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- Thailand: Reports of 6 newly laid mines in Trat province
February 15, 2026
Thailand’s Humanitarian Mine Action Unit has discovered six newly planted PMN-2 anti-personnel landmines in Ban Chamrak, Muang district, confirming they were recently laid by Cambodian forces. The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) ...
- U.S. military completes transfer of 5,700 IS detainees from Syria to Iraq
February 13, 2026
The U.S. military has completed the transfer of thousands of Islamic State group detainees from Syria to Iraq, where they are expected to stand trial in the future, the U.S. ...
- Israel: Over 200 arrested, guns, and explosives confiscated in major Arab crime crackdown
February 13, 2026
The Israel Police in the North confiscated around 200 illegal weapons and arrested over 200 suspects over the last few weeks in a major crackdown on crime in Arab communities, ...
- Pakistan: Frontier Works Organisation worker killed, army officer injured in Diamer IED attack
February 13, 2026
A Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) worker was martyred, while three others including an army major, were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near an FWO vehicle in the ...
- Northern Ireland: Man accused of storing explosives in Belfast home not ideologically driven or linked to terrorism
February 12, 2026
A man accused of storing explosives in his south Belfast home is not ideologically driven or linked to terrorism, the High Court heard today. Dangerous chemicals and an improvised grenade were ...
- Colorado: Pueblo police officers injured in explosion during evidence collection at bomb range
February 12, 2026
Two officers with the Pueblo Police Department’s (PPD) Pueblo Metro Bomb Squad (PMBS) Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) have been injured during an ongoing criminal investigation. According to the city, around 10:35 ...
- Texas: Paris police investigating explosion from apparent IED
February 12, 2026
Officers in Paris responded to a scene of sparks raining down from overhead electrical lines at a vacant lot after an explosion was heard Thursday morning. According to Paris Police, officers ...
- Niger: Roadside bomb kills civilians near Baroua in Diffa region
February 12, 2026
An improvised explosive device struck a mixed transport vehicle near Baroua in Niger’s Diffa region at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 10, killing at least eight people at the ...
- Thailand: Thai soldier loses right ankle in landmine blast in Si Sa Ket
February 12, 2026
A Thai soldier was seriously injured after stepping on a landmine at Huai Ta Maria, opposite the Preah Vihear Temple in Si Sa Ket province, on Monday (November 10). The ...
- Pennsylvania: Arrest warrant unsealed in alleged bomb making case
February 11, 2026
An arrest of a Wilkes-Barre man in late December on allegations he attempted to make an explosive device was based on online searches of recent terroristic attacks using homemade explosives ...
- Ukraine: State Emergency Service destroyed Russian Kh-101 missile warhead
February 11, 2026
In the Pervomaisk district of the Mykolaiv region, rescuers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) destroyed the warhead of a Russian Kh-101 missile. This was reported by the Main ...
- Thailand: Road-culvert bomb injures three in Narathiwat, missing police patrol
February 11, 2026
A bomb planted in a culvert beneath a road in Ban Kado village, Moo 4, Rueso district, Narathiwat, exploded on Wednesday (February 11), injuring three people and damaging a vehicle. Pol ...
- US Military warns EOD techs against uploading ‘highly sensitive’ bomb disposal data into generative AI systems
February 10, 2026
The military’s top EOD technology authority recently warned bomb technicians against uploading restricted technical material into generative artificial intelligence systems — including Pentagon-approved platforms and commercial offerings. Internal correspondence reviewed by ...
- UK: Man who booby-trapped Barnsley drug den with ‘Home Alone’ explosives and flamethrower jailed
February 10, 2026
A man who rigged Barnsley properties with improvised explosive devices and a homemade flamethrower to protect a large-scale drugs operation has been jailed. Police raided three properties on Brierley Road in ...
- British Columbia: Man sentenced after police seize ‘arsenal of ruinously destructive potential’
February 10, 2026
A 49-year-old Vancouver Island man will spend the next several years behind bars after he was caught with what a B.C. Supreme Court judge described as a “highly illegal arsenal ...
- Germany: A 500-Pound World War Ii bomb defused in Hamburg
February 10, 2026
In Hamburg, an aerial bomb from the Second World War was defused on Monday evening. The explosive ordnance disposal service of the fire department had found the 500-pound unexploded bomb ...
- Kenya: Cow killed after stepping on IED in Kiunga, Lamu County
February 9, 2026
A cow was killed in a blast on the roadside in Kiunga area, Lamu County, police said. This was after it stepped on a set bomb on the road. The ...
- Italy: Masked armed robbers blow up cash transporter on motorway
February 9, 2026
Mobile phone footage captured chaotic scenes shortly before 8am on the road between Lecce and Brindisi, where an armoured cash transporter was ambushed by six to eight masked robbers. A gunfight ...
- Nigeria: Army discovers improvised explosive devices in Abia forest
February 9, 2026
Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to the 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Abia State, have discovered improvised explosive devices in a forest at Umuchinma, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of ...
- Thailand: Anti-govt banners, explosives found in Narathiwat
February 8, 2026
Security forces are on high alert after finding banners displaying anti-government messages and objects resembling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at multiple locations across the province. Officials believe it was an attempt ...
- Tennessee: Man arrested after improvised explosive device recovered from S. Nashville dumpster
February 8, 2026
A man faces serious charges following a South Nashville hazmat incident involving an explosive device. Specialized Investigations detectives arrested 37-year-old Brandon Lamar Holt late Saturday night in the 3200 block ...
- Cambodia: US provides US$4mil for demining, pledges to clear UXOs from homes of displaced persons
February 8, 2026
The United States has earmarked US$4 million in aid to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) for the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), while pledging to help Cambodian ...
- Nigeria: Four soldiers killed in suspected ISWAP attack in Borno
February 7, 2026
Four soldiers have been killed in an attack by suspected ISWAP terrorists on security installations in Auno community, Konduga LGA of Borno state. TheCable understands that the incident occurred on ...
- Ukraine: Demining Program Clears 1340 Hectares of Agricultural Land in January 2026
February 7, 2026
Under the state program to compensate for demining costs, mine-action operators cleared 1,340 hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine in January; the cost of the works amounted to 76.43 million ...
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