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- Heat-Based Decontamination Project Becomes Program of Record
January 6, 2026
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) have successfully transitioned a heat-based decontamination project to a Program of ...
- UK: ‘Wartime bomb’ discovered near Birmingham New Street line
January 6, 2026
Train services heading out of Birmingham have been disrupted following the discovery of a ‘wartime bomb’ near the railway, impacting CrossCountry services, according to traffic monitoring service Inrix. West Midlands Police has ...
- Thailand: 120 artillery shells cleared from Buri Ram farmland
January 6, 2026
Bomb disposal teams say they have found more than 120 shells from the recent Thai-Cambodian border conflict, mostly in rubber plantations, as operations continue to make agricultural areas safe in ...
- German prosecutors launch terrorism probe into far-left attack behind Berlin blackout
January 6, 2026
A far-left group claimed responsibility for an arson attack on Berlin’s power grid, causing a blackout for tens of thousands of households. Repairs are expected by Thursday. German federal prosecutors on ...
- Nigeria: Nine soldiers killed in IED blast on Maiduguri – Gubio Road
January 6, 2026
Nine soldiers have been reported killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated along the Maiduguri–Gubio road in Borno State. Military and Civilian Joint Task Force sources confirmed the incident ...
- Somalia: Roadside blast kills Puntland officer, soldiers on Bosaso-Dhaadaar road
January 5, 2026
A roadside explosion killed at least two soldiers and a military officer and wounded more than five others Sunday morning after striking a mine-sweeping vehicle operated by Puntland security forces ...
- Pakistan: BLA terror bid foiled in Karachi; 2,000kg explosives seized
January 5, 2026
Security forces in Karachi foiled a major terrorism plot after recovering a suicide vehicle and massive quantities of explosive material during an operation in Raees Goth, preventing what officials believe ...
- Syria: Britain and France conducted a joint air operation to destroy suspected Islamic State underground arms site
January 4, 2026
Britain’s and France’s air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening to bomb a suspected underground arms cache previously used by the Islamic State group in Syria, Britain’s defence ...
- UK: Controlled explosion after object found at Medmerry beach
January 4, 2026
A controlled explosion was carried out after a suspected piece of ordnance was found on a beach. Selsey Coastguard was called to Medmerry Beach at 6.21pm on Sunday, January 4, ...
- Sri Lanka: Life in a land of landmines
January 4, 2026
Sri Lanka looks like a droplet frozen in time. That very shape is a haunting reminder of the tears shed during decades of civil war. The emblem of the Liberation ...
- Somalia: Seven killed in Middle Shabelle in landmine blast targeting civilian bus
January 4, 2026
At least seven people were killed and four injured when a vehicle carrying civilians struck a landmine in the Kudkudaaleey area of central Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, local sources reported ...
- Afghanistan: Unexploded ordnance threatens lives in Maidan Wardak
January 4, 2026
Residents of Chak district in central Afghanistan say unexploded ordnance left over from years of conflict poses a serious threat to civilians, particularly children, and has disrupted daily life by ...
- Ukraine: Car explosion in Kyiv classified as terrorist attack
January 4, 2026
A car explosion that occurred in the courtyard of a residential building on Heroiv Dnipra Street in Kyiv on January 4, when the trunk was opened, has been classified as ...
- U.S. Has Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
January 3, 2026
Videos and images are emerging on social media showing what appears to be a large U.S. military operation now underway around the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, which includes multiple large ...
- North Carolina: FBI Disrupts Alleged New Year’s Eve Attack, Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
January 2, 2026
Today, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced that a Mint Hill, North Carolina man that allegedly planned to use knives ...
- France and UNDP Partnering for Peace, Building Resilience in Lebanon
January 2, 2026
When Lebanon emerged from the November 2024 ceasefire, the country faced daunting challenges: over 113,000 people still displaced, 1,526 contaminated sites, and strained public services. Turning this fragile peace into ...
- Iraq: Over 20 old mortar shells discovered in Sulaimani village
January 2, 2026
An old cache of mortar shells and mines dating back to the Iran-Iraq war has been discovered in the village of Kokoyi, Darbandikhan district of Sulaimani province. Authorities said the mine ...
- Pakistan: ‘Drone swarms’ tested Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police limits in 2025
January 2, 2026
As unmanned aerial vehicles — or drones — become ubiquitous in modern battlefields, their use by militants in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has given them an apparent edge ...
- South Africa: Live ammunition and explosives found in Benoni Wendy house
January 2, 2026
A tip-off led the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and the South African Police Service (Saps) to uncover live ammunition and explosives in a Benoni guest house Wendy house. The EMPD ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Army recovers ammunition, IED in Poonch
January 2, 2026
Poonch/Jammu: The Army on Thursday recovered a consignment suspected to have been dropped by a drone along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, recovering 70 rounds of ...
- Italy: Unexploded bomb found on the street in Olbia
January 2, 2026
A “pipe bomb” was found this morning on the edge of the roadway of a street in the center of Olbia . A citizen reported its presence and called 112 ...
- Pakistan sees 34 percent increase in terrorism in 2025
January 2, 2026
Terrorism in Pakistan rose by 34 percent in 2025, despite record counter-militancy operations that resulted in the killing of 1,313 militants in military actions and armed clashes with security forces. ...
- Cambodia intensifies UXO awareness as displaced families return to border zones
January 2, 2026
As families flee high-risk areas, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has intensified public awareness campaigns about the dangers of unexploded ordnance (UXO), seeking to protect displaced communities in northwestern ...
- Pakistan: Sibi bomb blast leaves one dead, five injured
January 2, 2026
One person was killed and five others were injured in a bomb blast in Sibi town on Thursday. Police officials said that some unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive ...
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