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- KOICA applauds progress in Cambodia’s mine clearance
July 29, 2023
The success story of the mine clearance project, a collaboration between Cambodia and South Korea, was given high praise recently, as significant strides have been made in alleviating mine threats ...
- India: IED explodes during anti-Maoist operation in Odisha
July 29, 2023
Odisha’s anti-Maoist elite force, the Special Operation Group (SOG), and CRPF jawans had a narrow escape on Saturday when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded during a combing operation at ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 176
July 29, 2023
Yesterday, the IAEA team visited reactor unit 5 where they observed the reactor vessel, spent fuel pool and the steam generator. The team noted that all equipment seemed to be ...
- Niger: EU suspends security cooperation and budgetary aid
July 29, 2023
The EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country’s army took power in a coup. It comes shortly after the US declared its “unflagging support” for ousted ...
- Bangladesh: Four explosions reported in Aminbazar, six crude bombs recovered
July 29, 2023
Four explosions of crude bomb-like objects have been reported in Aminbazar, Savar, the gateway to Dhaka. The explosions occurred on the road in front of a filling station in Aminbazar ...
- UK: Evacuation after man takes WW2 explosive home
July 28, 2023
Several residential streets were evacuated after a man told the police about a suspected World War Two bomb he had brought home to his garden. Rob Parkin, from Rachub, Gwynedd, ...
- Ireland: Widespread condemnation of arson attack on former Cork school
July 28, 2023
The Tánaiste has led condemnation of a petrol bomb attack on a former school building which is being retrofitted to house Ukrainian families. Micheál Martin said those responsible for the ...
- California: ‘Violent extremist’ arrested in Reseda after discovery of explosive devices, Nazi memorabilia
July 28, 2023
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles filed drug and weapons charges Friday against a man arrested in connection with an FBI search of an RV and home in Reseda, where agents ...
- UK: ‘Big bang’ as armed robbers ‘try to blow up’ Northwood Co-op cash machine
July 28, 2023
Neighbours have reported hearing a ‘big bang’ after armed robbers ‘tried to blow up’ a cash machine. Staffordshire Police are now hunting two masked raiders who targeted Northwood Co-op, on ...
- Washington: Seattle Homeless Encampment Bombing Was Reportedly Result of Drug Turf War
July 27, 2023
A tent filled with 20 people taking fentanyl was the target of an explosives attack at a Seattle homeless encampment last Friday, according to a police report. It is believed the ...
- UK: Controlled explosion of WW2 bomb found on seabed
July 27, 2023
A controlled explosion has been carried out by Royal Navy divers off the north coast of Guernsey. Police said what was thought to be “an airdropped weapon” from World War ...
- Greece: Wildfire in the Volos area triggers explosions at an ammunition depot and the relocation of fighter jets
July 27, 2023
A wildfire whipped on by strong winds triggered a series of massive explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition depot in central Greece, while firefighters worked to tame multiple blazes ...
- Syria: Six killed, 23 others injured in terrorist explosion in Damascus countryside
July 27, 2023
Six citizens were killed Thursday and nearly 23 others were injured in a terrorist explosion that targeted Assayida Zainab town in Damascus countryside. A motorcycle was detonated near a taxi of ...
- North Carolina: Man charged with possessing ‘weapon of mass destruction’ outside Sheetz in Holly Springs
July 27, 2023
Holly Springs police arrested a man who they say had an improvised explosive in his car outside a Sheetz on Wednesday. According to the police, the incident happened at the ...
- Kenya: Attack On Kenya Defence Forces Outpost Confirms Al-Shabaab Drone Use
July 27, 2023
Kenyan security forces have increased their operations along the country’s 680-kilometer border with Somalia in response to recent attacks by al-Shabaab. During one recent attack against a military outpost in Sirari, ...
- Russia: Traces of explosives found in hold of another vessel in Kerch Strait
July 27, 2023
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has found traces of explosives in the hold of a dry cargo vessel sailing via a Ukrainian port and the Kerch Strait to Rostov-on-Don ...
- US troops in Ukraine can now earn hazard pay
July 27, 2023
The Pentagon has authorized additional hazard pay for U.S. troops serving in Ukraine, a defense official confirmed Thursday. The bonus, known as imminent danger pay, is offered to troops who serve ...
- Northern Ireland: Petrol bomb attack on house in Co Down condemned by unionist MLA Alex Easton
July 26, 2023
A petrol bomb attack on a house in Co Down has been condemned as “utter madness” by a unionist MLA whose parents died in a fire. The property targeted in ...
- Ukraine’s allies commit $244 million for humanitarian mine clearance, Kyiv says
July 26, 2023
Ukraine’s allies have committed to allocating $244 million and providing special equipment for the purpose of humanitarian mine clearance, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Tuesday. She said the ...
- Ireland: Government approves training engagement with EU Military Assistance Mission in Ukraine (EUMAM)
July 26, 2023
The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin, this week received Government approval for the Defence Forces’ proposed training engagement with the EU Military Assistance Mission in Ukraine (EUMAM). It ...
- California: Crews Respond to Fire at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego
July 26, 2023
Fire crews are responding to a bush fire caused by an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) detonation during training at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The fire has spread to over ...
- Belgium: Six men guilty of murder over Brussels terrorist attacks in 2016
July 25, 2023
Six men have been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for their part in the 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks that killed 32 people and injured more than 300. They include ...
- UK: Photo ID required to buy ammonium nitrate from October
July 25, 2023
Farmers, growers and buying co-operatives are being warned about an impending change in the law which will require them to provide photo ID when purchasing ammonium nitrate fertilisers from 1 ...
- JCREW Counter IED Program Achieves Full Operational Capability
July 25, 2023
WASHINGTON – The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) announced that the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment One Block One ...
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