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- California: Man Arrested After Tossing Live Grenade During Pursuit
May 4, 2025
Carlos Kuceja of Berkeley has been arrested after throwing a grenade while attempting to flee from CHP officers in Berkeley. Just after 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2, 2025, CHP officers ...
- Jammu and Kasmir: Security forces raid hideout in Poonch, recover IEDs
May 4, 2025
Security forces on Sunday evening busted a terrorist hideout in Hari village of Surankote in Poonch district recovering several Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), other incriminating material. The operation was jointly conducted ...
- Brazilian police arrest 2 suspects over alleged plot targeting Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio
May 4, 2025
Two individuals were arrested in connection with an alleged planned attack targeting Lady Gaga’s free concert on Copacabana Beach, Brazilian Civil Police confirmed. The suspects – one adult male detained in ...
- Myanmar: Security forces neutralize terrorist IEDs in Monywa operation
May 4, 2025
PDF terrorists intentionally exploded townships, villages, wards, roads and bridges, aiming to impose difficulties and fear among the public. The dutiful people reported to the security force members regarding the homemade ...
- UK police arrest several Iranian men over alleged attack plot
May 4, 2025
British counterterrorism officers arrested several Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London, the Metropolitan Police force said Sunday. Police said five men aged between ...
- Israel: IDF announces two soldiers from Yahalom Unit, killed in booby-trapped Rafah building
May 4, 2025
Two soldiers from the Yahalom Unit, Captain Noam Ravid and Staff Sergeant Yaly Seror, were killed in combat in a booby-trapped building in Rafah, Gaza, the IDF announced on Sunday ...
- India: Six-year-old girl injured in bomb explosion in Bihar’s Patna
May 4, 2025
A six-year-old girl was injured after two crude bombs exploded in Bihar’s capital Patna, police said on Sunday. “Police received a call that two bombs exploded in Bakarganj locality around 9 ...
- Israel: Three people wounded as a result of Houthi missile explosion near Ben-Gurion Airport
May 4, 2025
Three people were mildly wounded on Sunday as a result of a Houthi missile that crashed in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport’s Terminal 3, Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom ...
- UK: Unexploded World War Two bomb found on river bank
May 3, 2025
An unexploded historic bomb has been discovered of the banks of the River Arun in West Sussex. The Royal Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and officers from Sussex Police worked on ...
- Pakistan: Terrorist attack in Lakki Marwat kills one, injures police official
May 3, 2025
A fresh wave of violence struck Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as terrorists attacked the Gandi Chowk police station in Lakki Marwat, killing one civilian and injuring a police official. According to police, ...
- Greece: Woman dies in Thessaloniki explosion
May 3, 2025
A 38-year-old woman who was seriously injured in an early-morning explosion in central Thessaloniki has died from her injuries. The blast occurred in a parking lot next to a bank branch, ...
- Sri Lanka: Prime Minister calls landmine clearance national imperative
May 3, 2025
Even after 16 years after the guns fell silent in Sri Lanka’s civil war, the hidden danger of landmines still lingers across the Northern and Eastern provinces. Speaking at a ...
- How southern Ukraine demined
May 3, 2025
In Mykolaiv region, demining operators are using an industrial drone system equipped with a modern magnetometer to detect explosive ordnance. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense, according to ...
- Nigeria: Borno police recover unexploded ordnance after Giwa barracks incident
May 2, 2025
Police sources revealed that a specialized team from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal–Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) unit was immediately dispatched to the scene. Reportedly, the device, suspected to be linked ...
- Mediterranean Sea: Freedom Flotilla ship attacked by drones off Malta
May 2, 2025
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition campaign group said Friday that one of its ships bound for the Gaza Strip, carrying aid and dozens of activists, was attacked in international waters by ...
- Rangers take top spot at Best Sapper Competition for fourth Army-wide win this year
May 1, 2025
The 2025 Best Sapper Competition ended with a two-man team of Army Rangers coming in first, and in so doing, completing a near-sweep of major Army combat contests in 2025 ...
- Ukraine’s Armed Forces Receive New Domestic Anti-Tank Landmines
May 1, 2025
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) posted a video on Tuesday of a new domestically produced anti-tank landmine which they have designated as the TM-2025. It appears to be a ...
- Study opens the door for stronger evidence in bomb handling cases
May 1, 2025
Scientists have for the first time provided insight into how bomb residue transfers to the hands of suspects, which could lead to stronger evidence in court. The study, which was led ...
- Israel: IDF closes entrance to Beita in West Bank after reservist wounded by IED
May 1, 2025
The IDF closed off the entrance to the town of Beita in the area of Nablus on Thursday morning after troops were deployed to the area, Israeli media reported. An IDF ...
- US pushes Congo, Rwanda for peace accord and billion-dollar mineral deals
May 1, 2025
The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of ...
- Arizona man arrested at Chino motel with bomb making materials
April 30, 2025
Police arrested a U.S. Navy veteran from Arizona after detectives found bomb making materials inside his Chino motel room. Detectives said Jorge Moreno, 46, specialized in ammunition and explosive ordnance. He ...
- Austria: Life Sentence for Styrian Bomb Maker
April 30, 2025
A 56-year-old Styrian was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday at the Graz Regional Criminal Court for several bombs he had built and placed at the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The IT ...
- 57 explosive detection teams take part in New York’s 5th annual Canine Week
April 30, 2025
New York state’s fifth annual Canine Week is being held at the state’s Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany, in Oneida County. Fifty-seven explosive detection teams across the state are participating. “When ...
- Oregon: Man arrested after explosions rattle southeast Salem neighborhood
April 30, 2025
A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a series of explosions in a southeast Salem neighborhood. The first explosion was reported on Wed., April 23 around 2:30 a.m. According to ...
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