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- Thailand: Border standoff eases on K5, but mines and bombs still found daily
February 5, 2026
The Royal Thai Army said the situation along the K5 road in Ta Phraya district, Sa Kaeo province, has not worsened, with no further advances detected by Cambodian personnel allegedly ...
- UNSC members say IS-K in Afghanistan remains serious threat to region, beyond
February 5, 2026
Members of the UN Security Council warned on Tuesday that Islamic State’s Khorasan affiliate (IS-K) in Afghanistan continues to pose a serious threat to regional and international security, despite a ...
- Thailand: More toilet timebombs defused in Pattani
February 5, 2026
Two timebombs were defused at the Pattani bus terminal in Muang district on Thursday after they were found hidden a toilet, with authorities saying they resembled previous finds at several ...
- India: Mock exercise to tackle chemical disaster conducted in Tarn Taran
February 5, 2026
A mock exercise based on a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) disaster was conducted by a team from the 7th Battalion of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Bathinda, ...
- Greece: Yoga teacher arrested after car bombing spree
February 4, 2026
Greek police arrested a 56-year-old yoga teacher after investigators linked her to a series of car bombings targeting friends and relatives who refused to lend her money. The suspect allegedly attacked ...
- Kansas: Goodland police make arrest after finding drugs, explosive device in search of home
February 4, 2026
The Goodland Police Department reported making an arrest after a search warrant executed at a home in the 200 block of West 11th Street turned up illegal drugs and an ...
- Afghanistan: 87 killed by unexploded ordnance last year
February 4, 2026
At least 87 people were killed and 333 injured in incidents involving unexploded ordnance across Afghanistan over the past year, the Taliban-run disaster management authority (ANDMA) said on Wednesday. The ANDMA ...
- Nigeria: Troops recover weapons, neutralise IEDs in Borno
February 4, 2026
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have intensified offensive operations against the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), clearing multiple terrorist enclaves in the ...
- Syria: Security teams clear mines from key road in eastern Aleppo
February 4, 2026
Engineering teams from Syria’s Internal Security Forces began clearing mines and improvised explosive devices on Wednesday from a key road linking the Qarah Qozak Bridge with the town of Shuyukh ...
- Israel: Man killed in car blast near Haifa
February 4, 2026
A man has been killed in a car blast in Kiryat Yam, near Haifa. Police are investigating the scene as a criminal incident at this time. Two other people were ...
- Thailand: Bomb expert injured in blast at southern PTT station
February 4, 2026
An explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialist was injured while defusing bombs in a toilet at a petrol station in Muang district of this southern border province on Wednesday morning. Authorities reported ...
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: More than 47 Million Square Meters in the Tuzla Canton are still at Risk of Mines
February 4, 2026
The Government of Tuzla Canton accepted the information on the achieved results of demining and destruction of unexploded ordnance in 2025, from which it follows that the teams achieved extremely ...
- US military says some forces have been dispatched to Nigeria
February 3, 2026
The U.S. has sent a small team of troops to Nigeria, the general in charge of the U.S. command for Africa said on Tuesday, the first acknowledgment of U.S. forces ...
- Israel: Police arrest individual suspected of preparing explosives, planning attack on IDF soldiers
February 3, 2026
An illegal resident from the West Bank was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of preparing explosives and carrying out “additional terror activity” targeting IDF soldiers, Israel Police said on ...
- Lebanon has decided to join the Mine Ban Treaty
February 3, 2026
Following the signing of the accession decree, the treaty will enter into force for Lebanon six months after deposit with the UN. This progress reflects decades of work by Lebanese ...
- Arabian Sea: US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier
February 3, 2026
The U.S. military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the U.S. military said, in an incident first ...
- Thailand: Blast kills suspected bomb-maker in Yala
February 3, 2026
A man seriously injured when a bomb went off inside a house in Muang district has died from his wounds, security officials said on Tuesday. Assari Masong, 24, succumbed to ...
- Pakistan: The US wants these critical minerals, but militants with American weapons stand in the way
February 3, 2026
An estimated $8 trillion in copper, lithium, cobalt, gold, antimony and other critical minerals lies beneath the soil in Pakistan. But the treasure Pakistan claims to be sitting on is located ...
- DR Congo: Drone attack targets strategic city
February 2, 2026
Eight explosive‑laden drones targeted the airport serving the northeastern Congolese city of Kisangani over the weekend, local authorities said, blaming the AFC/M23 rebel group and neighbouring Rwanda. If confirmed to be ...
- Bangladesh: Three arrested with 95 crude bombs in Shariatpur
February 2, 2026
Joint forces in a drive arrested three people and recovered 95 crude bombs from Poragachha Bepari Kandi village of Naria upazila in Shariatpur district on Monday. The arrestees were identified ...
- Nigeria: Nine arraigned for deadly attack that killed over 150
February 2, 2026
Nine people accused of carrying out a deadly attack in north-central Nigeria were arraigned before a federal court on Monday, charged in connection with the deaths of more than 150 ...
- UK: ‘Suspicious powder’ removed from house in Anfield
February 1, 2026
Army bomb disposal removed “suspicious white powder” from a house linked to a probe into the discovery of human remains. Merseyside Police closed Douglas Road in Anfield at around 2.30pm ...
- Pakistan: More than 120 people dead after multiple attacks in Balochistan
February 1, 2026
Pakistan’s military said Saturday that multiple suicide and gun attacks by “terrorists” across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan killed 33 people, including civilians, while security forces responding to the ...
- UN reviews mine clearance efforts in Libya
January 31, 2026
The United Nations has reviewed progress and challenges in mine clearance operations across Libya, highlighting significant gains but warning of funding and capacity constraints. The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), operating ...
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