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- Belarus: Stash with improvised explosive device parts found at Belarusian-Ukrainian border
June 28, 2024
A stash with components for making explosive devices has been found at the border with Ukraine, BelTA learned from the spokesman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anton Bychkovsky. Anton ...
- Czech Republic: Hundreds of NATO CBRN specialists train during Coronat Mask 2024 exercise
June 28, 2024
During Coronat Mask 2024, Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Reconnaissance Platoon joined more than 800 CBRN specialists from 13 NATO nations to exercise collective ...
- Cambodia highlights challenges for mine-free efforts
June 28, 2024
While praising the international community’ successes towards achieving the objectives of the Oslo Action Plan, Cambodia has pointed out that several significant challenges remain. In his opening remarks at the “Preparing ...
- India: Migrant labourer dies after crude bomb blasts in agricultural field of Nadia
June 28, 2024
A migrant labourer died after when some crude bombs went off on an agricultural field at Tengridanga in Nadia’s Santipur on Thursday morning. Ranaghat police have alleged that Somirul Seikh, 21, ...
- Sri Lanka: Japan to extend its support to Humanitarian Demining Activities in Northern and Eastern Provinces
June 28, 2024
On the 27th of June 2024, His Excellency Mr. MIZUKOSHI Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan, signed the grant contracts of two demining projects under the scheme of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots ...
- From territorial to virtual: Is ISKP the next Al Qaeda?
June 27, 2024
“We beat them through their own app; all they can do is delete our IDs,” an Islamic State (IS) supporter from Qawqaz, the Arabic name for the Caucasus region, boasted ...
- EOD Training and Evaluation Unit 2 Holds Change of Command Ceremony
June 27, 2024
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Cmdr. Karl Staehle assumed command of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 2 during a change of command ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little ...
- UK: Explosives manufacturer fined £670,000 after worker dies
June 27, 2024
A manufacturer of military explosives has been fined £670,000 after an employee was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at its factory near Salisbury. The two men were working ...
- India: Two Villagers Injured In IED Blast In Dantewada
June 27, 2024
Two villagers was injured in a Naxalite IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday night. The incident took place near the outskrits of Gufa village under Barsoor police station area. ...
- Australia: World War II bomb found near the Darwin waterfront
June 27, 2024
An unexploded bomb from World War II discovered near the Darwin waterfront has been safely detonated. Emergency services moved people away from Stokes Hill Road and closed other streets in the ...
- Israeli officer killed, 17 wounded in Jenin raid
June 27, 2024
A night-time operation in the Jenin refugee camp on Wednesday resulted in the death of Captain Alon Sacgiu, 22, from Hadera, a sniper team commander in the Haruv reconnaissance unit. Seventeen ...
- Yemen: Houthis say they attacked MSC SARAH V vessel with ‘newly deployed ballistic missile’
June 26, 2024
Yemen’s Houthi group said Tuesday that it targeted an Israeli ship in the Arabian Sea with a new ballistic missile. In a recorded briefing, the group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, ...
- Nigeria: IED explosion, Rivers Government confirms detention of suspect
June 26, 2024
The Rivers Government has confirmed the detention of an unidentified man, suspected of detonating an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, is currently under ...
- NATO Allies select Mark Rutte as next Secretary General
June 26, 2024
On Wednesday (26 June 2024), the North Atlantic Council decided to appoint Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next Secretary General of NATO, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg. Mr Rutte will assume ...
- Milipol Qatar 2024: the Global Event for Homeland Security and Safety Returns in October
June 25, 2024
Innovative Technology Solutions Unveiled at Global Exhibition International Experts to Discuss Land, Sea, Air, AI and Cybersecurity Issues Doha, Qatar – 25 June 2024 – Under the high patronage of His Highness ...
- US gifts ‘essential equipment’ to Sri Lankan military as defense ties deepen
June 25, 2024
Weeks after the US Navy and Marine Corps conducted joint maritime exercises, the United States has transferred equipment to the Sri Lankan military, as defence ties between the two governments ...
- Kenya: Thirteen killed and parliament set ablaze in protests
June 25, 2024
At least 13 protesters were killed during protests in Kenya, doctors say, and a section of parliament went up in flames as demonstrations against new tax proposals escalated on Tuesday. An ...
- Bangladesh: Three injured as crude bombs explode in front of BNP office in Naya Paltan
June 25, 2024
At least three people have been reportedly injured in multiple crude bomb explosions in front of the BNP head office in the capital’s Naya Paltan Tuesday afternoon, BNP officials said. ...
- How German podcast tracked down fugitive militant after 30 years
June 25, 2024
Daniela Klette lived quietly. She walked her dog and gave maths tuition to her neighbours’ children. But when she was arrested in late February, the police found tens of thousands of ...
- Mozambique: Three die following explosion in Ndunda, Beira
June 25, 2024
Three people lost their lives on Sunday, in Ndunda neighbourhood, in the Beira central Mozambican city of Beira, following the explosion of a device which may have been a land ...
- Ukraine: The government has allowed humanitarian demining operators to book all their sappers
June 25, 2024
Enterprises certified as mine action operators will be able to book 100% of the groups or departments that directly conduct mine clearance, according to the government’s decision. The Cabinet of ministers ...
- EU to allocate an additional €10M for demining in Azerbaijan
June 25, 2024
The EU, together with its Member States, is to date the biggest international donor in the field of mine action in Azerbaijan, as illustrated by the launch of a “Team ...
- Iraq: Return to old Mosul, concerns amid war remnants
June 24, 2024
The old city of Mosul, once a bustling urban center, became a battleground in 2017 as Iraqi forces, supported by the Global Coalition, clashed fiercely with ISIS. This brutal conflict led ...
- Yemen: Suspected Houthi attack targets vessel in waters further away than many previous assaults
June 24, 2024
A possible attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship further away from nearly all of the previous assaults they’ve launched in the Gulf of Aden, officials said, ...
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