Molotov cocktails
August 17, 2023
A Millsboro man will serve more than seven years in federal prison for building Molotov cocktails and threatening to blow up or burn down the group home where he lived. According ...
- Ukraine’s counteroffensive inches forward, with the help of cluster bombs
August 17, 2023
Ukrainian marines have advanced for the second time in two weeks on the southeastern frontlines, towards the key port city of Mariupol, with the recapture of the village of Urozhaine ...
- Iraq: Explosion targets military patrol in Kirkuk
August 17, 2023
On Thursday, a security source informed Shafaq News Agency that an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting a military vehicle in the Daquq district, south of Kirkuk, resulting in the initial ...
- Cambodia: CMAC Special Forces inspected the clearance of UXO Kratie Province
August 17, 2023
Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) director general Heng Ratana, on August 16, leaders inspected the clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO), which CMAC Special Forces is operating on the campus of ...
- Finland: Construction of Europe’s Largest Doomsday Stockpile Quietly Gets Underway
August 17, 2023
Finland is stockpiling emergency supplies to help prepare for a potential nuclear catastrophe, in an EU-funded project spurred by the threat posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Finnish interior ministry ...
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