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- Texas: Man accused of keeping explosive components inside South Austin home now facing federal charge
April 23, 2025
The man who was allegedly making bombs inside a South Austin home is now facing a federal charge. Last week, members of the Austin Police Department’s Bomb Squad unit had ...
- Israel: Police find explosive device near Netivot
April 23, 2025
The Southern District police say they found an unexploded bomb in southern Israel this morning that they believe was left there by Hamas terrorists during the October 7, 2023, attack. Officers ...
- US, Tunisian Forces conduct CBRN training at African Lion 2025
April 22, 2025
A Tunisian Armed Forces member removes chemical hazardous material while assessing, decontaminating, and processing a fixed chemical attack site at 61st Officers Mess, Tunisia, April 23, 2025 during exercise African ...
- Massachusetts Man Indicted for Illegally Possessing Ammunition and Explosives
April 22, 2025
A Hadley, Mass. man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield for allegedly possessing ammunition and explosives after being convicted of a crime punishable by more than ...
- India: BSF and NCB seize arms, IED components, and heroin at Punjab borders
April 22, 2025
The BSF troops today seized arms, ammunition, explosives, hand grenades with accessories, and a huge amount of narcotics in the border area of Amritsar. Based on precise information from the BSF ...
- Iraq: IKMAA Destroys Mines, Explosives, and War Remnants in the Kurdistan Region
April 22, 2025
As part of ongoing mine clearance efforts across the Kurdistan Region, the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA) has safely destroyed hundreds of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) that posed ...
- Adapting to Multi-Domain Battlefield: Developing Emissions Control SOP
April 22, 2025
The current fighting in Ukraine has demonstrated how electronic warfare systems can be employed to enable the protection and targeting of ground forces, foreshadowing how U.S. forces must be prepared ...
- California: Bomb squad called after traffic stop uncovers explosive devices and illegal firearms
April 22, 2025
A routine traffic stop on April 15 led officers to uncover homemade explosives and firearms, resulting in the arrest of three individuals and the seizure of additional weapons and bomb-making ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Five tourists feared dead, eight injured in militant attack in Pahalgam
April 22, 2025
At least five tourists were feared dead and eight people injured after suspected militants opened fire at them in India’s Kashmir region on Tuesday, a police source told Reuters, in ...
- Israel: How IDF engineering tech is saving soldiers lives before getting to the battlefield
April 22, 2025
As the IDF continues its operations, the IDF’s combat engineers are quietly revolutionizing the battlefield with technology designed to save lives before combat even begins, the IDF announced in a ...
- Russia: Four people hurt in blast at munitions depot in Vladimir Region
April 22, 2025
Four people were hurt as a result of an explosion at a munitions depot in the Vladimir Region’s Kirzhach district, the region’s governor, Alexander Avdeyev, said. “Luckily, no one died in ...
- Thailand: Two nighttime attacks in Narathiwat injures 17
April 21, 2025
Seventeen people were injured in two separate attacks in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat last night, April 20. One involved a motorcycle bomb, the other a gun and grenade assault ...
- India: Chhattisgarh jawan killed in IED blast while guarding road construction
April 21, 2025
A jawan of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday, police said. The blast ...
- Lebanon army says 3 troops killed in munitions blast in south
April 20, 2025
Lebanon’s military said a munitions blast in the country’s war-torn south killed an officer and two soldiers on Sunday, days after an explosion killed another soldier. “An army officer and two ...
- Niger: One soldier killed, 13 terrorists arrested in military operations
April 20, 2025
One soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device and 13 terrorists arrested during military operations carried out between Thursday and Saturday within the national territory, the Nigerien army confirmed ...
- India: Punjab police bust two BKI terror modules, 13 arrested
April 20, 2025
Punjab Police on Saturday arrested 13 alleged accused including one minor in two intelligence-led operations and thus busted two ISI-backed Khalistani terror modules that were being run by a proscribed ...
- China tests non-nuclear hydrogen bomb, science paper shows
April 20, 2025
The weapon generates a white-hot fireball that lasts 15 times longer than TNT’s fleeting flash Chinese researchers have successfully detonated a hydrogen-based explosive device in a controlled field test, triggering ...
- Israel: IDF soldier killed in northern Gaza
April 19, 2025
An Israeli soldier was killed in northern Gaza on Saturday, marking the first combat fatality in the coastal enclave in more than three months, since the collapse of the ceasefire ...
- US to withdraw 600 troops from Syria
April 18, 2025
The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic State group, a U.S. official said Thursday. The official ...
- German police raid home of teenage boy suspected of making highly toxic warfare agent
April 18, 2025
Police in Germany have raided the home of a teenage boy suspected of making and storing ricin, a highly toxic and deadly biological warfare agent. The 16-year-old is accused of producing ...
- Ohio man arrested after investigators discover IED, videos, photos of bomb-making materials
April 17, 2025
A Mason, Ohio, man was arrested for allegedly possessing a destructive device after an investigation into an improvised explosive device (IED) found at a soccer complex led to the discovery ...
- NATO Conducts Historical Ordnance Disposal in the Baltic Sea
April 17, 2025
NORTHERN BALTIC SEA – After some days of coordinated operations, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) has successfully wrapped up a focused Historical Ordnance Disposal Operation (HODOPS) effort in ...
- India: 7 Critically Injured In Bomb Attack In Bhadrak
April 17, 2025
At least seven people sustained critical injuries after unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at a group of villagers in Kampada under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district, late Wednesday night. According to ...
- EU allocates €23M for demining operations in Azerbaijan
April 17, 2025
The total funding from the EU for demining operations in Azerbaijan, taking into account the funds allocated this year, will reach approximately 23 million euros, the European External Action Service ...
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