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- Fresh unrest erupts in French territory of New Caledonia
June 24, 2024
The High Commission, which represents the French state in the archipelago, said in a statement that the night was “marked by unrest throughout the mainland (of the territory) and on ...
- UK: Second World War hand grenade blown up by police in Eastbourne
June 24, 2024
A Second World War hand grenade was blown up in a field after police found it in a home. The unexploded grenade was found in a home near West Langney Lake ...
- Egypt: Construction worker killed in IED explosion in North Senai
June 24, 2024
He was working on a construction site, where land was being prepared for the state’s Sinai development plan. The young man was killed in Wefaq village, in the south of ...
- DHS report details AI’s potential to amplify biological, chemical threats
June 24, 2024
Artificial intelligence has the potential to unlock secrets to the development of weapons of mass destruction, particularly chemical and biological threats, to malicious actors, according to a Department of Homeland ...
- How Ukraine’s Naval Drones Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Black Sea
June 24, 2024
The Russian naval corvette had just left the safety of Sevastopol Bay one morning last fall when an explosion ripped a hole in its hull. As tugs pulled the ship back ...
- Kenyan police to depart for contentious peacekeeping effort in Haiti
June 24, 2024
A contingent of Kenyan police is set to depart for a controversial mission in Haiti to combat the influence of powerful criminal gangs that have brought turmoil and violence to ...
- Paratroopers build alliances on Steadfast Defender
June 24, 2024
To mark Armed Forces Week British Army showcase how British airborne forces built links with our NATO allies on Exercise Steadfast Defender in Estonia – which ranged from working with ...
- Kenya: EU council gives Sh2.7 billion (€20 million) in first assistance measure for KDF
June 24, 2024
The Council of the European Union on Monday approved a Sh2.7 billion (€20 million) assistance measure under the European Peace Facility to enhance the operational capabilities of the Kenya Defence ...
- Crimea: Four killed, 153 injured in Ukraine’s attack on Sevastopol
June 24, 2024
Four people died and 153 sought medical help after Ukraine’s aattack on Sevastopol, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said, citing the final figures. On June 23, Ukraine attacked civilian infrastructure in Sevastopol ...
- Pakistan approves new operation to root out terrorism
June 23, 2024
Pakistan’s top civilian and military leadership has decided to launch a new multi-faceted nationwide counterterrorism campaign amid the country’s deteriorating security situation. A high-powered meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – update 234
June 23, 2024
The city where most staff of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) live was left without electricity for 16 hours over the weekend after a second sub-station in the area ...
- India: Two CoBRA jawans killed in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma
June 23, 2024
Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force’s jungle warfare unit CoBRA were killed after Naxalites blew up a truck with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgah’s Sukma district ...
- Russia: Twenty killed, 46 injured in terrorist attacks in Dagestan
June 23, 2024
Twenty people were killed and 26 were injured as a result of attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent in Dagestan. On Sunday, militants attacked two Russian Orthodox churches, two synagogues and a ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban to relocate TTP fighters from border to other provinces
June 22, 2024
Reports say that the Taliban are planning to relocate members of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from border areas to other provinces in Afghanistan. This decision comes after months of discussions between the ...
- Jordanian police discover explosives stored in residential apartment
June 22, 2024
Police in Jordan said on Saturday they had uncovered and detonated explosives stored in a residential area of the capital and were investigating the incident. The explosives, found in a home ...
- Private sector’s contribution to mine clearance activities to help resolve the global mine crisis
June 21, 2024
The private sector’s contribution to humanitarian mine action efforts will help resolve the global mine crisis and accelerate the journey to a mine-free world. The remarks were made by Senior Minister ...
- Montenegro: Explosion In Cetnje kills 2, seriously injures 3
June 20, 2024
An explosion in central Montenegro’s historical capital, Cetnje, on Thursday killed two people and seriously injured three others, police said. Police sealed off the area around the Cetinje town’s sports ...
- Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears armed group resurgence
June 20, 2024
Somalia’s government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters news agency show, with neighbouring countries fretting that ...
- Afghanistan: Senior TTP commander killed in Kunar
June 20, 2024
The newspaper Dawn reported that Abdul Manan Ilyas, a senior commander of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known by his alias Hakimullah, was killed in Kunar province. The report stated that he ...
- UK: Investigation into the finding of two grenade-type devices in Preston
June 19, 2024
Lancashire Constabulary investigation is continuing into the finding of two grenade-type devices in Preston. Police were called to Watling Street Road, Fulwood, at around 12.25pm yesterday (18th June) to a ...
- Chad: At least nine killed after ammunition depot fire triggers explosions
June 19, 2024
At least nine people have been killed and 46 injured after a fire triggered a series of blasts at a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital N’Djamena. The fire began in ...
- Philippines: Boy hurt as IED explodes in Basilan
June 19, 2024
A boy was injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off at a gasoline station in Lamitan City, Basilan evening on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. According to the provincial government, ...
- Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention – Intersessional meeting – EU Statement on Victim Assistance
June 18, 2024
The European Union has been resolutely engaged in favour of mine victims and persons with disabilities through its policies and assistance, in particular in the implementation of the Council Decision ...
- It’s Time to Learn How to Blow Things Up Again
June 18, 2024
Western governments’ rapidly growing defense spending sounds like a straightforward equation: More spending equals more weapons. But skilled weapons workers are in short supply, especially explosives experts, and without a sufficiently ...
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