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- New Mexico: Albuquerque Man Charged After FBI Finds Modified Hand Grenade in His Home
January 27, 2026
An Albuquerque man has been federally charged with unlawfully possessing an improvised explosive device following the discovery of a modified hand grenade in his home. According to court documents, on December ...
- Lebanon: UNIFIL-supported campaign launched to reduce risk of explosives
January 27, 2026
UNIFIL launched last week an explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) campaign targeting potentially vulnerable groups, including children and displaced people, in the mission’s area of operation. Working in coordination with the ...
- Autonomous Breaching System will surpass legacy systems to enhance breaching operations
January 27, 2026
FORT BELVOIR, Va. —Amidst today’s modern battlefield, most people would only think of Soldiers swinging grappling hooks and probing the ground as historical accounts of mine-clearing techniques. Unfortunately, Soldiers still ...
- Philippines: 23 WWII Japanese Navy bombs discovered in Davao City
January 27, 2026
Authorities safely recovered unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) after World War II-era bombs were discovered in Barangay Buhangin, Davao City, officials said. The explosives were found on Jan. 24, 2026, in ...
- Niger: Three soldiers killed in IED attack near Niamey
January 27, 2026
At least three Nigerien soldiers were killed and 10 others injured on Sunday after an army patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in Bartchawal, Tillabéri Region, about 20 ...
- Western Australia: Homemade “fragment bomb” thrown into a crowd at a Perth Invasion Day rally
January 27, 2026
A homemade “fragment bomb” thrown into a crowd at a Perth Invasion Day rally yesterday was hidden in a child’s Disney-themed sock, according to a woman who picked it up. Police ...
- Ethiopia: Marburg virus disease update
January 26, 2026
On 26 January 2026, the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia declared the end of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak. This declaration came after two consecutive incubation periods (a total ...
- California: Explosive chemical found in Berkeley home forces evacuations
January 26, 2026
Hazardous materials discovered inside a Berkeley home forced the evacuation of residents and nearby homes, authorities said. Decades-old picric acid was found Friday in a old photography lab located in the ...
- UK: Six airports make 100ml liquid rule change
January 26, 2026
UK travellers have been given an update regarding the 100ml liquid restriction, with the nation’s busiest airport having finalised significant changes. Following the overhaul, those flying from Heathrow can now keep ...
- Kenya: Al-Shabaab attack in Garissa kills Chief and Primary School Teacher in Hulugho
January 26, 2026
A Location Chief and a primary school teacher were killed early Monday in a suspected al-Shabaab attack in Hulugho town, Garissa County. The victims were identified as Abdifatah Mohamud, Boma ...
- Ukraine: Support Forces Sappers Clear Over 150 Hectares of Explosive Hazards in Early 2026
January 26, 2026
The start of 2026 brought new achievements for the sappers of the Support Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: they cleared more than 150 hectares of front-line territories of explosive ...
- India: 11 security personnel wounded in IED blasts in Chhattisgarh
January 26, 2026
Eleven security personnel were injured in six Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts during an anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, police said on Monday. “The injured jawans were airlifted ...
- UK: Controlled explosion carried out after mortar found by Norwich fisherman
January 26, 2026
A man pulled an unexploded bomb out of the water while magnet fishing on the river Wensum yesterday. Police were called out at just after 10am on Sunday to Dolphin ...
- Thailand: Troops finish clearance of deadly landmines in Si Sa Ket
January 25, 2026
Armed forces have finished clearing landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border in Si Sa Ket, opening safe access after all explosive threats were removed. The Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters’ Thailand Mine ...
- British Army sets out service life for key armoured engineer fleet
January 25, 2026
How modernization and maintenance plans shape the future of military engineering The army has officially outlined the service life of its key armoured engineer fleet, a critical component in modern ...
- Ukraine: Japan to allocate USD 25 million for humanitarian demining and rehabilitation
January 24, 2026
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko and Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Ukraine Osamu Hattori signed a Grant Agreement for the implementation of ...
- India: 16 IEDs, 100kg Explosives Seized As Security Forces Foil Maoist Plot
January 24, 2026
In a major success for security forces combating left-wing extremism in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a joint operation on Saturday led to the recovery of a significant cache of improvised explosive ...
- Ukraine: Kyiv bomb disposal experts neutralized the warhead of a Russian Iskander-M missile
January 24, 2026
Fragments of a missile with a warhead weighing about 500 kg were located near residential buildings and a gas station in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv. This posed a high ...
- Montana: Pray man pleads guilty to possession of unregistered explosive devices
January 23, 2026
A Pray man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after investigators say they found multiple homemade explosive devices inside a travel trailer in Park County, according to U.S. Attorney ...
- Greece: Two arrested over explosive device attack outside Athens nightclub in October last year
January 23, 2026
Police arrested two foreigners on Thursday over an improvised explosive device attack outside a nightclub in Athens last October that caused minor injuries and material damage, authorities said. The explosion ...
- Philippines: 120 hand grenades discovered in Quezon town cemetery
January 23, 2026
A Philippine Army reservist discovered a cache of live hand grenades at a public cemetery in Lucban town, Quezon province, the military reported. In a belated report issued Friday, the Army’s ...
- UK: Explosive device detonated on Devon beach
January 23, 2026
Dartmouth Coastguard Rescue Team were called out at 2:57pm on Thursday, January 22, after the suspected ordnance was found. A cordon was put in place on Hallsands beach after seeing ...
- Baltic Sea: CTF 68 Builds Maritime Advantage with NATO Allies During Exercise Freezing Winds 2025
January 23, 2026
U.S. Navy expeditionary forces assigned to Commander, Naval Expeditionary Combat Forces Europe-Africa/Commander, Task Force 68 (CTF 68) recently concluded operations in support of Exercise Freezing Winds 2025, a Finnish-led multinational ...
- Detection and imaging of chemicals and hidden explosives using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and deep learning
January 22, 2026
Detecting concealed chemicals and explosives remains a critical challenge in global security. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) offers a promising non-invasive and stand-off detection technique owing to its ability to penetrate ...
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