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- Characterization of explosives in a controlled blast chamber using single-particle mass spectrometer for post-blast particle analysis
October 14, 2025
The detection and characterization of post-blast residues is critical for forensic attribution, explosive safety assessments, and environmental monitoring. In this study, five high explosives, HMX, TNT, Composition B, HNS, and ...
- EU Assistance to Ukraine
October 14, 2025
Over $70 billion in military assistance – ranging from ammunition to air-defense systems, Leopard tanks, and fighter jets. This includes an unprecedented $6.6 billion from the “European Peace Facility,” in ...
- Italy: Three police officers killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion during eviction attempt
October 14, 2025
Three members of Italy’s military police, the carabinieri, were killed and another 13 officers injured in an explosion as law enforcement attempted to carry out an eviction near the northeastern ...
- Tennessee: Sevier County explosion leads to arrest
October 13, 2025
A Sevier County Sheriff’s Office investigation into an explosion at a home in the Ellis Woods Loop area has led to an arrest, Sheriff Michael Hodges announced Monday. The explosion happened ...
- Greece: Explosion at Ministry of Rural Development in Athens
October 13, 2025
A late-night explosion caused by an incendiary device rocked the Ministry of Rural Development building on Syngrou Avenue in Athens on Saturday, October 11, 2025, resulting in significant material damage ...
- Thailand: Two more landmines found at Ban Nong Ya Kaew
October 13, 2025
The First Army Area’s landmine clearance operation at Ban Nong Ya Kaew in Sa Kaeo province on Sunday uncovered two additional landmines, bringing the total number of explosives detected and ...
- Israel: All living hostages released
October 13, 2025
The second and final group of 13 living Israeli hostages has been transferred from the Red Cross to the Israeli military. A group of seven hostages was released earlier. It ...
- Bangladesh border guard injured in mine blast near Myanmar border
October 12, 2025
A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been injured after a mine exploded while he was part of a patrol in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border area in Bandarban. The incident occurred ...
- UK: Secondary school-aged boy charged after bomb squad called to North Tyneside incident
October 12, 2025
A secondary school-aged boy has been charged after an incident that led to the deployment of an army bomb disposal team in North Tyneside. Police received a report of “suspicious activity” ...
- India: Ri-Bhoi Police Diffuse Powerful IED in Umsning Market
October 12, 2025
A major tragedy was averted in the state of Meghalaya, when police managed to locate and defuse an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Umsning market, in the Ri-Bhoi district, ...
- Pakistan says it will ‘take all measures to defend its territory’ after Afghanistan aggression
October 12, 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday warned Afghanistan that Pakistan was “exercising extreme caution in its defensive response” to the former’s unprovoked firing raids along the ...
- Afghanistan: Armed forces of the Islamic Emirate have carried out a counter-attack operation against Pakistan security forces
October 12, 2025
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 others wounded during an operation conducted last night. Mujahid added that during the ...
- India: Fourth elephant dies in IED blast in Jharkhand’s Saranda forests
October 12, 2025
The elephant, which got injured in an IED blast in the Saranda jungles of Chaibasa on October 6, finally succumbed to its injuries early in the morning on Sunday. This is ...
- Thailand: New anti-tank mine found near border in Sa Kaeo
October 11, 2025
A newly planted anti-tank mine of unknown type was discovered in a border area in Khok Sung district of Sa Kaeo province on Saturday afternoon, according to the Thai army. An ...
- India: CoBRA commando injured in Naxal IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
October 11, 2025
A jawan from the CRPF’s elite CoBRA unit sustained injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxals exploded in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, reported news agency PTI. According ...
- Yemen: One killed, another injured in IED explosion targeting civilian vehicle in Marib
October 11, 2025
A civilian was killed and another sustained moderate injuries following the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) that targeted a private vehicle in Al-Wadi district, located east of Marib ...
- Nigeria: 4 Soldiers killed as Boko Haram terrorists attack troops in Borno
October 11, 2025
No fewer than four soldiers have been confirmed dead after Boko Haram terrorists launched a coordinated assault on Nigerian Army troops in Ngamdu, Borno State, deploying Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), ...
- FBI: Public’s Help Sought Upon 40th Anniversary of the Santa Ana Bombing Murder of Arab American Activist Alexander Michel Odeh
October 10, 2025
Upon this weekend’s 40th anniversary of the murder of Alexander Michel Odeh, the victim of a targeted bombing in Orange County, California, the FBI reminds the public that the case ...
- New Joint Task Force Established to Lead SOUTHCOM Counter-Narcotics Operations
October 10, 2025
MIAMI, Fla. – U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced the establishment of a new Joint Task Force (JTF) under II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) today to synchronize and augment counter-narcotics ...
- Tennessee: 19 people dead or missing after massive blast at military explosive plant
October 10, 2025
Nineteen people are dead or missing after a massive blast obliterated a building at a Tennessee explosives facility on Friday, authorities said — a “mass detonation” so significant that it ...
- Belgium: 3 arrested in suspected terror plot to deploy explosive device using drone
October 9, 2025
Belgian federal authorities have arrested three young suspects in connection with what prosecutors said was an attempted terrorist attack on the country’s politicians, including Prime Minister Bart De Wever. Federal prosecutor ...
- Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan
October 9, 2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire plan that will allow for the release of all hostages in Gaza, Israeli withdrawal to an agreed ...
- Royal Navy Divers work with NATO allies in Iceland for training in neutralising underwater and land bombs
October 8, 2025
Royal Navy divers joined counterparts from across NATO in Iceland for the alliance’s biggest test dealing with homemade bombs. They neutralised underwater threats and disposed of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during ...
- Greece: Explosion Rocks Nightclub on Michalakopoulou Street in Ilisia
October 8, 2025
An explosion occurred around 10 p.m. on Tuesday night at a nightclub located on Michalakopoulou Street in the Ilisia district of Athens. The venue was closed at the time of ...
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