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- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 191
October 27, 2023
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have assessed the damage caused by this week’s powerful explosions near Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP), observing 26 broken windows but reporting no ...
- US Army EOD technicians train with allies during Exercise Ardent Defender in Canada
October 27, 2023
5TH CANADIAN DIVISION SUPPORT BASE GAGETOWN, New Brunswick, Canada – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are training with military personnel from eight partner nations during Exercise Ardent Defender at ...
- Explained: ‘Sponge Bomb,’ Israel’s new weapon to secure Hamas’ underground tunnels
October 27, 2023
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas intensifies, Israeli forces, as per reports, are set to use a ‘novel’ arsenal of tactics. This includes the use of innovative bomb known ...
- Pakistan: Two IEDs defused in Bannu
October 26, 2023
The personnel of the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) defused two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and saved the area from destruction in Janikhel on Wednesday. The police said that suspected militants had ...
- Cambodia wants more Ottawa Convention signatories
October 26, 2023
Cambodia wants more countries to sign the Ottawa Convention so that the world can get rid of landmines and other UXOs faster to end the suffering of people residing in ...
- FBI: Threats Associated with the Israel-HAMAS Conflict
October 26, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are issuing this Public Service Announcement to highlight potential threats in the United States from a variety of ...
- Greece: WWII bomb diffused in Athens suburb
October 26, 2023
A WWII-era bomb found during works in the Athens suburb of Glyfada was diffused on Thursday morning. The Land Mine Clearance Battalion (TENX) conducted a special operation at the location ...
- NATO tests new regional ‘deterrence and defense’ plans
October 25, 2023
BRUNSSUM, Netherlands — NATO ended its largest and most complex computer-assisted, command post exercise of the 21st century on Oct. 19. Exercise Steadfast Jupiter 2023 included more than 7,000 personnel ...
- Ireland: Explosive discovered in field in operation targeting Limerick organised crime
October 25, 2023
Gardaí arrested five men and seized drugs worth over €70,000 in an operation targeting organised crime in Co Limerick on Tuesday. A number of searches were conducted by gardaí attached ...
- Hungary hosts international training for military divers who salvage unexploded munitions
October 25, 2023
Soldiers from across Europe suited up in heavy diving equipment inside a cavernous flooded stone quarry deep beneath the Hungarian capital. Once their air tanks, flippers and waterproof diving suits ...
- Mexican drug cartels throwing explosives along Texas southern border
October 25, 2023
Mexican drug cartel operatives continue to engage in violent acts along the southern border of Texas near the Rio Grande, as new video shows them throwing explosives as an intimidation ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 190
October 25, 2023
Powerful explosions shook an area near Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP) overnight, shattering many windows at the site and temporarily cutting power to some off-site radiation monitoring stations, once ...
- India: Man arrested for hurling crude bomb outside Tamil Nadu governor’s residence
October 24, 2023
A man was arrested on Wednesday (Oct 25) from India’s southern Chennai city after he hurled a crude bomb outside the Tamil Nadu state governor’s residence. Police said that upon reaching ...
- US troops in Middle East attacked 14 times, injuring 24 people over the last week
October 24, 2023
U.S. troops positioned in the Middle East have been attacked 14 times in the last week with a mix of one-way drones and rockets, resulting in 24 people getting injured, ...
- JBSA Explosive Ordnance Disposal Holds Inaugural Joint Field Training Exercise
October 24, 2023
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-CAMP BULLIS, Texas – Joint Base San Antonio’s 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron and 433rd CES held the inaugural 2023 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Texas Regional Field Training Exercise ...
- Vietnam: A So airport cleared from dioxin contamination
October 24, 2023
The Chemical Command under the Ministry of Defence on October 24 announced the completion of dioxin cleanup at A So airport in A Luoi district, the central province of Thua ...
- Sri Lanka: Deminers injured in mine blasts
October 23, 2023
Four deminers were wounded on Saturday due to mine explosions.Police Spokesman, SSP Nihal Thalduwa, told the media that the incident had happened in Mullaitivu. Thalduwa said the deminers had been clearing ...
- ATMIS police officers sharpen skills on explosive hazard movements in Somalia
October 23, 2023
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Monday its police officers have successfully wrapped up an explosive hazard and awareness training course in Baidoa, southwest Somalia, to ensure ...
- UK: World War Two bomb discovered in River Wey near anti-tank obstacles
October 23, 2023
A Second World War “bomb” was found in Guildford on Sunday morning (October 22) by a group of magnet fishermen who pulled the relic from the River Wey. Police were ...
- IAEA: International Exercise Builds Resilience for Emergency Preparedness
October 23, 2023
Resilient and agile response arrangements are an essential component of countries’ emergency response frameworks, as decisions made in the early stages of an emergency can be instrumental in saving lives. On ...
- Israel launches strike on Hamas tunnel to stop ‘imminent terror attack’
October 22, 2023
Israeli forces conducted an airstrike on the Al-Ansar mosque in Jenin, a city in the northern West Bank, which they said was being used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants ...
- Ukrainian sappers destroy mine washed ashore in Odesa region
October 22, 2023
In the town of Chornomorsk, Odesa region, military sappers have successfully neutralized a sea mine that washed ashore earlier. The sea mine was discovered in the Chornomosrk Bay on Friday, October ...
- Somalia: Death toll rises to 6 in Al-Shabab attack outside Mogadishu
October 21, 2023
The number of people killed by a car bomb blast that exploded outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu on Saturday morning has jumped to at least 6. The al Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab claimed ...
- Cyprus: One arrested after bombing near Israel’s Embassy in Nicosia
October 21, 2023
Police in Cyprus have arrested one person after a bomb was detonated on Saturday near the Israeli embassy in Nicosia. Officials said the explosion occurred at 1:37 am. Cyprus police report ...
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