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- India dismisses reports of artillery shells being supplied to Ukraine
January 4, 2024
India on Thursday dismissed reports that artillery shells made in the country had been supplied to Ukraine by a European nation, with external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal saying there ...
- Red Sea: Drone Boat Used In Attempted Attack
January 4, 2024
The Houthis have introduced unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to their current array of threats to Red Sea shipping. While the Yemeni militant group has used crude drone boats before — they ...
- Israel: IDF uncovers, destroys explosive devices in West Bank
January 4, 2024
Israeli security forces located and found and confiscated weapons and hundreds of explosive devices in the West Bank Nur Shams refugee camp inside a building that also housed a kindergarten ...
- Washington, DC: Two years later, January 6 pipe bomber remains a mystery
January 4, 2024
Two years later law enforcement is raising the reward to $500,000 for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect accused of placing two pipe bombs outside Democratic and ...
- Kenya: GSU officer injured as vehicle hits suspected IED in Garissa
January 4, 2024
A GSU officer has been injured while several others escaped unhurt after their Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (M-RAP) vehicle was hit by a suspected IED in Banane, Garissa. The incident happened approximately ...
- Pakistan: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader survives bomb attack in Bajaur
January 3, 2024
A Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) candidate for the general elections survived a bomb attack on Wednesday when his vehicle was targeted with a remote-controlled device in Bajaur. The incident occurred in Mamund ...
- Iran: Kerman terrorist explosions leave 103 dead and 171 injured
January 3, 2024
At least 103 people lost their lives and 171 were injured as the result of two terrorist explosions in Iran’s central city of Kerman on Wednesday, according to the latest ...
- Angola: Demining works for electrification project at final stage in Bengo province
January 3, 2024
The demining works for the implementation of the electrification project covering Triangle of Dembos and Nambuangongo in Angola’s northern has reached its final stage, the local governor Maria Antónia Nelumba ...
- Argentina arrests three from Lebanon, Syria in Maccabi Games terror plot
January 3, 2024
Police in Argentina have arrested three people for suspicion of planning a terrorist attack at the Pan American Maccabi Games in Buenos Aires, according to police reports from Argentina. The Argentine ...
- Ukraine Needs To Up-Armor Its American-Made M-1 Tanks
January 3, 2024
It’s been two months since ex-American M-1s tanks arrived in Ukraine. And two months since we’ve seen any evidence of the tanks. It’s not clear what Ukraine is doing with its ...
- UK: New Year honours for RN divers
January 3, 2024
A Scottish clearance diver has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours. Leading Seaman (Diver) Rory Cartwright-Taylor is part of the Royal Navy’s Diving & Threat Exploitation Group ...
- California: Placer County Sheriff gets its first certified bomb detection dog
January 2, 2024
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office welcomed a new member to the team recently: A certified Explosive Ordnance Disposal team dog. Stanley and his handler, Deputy Lamb, have been in training. On ...
- Uganda: Bombs detonated after army helicopter crash in Ntoroko
January 2, 2024
Uganda’s army bomb squad Friday evening detonated explosives as a civilian military helicopter crash victim was buried in Ntoroko District amid tight security.Civilian John Mukidi was killed when the UPDF ...
- Pakistan: Suicide bomber among 4 terrorists killed by security forces in North Waziristan
January 2, 2024
Security forces on Tuesday killed four terrorists including a suicide bomber during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa North Waziristan district, the military said. According to Inter-Services Public Relations, the military’s ...
- Lebanon: Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri killed in Beirut blast
January 2, 2024
Lebanese media report that Saleh al-Arouri, a deputy political leader of Hamas, was killed in a drone strike in southern Beirut on Tuesday along with six others – two Hamas ...
- Kenya sends troops to fight rebels in DR Congo
January 2, 2024
President William Ruto announced Wednesday the deployment of troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint regional operation against a rebel offensive. Armed groups in eastern DRC have stepped ...
- Ukraine neutralized over 6,000 mines and projectiles in December
January 2, 2024
In December 2023, the demining units of the State Special Transport Service were able to neutralize 6,171 explosive devices in Ukraine. This constitutes a significant portion of the total number of ...
- Yemen: Unknown gunmen bomb crude oil pipeline in Shabwa
January 2, 2024
Unknown gunmen carried out an attack and blew up a major crude oil pipeline in the country’s southeastern province of Shabwa on Monday evening. The blast was directed at the pipeline ...
- UK: Two charged with explosives offences after bomb scare in Illingworth
January 2, 2024
Two people have been charged with explosives offences after homes were evacuated following a bomb scare. Residents were told to leave their homes and army bomb disposal officers were called after ...
- Israel: IDF locates weapons lab, rocket launchers, strikes terrorists on Gaza beach
January 2, 2024
Over the last 24 hours, soldiers from Israel’s navy and ground infantry units have identified terrorists placing explosive charges on Gaza beaches and nearby buildings with the intent to attack ...
- Chinese peacekeepers in Lebanon obtain mine clearance and EOD quality certification
January 2, 2024
BEIJING, Jan. 2 — The 52 members of the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) passed the mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal ...
- Germany: Police foil New Year’s Eve terrorist attack on Cologne Cathedral
January 1, 2024
German police have arrested three people suspected of planning a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack on Cologne Cathedral, which was reportedly to be carried out in a car loaded with ...
- Japan: U.S. mines from WWII found at wind farm in Kanmon Straits
January 1, 2024
In a two-step process on Dec. 14, the MSDF vessel cleared a mine from World War II. “We managed to dispose of it without fail,” said Lt. Cmdr. Akira Ito of ...
- Cambodia: CMAA review mine action success, set 2024 goals
January 1, 2024
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) held a two-day workshop on December 27-28 to summarise the results of its work in 2023 and outline its working direction ...
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