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- Pakistan: Bajaur District Health Officer’s father killed in bomb blast
June 7, 2025
Bajaur district health officer Dr Gohar Ayoub’s father was killed in a bomb explosion at his residence in Khar town here on Thursday night, police and Rescue 1122 said on ...
- Alberta: Dynamite discovered in Calgary home on same day bomb unit also called to Weaselhead Flats
June 7, 2025
Multiple sticks of dynamite were found in a Calgary residence on Saturday. The Calgary Police Service (CPS) responded to a call at 12:10 p.m. in the 1000 block of Woodview ...
- Ukraine: Car bomb targets prosecutor in Dnipro, Russian agents detained
June 7, 2025
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained two Russian agents who detonated an improvised explosive device under a prosecutor’s car in the city of Dnipro on 6 June 2025. The ...
- Pennsylvania: Homemade fireworks caused Butler County house explosion, injuring 2
June 7, 2025
Pennsylvania State Police say homemade fireworks and improvised explosive devices caused a house explosion that injured two people Wednesday afternoon in Butler County, one critically. The explosion was reported shortly before ...
- Evaluation of Organic Explosive Training Aids: A Chemical Profiling Approach
June 6, 2025
Organic explosive training aids play a vital role in training canines to detect explosive safely and effectively. However, there is limited scientific knowledge regarding the chemical composition and odour profiles ...
- Brazil: Government delivers equipment and strengthens Public Security in Pará
June 6, 2025
The State Government delivered new equipment to enhance and strengthen Public Security actions in Pará this Tuesday (3), at the Boulevard das Feiras, in Estação das Docas, Belém. Among the equipment ...
- Ukraine: Car bomb kills one in Odesa Region
June 6, 2025
A car explosion in the Berezivka district of the Odesa region has killed one person. That is according to the Odesa region police, Ukrinform reports. “Police are investigating the circumstances ...
- Israel: Four soldiers killed in action in the Gaza Strip
June 6, 2025
The names of two fallen soldiers whose families have been notified were cleared for publication: Sergeant Major Chen Gross, aged 33, from Gan Yoshiya, a reserve soldier in the Maglan ...
- Russia: Governor reports blown up rail tracks in Belgorod Region
June 6, 2025
A reserve shunter derailed in the Prokhorovka District of the bordering Russian region of Belgorod as railroad tracks were blown up, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel. According to ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 295
June 5, 2025
The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today heard repeated rounds of gunfire that appeared to be aimed at drones reportedly attacking the site’s training centre, ...
- Colombia: Troops of the Omega Task Force neutralized four explosive devices in the southeast
June 5, 2025
Within the framework of the Ayacucho Plus Campaign Plan conducted by the Omega Task Force of Colombian National Army, four improvised explosive devices were destroyed in two military operations. In the ...
- Oregon: FBI and Local Partners Interrupt IED and Mass Shooting Event
June 5, 2025
The FBI Portland Field Office and local law enforcement partners arrested a Columbia County, Oregon, juvenile who conspired to conduct an improvised explosive attack and mass shooting at the Three ...
- Russia: Rail tracks blown up in Voronezh Region
June 5, 2025
Railroad tracks were blown up in central Russia’s Voronezh Region prior to the passing of a train on Thursday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said. “A railroad in the Voronezh ...
- Somali police arrest suspected Al-Shabaab bombmakers after Mogadishu house explosion
June 5, 2025
Somali police arrested several suspected Al-Shabaab members on Thursday after an explosion at a house in Mogadishu’s Dayniile district revealed an apparent bomb-making operation. According to police, the blast occurred as ...
- Syria: People killed and injured by landmines in Deir ez-Zor as they return home
June 5, 2025
People returning to their war-torn homes and villages in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, are being wounded or even killed after encountering unexploded devices. Between 28 May and 1 June, four incidents ...
- India Flags Explosives, Safety Breaches in Turkish Airlines Flights During Surprise Checks
June 5, 2025
The safety oversight and ramp (SOFA/RAMP) inspections were conducted on Turkish Airlines’ passenger and cargo flights at Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bengaluru airports between May 29 and June 2, 2025. ...
- Strengthening Security Through Training: NATO C-IED Mobile Training Team in Kuwait
June 4, 2025
From 1 to 4 June 2025, the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Regional Centre (NIRC) in Kuwait City hosted a Mobile Training Team (MTT) from Allied Joint Force Command Naples. The ...
- New York: Man charged with supplying chemicals in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing
June 4, 2025
A Washington man is charged with providing large amounts of chemicals used in a car bomb outside a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic last month, federal authorities said Wednesday. Daniel Jongyon ...
- India: 4 injured in blast of improvised hand grenade in Pilibhit
June 4, 2025
Four members of a family, including an elderly woman, sustained injuries in a blast caused by an improvised handmade grenade inside a house in Gahluiya village of Pilibhit on Wednesday. The ...
- Premier US military CBRNE command supports Exercise Immediate Response
June 4, 2025
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Soldiers from the U.S. military’s premier Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) formation honed their ability to enable large-scale multinational operations during Exercise Immediate Response ...
- Landmines imperil the EU’s moral compass
June 4, 2025
The European Union has long stood at the forefront of the fight against anti-personnel landmines. Its early and active support for the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty reflected a shared European ...
- Trump signs travel ban on nationals from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
June 4, 2025
President Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation barring travelers and immigrants from a dozen countries and restricting the entry of nationals of another seven nations, citing concerns about national security. Mr. ...
- Sri Lanka: Japan extends its support for humanitarian demining activities in North – East
June 4, 2025
Charge d’ Affaires ad interim of Japan to Sri Lanka Kamoshida Naoaki signed grant contracts for two demining projects with the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and the HALO Trust (HALO) ...
- Maryland: Thurmont man facing charges after allegedly setting off explosive devices in public
June 4, 2025
A Thurmont man on Monday was arrested after he allegedly set off multiple homemade explosive devices in public, including in a roadway and near a playground where five children were ...
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