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- UK: Houses evacuated and roads closed after man arrested for explosives offences in Derbyshire
February 4, 2023
Houses were evacuated and nearby roads closed after a man was arrested on suspicion of explosives offences in Derbyshire. Officers attended an address in Acorn Drive in Belper just after 6pm ...
- Afghanistan: 2 injured in a car bomb blast in Kabul
February 4, 2023
Two civilians were injured as a blast rocked Police District 2 of Afghan capital Kabul city on Saturday, Kabul’s police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. “Two civilians were injured after a sticky ...
- Ukraine: Car blast in Energodar kills police officer
February 3, 2023
A police officer died as a result of a car explosion in Energodar, the police department of the Zaporozhye Region reported on Friday. “The police department of the city of Energodar ...
- Chinese peacekeepers safeguard peace with practical actions
February 3, 2023
Leaving Beirut, capital of Lebanon, all along the coastal highway southward and passing through bustling towns, you can see more checkpoints and armored vehicles of the United Nations peacekeeping force ...
- Borrell announces provision of EUR 25 mln to Ukraine for mine clearance of territories
February 3, 2023
Head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, announced in Kyiv on Friday “on the sidelines” of the EU-Ukraine summit on the allocation of EUR 25 million for the clearance of territories ...
- Yemen: Children ‘badly hurt by landmine which exploded as one played with it’
February 3, 2023
Three children and a woman have been badly hurt in a landmine explosion in Yemen, medical officials said. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said the mine blew up on Thursday when one ...
- Sweden: Blast outside nightclub in central Gothenburg
February 3, 2023
A glass door was damaged, spreading glass splinters, police press spokesperson Fredrik Svedemyr told TT newswire. “Other than that, I haven’t received any information that there has been any worse ...
- Northern Ireland: Police say viable pipe bomb found in front garden of Newry home
February 2, 2023
Police say a suspicious object found in the front garden of a house in Newry was a “viable pipe bomb”. The PSNI was called to Barcroft Park at 5:30pm on Wednesday. Officers ...
- UK: Cramlington WW2 shell destroyed by Army on housing estate
February 2, 2023
A World War Two shell found on a housing estate has been destroyed by Army bomb disposal experts. The unexploded device was discovered at a house on Churston Gardens in Cramlington, ...
- Lithuanian, Czech chiefs of defense agree on further cooperation
February 2, 2023
Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupsys and Major General Karel Rehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, have agreed on further cooperation, the Lithuanian ...
- India: 3 CRPF jawans injured in IED blast by Naxals in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa
February 2, 2023
Three CRPF jawans were injured after Naxals triggered an IED blast in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa area on Thursday, said a senior police officer. According to the Superintendent of Police, Ashutosh Shekhar, “Based ...
- UK: First-time metal detectorist sparks panic when he finds unexploded World War One bomb
February 2, 2023
A first-time metal detectorist sparked panic in Scotland this morning after finding an ‘unexploded device’, thought to be a World War I bomb, late on Tuesday. Ryan Junor, 39, only bought ...
- Omagh bombing inquiry launched by Northern Ireland secretary to investigate 1998 attack
February 2, 2023
An independent statutory inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing has been ordered by the Northern Ireland secretary. It comes after a High Court judge recommended in 2021 that the government should ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Drone-dropped perfume bottle-based improvised explosive device recovered by police
February 2, 2023
Jammu and Kashmir’s police said they had achieved a significant breakthrough on January 21, 2023, in Narwal, Jammu blast case by arresting a banned Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, who is a government ...
- Somalia hosts regional summit to discuss fighting al-Shabab
February 1, 2023
Somalia is hosting a summit of leaders from several neighbouring countries in the Horn of Africa to discuss the fight against al-Shabab, as a wide-ranging offensive against the armed group ...
- Australia: How a tiny radioactive capsule was found in Australia’s vast outback
February 1, 2023
On 25 January, when mining company Rio Tinto reported that one of their Caesium-137 radioactive capsules had gone missing, Western Australian authorities faced a seemingly impossible task. They had to locate ...
- Nigeria: ‘Four soldiers injured’ as IED explodes in Borno
January 31, 2023
At least four officers attached to the 25 task force brigade of operation Hadin Kai have been reportedly wounded after running into an improvised explosive device (IED) in Borno. The IED ...
- Ukraine: Banned Landmines Harm Civilians
January 31, 2023
Ukraine should investigate its military’s apparent use of thousands of rocket-fired antipersonnel landmines in and around the eastern city of Izium when Russian forces occupied the area, Human Rights Watch ...
- Italy on alert as anarchists attack diplomatic missions
January 31, 2023
Italy’s government has increased security at its diplomatic missions around the globe in response to “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by an informal anarchist network acting in solidarity with an ...
- Pakistan-Turkiye Joint Exercise ‘ATTATURK-XII 2023’ commences at Tarbela
January 31, 2023
The opening ceremony of Pakistan-Turkiye Joint Exercise “ATTATURK-XII 2023” was held on Monday at Tarbela. The national anthems of both countries were played at the start of the ceremony, an ...
- Human Rights Watch urges investigation of alleged use of land mines by Ukraine
January 31, 2023
A human rights group says it has documented “numerous cases” of Ukrainian forces firing land mines into territory that was controlled at the time by Russia. In a new report, Human ...
- Syrian security forces’ bus targeted with IED, Injuring 15 personnel
January 31, 2023
An improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a bus carrying Syrian security personnel injured 15 individuals on the Daraa-Damascus highway. The incident took place as the soldiers were returning from a ...
- Pennsylvania: State police, FBI investigating explosive device found at gas transmission facility in Washington County
January 31, 2023
The FBI and state police are investigating after an explosive device was found at a gas transmission facility in Washington County, investigators said. The homemade incendiary device was found wedged into ...
- Cambodia: CMAC embarks on demining efforts in five provinces
January 30, 2023
The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) has deployed several groups of demining personnel to five provinces to embark on a new mine clearing effort. CMAC Director General Heng Ratana said recently ...
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