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- EODGRU 2 Holds Change of Command Ceremony
June 21, 2023
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2 held a change-of-command ceremony and welcomed its newest leader at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek- Fort Story, Jun. 15, 2023. Capt. Karl Haywood relieved Capt. ...
- Somalia: Extremists attack military base amid African Union troop drawdown
June 21, 2023
A military base in Somalia came under attack by al-Shabaab extremists on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, just as the African Union announced it was beginning a drawdown of troops ...
- Pakistan: Two soldiers killed in IED explosion in North Waziristan
June 21, 2023
Two soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device attack in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan on Tuesday, the ISPR said in a statement. The martyrs were identified as Sepoy ...
- Enhanced military working dog course unleashes maximum potential
June 21, 2023
The Patrol Explosive Detection Dog – Enhanced Course, or PEDD-E as it is commonly called, is designed to expand the capabilities of the military police patrol and explosive detection dogs ...
- Russia’s Railways Keep Exploding
June 21, 2023
A reported explosion closed a vital railway supply route in Russian-occupied Crimea on Wednesday, as Moscow and its regional collaborator authorities struggle with a wave of sabotage attacks. Sergey Aksyonov, the ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 167
June 21, 2023
The IAEA is aware of reports of mines having been placed near the cooling pond. No mines were observed at the site during the Director General’s visit, including the cooling ...
- Norwegian citizen arrested in Hungary for alleged extremist plot
June 20, 2023
Police have arrested a Norwegian citizen in Hungary on suspicion that he was planning an extremist attack modeled after a 2011 massacre in Norway that killed 77 people, authorities said ...
- EXU-1 Conducts Maritime Post-Blast Investigation Course
June 20, 2023
U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Expeditionary Exploitation Unit One (EXU-1) alongside the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) section conducted a maritime post-blast investigation course at Naval Air Station ...
- Azerbaijan: ICRC reveals number of mine victims over past 30 years
June 20, 2023
About 3,350 people have become victims of mines in Azerbaijan over the past 30 years, Trend reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed the above figures in its ...
- Kenya: Three KDF soldiers killed in suspected Al-Shabab attack
June 19, 2023
Three Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers were killed, and more than 10 others injured when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device Sunday in coastal Lamu County. The incident comes ...
- Ancient Russian T-54 tank turned into rolling bomb explodes in massive shockwave
June 19, 2023
Russia appears to now be packing nearly antique T-54/55 tanks with explosives and pointing them at Ukrainian positions on the battlefield, before detonating them under remote control in an attempt ...
- Israel: 8 IDF soldiers wounded in Jenin gun battle, armored vehicle bombed
June 19, 2023
Eight IDF soldiers were wounded in the terrorist hotbed of Jenin on Monday after an arrest operation turned into a shootout that lasted nearly eight hours. The forces were ambushed by ...
- India: 5 children injured in crude bomb blast in West Bengal
June 19, 2023
Five children aged between 7 and 11 years were injured when a crude bomb went off in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Monday, a police officer said. The incident took place ...
- Europol publishes European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend report 2023 (TE-SAT)
June 19, 2023
Terrorism and extremism remain serious threats to public security in the European Union (EU). Europol is tasked with supporting Member State authorities as they combat terrorism and extremism, building a ...
- Afghanistan: Mine explosion kills 1 in Wardak province
June 18, 2023
A provincial police officer in Wardak province said one person was killed in a mine explosion on Sunday. According to the official, an explosive device concealed amid rubbish exploded on Saturday ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Large cache of rusted explosive material seized underneath rocks in Poonch
June 18, 2023
Security forces on Sunday dug out a large quantity of rusted explosive material, including 11 RPG rounds and grenades, from underneath rocks in a forested area in Jammu and Kashmir’s ...
- Germany: WWII bomb detonated in controlled explosion
June 18, 2023
A British bomb from World War II was detonated in a controlled explosion in Hanover on Sunday. More than 8,000 residents were forced to leave their homes in the central ...
- Bangladesh: Bomb-like object found in Natore ICT Institute principal’s room defused
June 18, 2023
A team of Counter Terrorism and Bomb Disposal Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) defused a crude bomb found in front of Government Bangabandhu Technical and ICT Institute principal’s room ...
- Ukraine: Working group on humanitarian demining to develop mine action strategy
June 18, 2023
“A working group will be created as part of the Interdepartmental Working Group, which will develop the Strategy. Executive bodies were invited to submit candidacies to the group. We are planning ...
- Britain gets new elite counter terror troops to support police and MI5
June 17, 2023
Military chiefs have formed a new domestic counter-terror unit to offset pressure on Britain’s Special Forces. Razor Squadron is the first new special operations team to be established since the creation ...
- India: Three policemen injured in IED explosion during training at Chhattisgarh
June 17, 2023
Three police constables suffered injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded during a training exercise at a jungle warfare college in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, police said on June 17. The ...
- Bangladesh: IED planted by separatist group KNF kills soldier
June 17, 2023
A soldier has died in the explosion of an improvised explosive device planted by the Kuki-Chin National Front, an ethnic separatist group. Army personnel were on their way to Painum Para ...
- Cambodian war mines removed from Thai border
June 17, 2023
Mines dating back to the Cambodian Civil War five decades ago were successfully removed from Thai territory along the border with Cambodia on Friday. The Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) of ...
- Philippines: 2 persons planted IED on lawyer’s vehicle in Davao
June 16, 2023
Police are looking for two individuals who might have planted an improvised explosive device on the vehicle of lawyer Alberto Magulta that exploded outside his office along Ecowest Drive in ...
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