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- Sudanese airstrike hits Darfur airport, killing 40 suspected mercenaries
August 7, 2025
A Sudanese airstrike hit an airport in the country’s Darfur region controlled by a notorious paramilitary group, destroying a suspected Emirati military aircraft and killing dozens of suspected mercenaries, Sudanese ...
- U.S. Department of State: Reward Offer Increase of Up to $50 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of Nicolás Maduro
August 7, 2025
The Department of State and the Department of Justice are announcing a reward offer increase of up to $50 million under the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) for information leading to ...
- New York: Multiple explosives and drugs found in LI home during arrest
August 7, 2025
Multiple explosives, along with packets of drugs such as fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, were found in a Long Island home during an arrest this week, the Nassau County Police announced ...
- Pakistan: A roadside bomb targeting police vehicle in South Waziristan kills 2 officers and wounds 14
August 7, 2025
A powerful roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the restive northwest of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least two ...
- Ukraine: Two teenagers arrested for deadly terrorist attack in Zhytomyr
August 7, 2025
Ukrainian security forces have arrested two 17-year-olds — a boy and a girl — in connection with a terrorist attack in Zhytomyr that killed one man and seriously injured another. The ...
- Pakistan: 11 killed in terror attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces
August 7, 2025
Eight security personnel and three civilians embraced martyrdom in different terror attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, officials said on Wednesday. In Balochistan’s Mastung district, three security personnel, including a senior ...
- Kenya: Eight police officers injured in Garissa IED attack
August 6, 2025
At least eight police officers were injured in an explosion that hit their vehicle along Banabs-Yumbis Road in Garissa County, police authorities said. The group was travelling in a police Mine ...
- Zimbabwe: ZDF intensify demining efforts in Binga
August 6, 2025
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) is intensifying demining efforts in the Binga district, with works currently underway in the Lusulu area. This was revealed by Zimbabwe National Army Chief of Staff ...
- Northern Ireland: Three people escape injury in petrol bomb attack
August 6, 2025
The police are appealing for information after a petrol bomb was thrown through the window of a house in Coleraine, County Londonderry. The incident happened on Maple Drive at about ...
- Mississippi: Woman arrested after homemade explosive device found in package
August 5, 2025
A woman was arrested after Mississippi authorities say they found a homemade explosive device in a suspicious package. Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Christina Laureen Willis, 27, ...
- Germany: Bomb found at Dresden construction site, 17,000 people affected by evacuation
August 5, 2025
A 250-kilogram world war bomb was discovered at the construction site of Dresden’s Carola Bridge. It will be defused on site on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Around 17,000 people will ...
- UK: Homes evacuated after WW2 firebombs found in Penarth
August 5, 2025
Earlier today, fifty homes in Penarth were evacuated after unexploded ‘highly flammable’ German bombs from World War Two were discovered in a local garden. Three unexploded incendiary bombs have been ...
- India: Dummy bomb goes undetected during drill at Delhi’s Red Fort
August 5, 2025
A major security drill at Delhi’s Red Fort ended in embarrassment for the police after a dummy bomb planted as part of an internal test went completely undetected, leading to ...
- Ukraine to resume shipping through canal where dredger exploded
August 5, 2025
Ukraine will resume shipping through the Bystre canal in Odesa Oblast effective 6 August, allowing the passage of vessels with a draught of up to 4.5 metres. Ukrainian media outlet AgroWeek ...
- Afghanistan: ANDMA Launches Extensive Mine Survey, Clearance Program In Five Provinces
August 5, 2025
The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) has launched a comprehensive program to survey and clear mine-contaminated areas in the provinces of Bamyan, Logar, Ghazni, Helmand, and Ghor. The initiative will ...
- Nigeria: Troops intercept illicit logistics bound for Cameroon, destroy 14 IEDs in Borno
August 4, 2025
In a series of intensified operations aimed at disrupting insurgent logistics and safeguarding civilian communities, Nigerian Army troops have recorded significant successes in Borno State, intercepting contraband believed to be ...
- US, Panamanian Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians Enhance Panama Canal Safety
August 4, 2025
PANAMA CITY, Panama – U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 trained EOD personnel assigned to the Panamanian National Police (PNP) ...
- UK: Warning after several suspected bombs found on Holme beach
August 4, 2025
People are being warned not to search for bombs on a beach in Norfolk. It follows a spate of suspected bombs being discovered at Holme, near Hunstanton, over the past ...
- ICAO, Universal Postal Union strengthen airmail security against rising threats
August 4, 2025
The security of international airmail will be strengthened through expanded cooperation between the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU), as announced through a Joint Statement ...
- Ukrainian sappers to train at Middle East mine action school with funding from Paris
August 4, 2025
Ukraine will take another step toward the safe de-occupation and clearing of war remnants. On 4 August, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced that sappers from the Ukrainian Armed Forces and ...
- India: Series of explosions along Odisha-Jharkhand border
August 4, 2025
After a hiatus of nearly five years, operatives of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit appear to have made a return to the Odisha-Jharkhand border, triggering a series of blasts from ...
- SLD 45 EOD Technician Aids in POW/MIA Mission in Vietnam
August 4, 2025
PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. — Earlier this year, a member of Space Launch Delta 45 was able to take part in a unique opportunity to assist in the accounting ...
- Pakistan: Two killed, one injured in Sui bomb blast
August 3, 2025
Two people were killed and another injured in a roadside bomb explosion in the Sui area of Dera Bugti district on Saturday. According to Levies officials, the incident took place in ...
- Thailand: EOD teams neutralize buried rocket warhead near bombed gas station in Sisaket
August 3, 2025
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams successfully destroyed a high-explosive warhead from a BM-21 rocket embedded in the road near a PTT gas station in Kantharalak district, Sisaket province. This area ...
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