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- Pakistan: At least two killed, 25 injured in landmine blast in North Waziristan
September 7, 2023
The death toll from a landmine explosion in northwest Pakistan has shot up to two, while 25 were injured, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Shawal area of ...
- Somali army successfully avert major Al-Shabaab attack on base
September 7, 2023
Early in the morning members of the Al-Shabaab group launched a complex attack against the Somali military base in the Nur Dugle area of the Middle Shabelel region. The attack started ...
- UK: Bomb disposal experts called to Houghton-le-Spring as man injured by ‘homemade device’
September 7, 2023
A man was taken to hospital after he was injured by what police say was a “homemade device”. Bomb disposal experts were called in to assist with an operation in ...
- US to arm Kyiv with depleted uranium tank shells
September 7, 2023
The US has announced it will send controversial weapons to Ukraine as part of more than $1bn (£800m) in military and humanitarian aid. Russia condemned the move to equip US ...
- Indian Army Deploys Bomb Disposal Squads And Sniffer Dogs For G20 Summit Security
September 6, 2023
As the countdown to the mega G20 summit event in the national capital on September 9-10 begins, the Indian Army has taken extensive measures to ensure the safety and security ...
- Germany: Second World War bomb in Kaiserslautern will be neutralised by controlled explosion
September 6, 2023
The aerial bomb from the Second World War, which was found on Wednesday at the ACC site in Kaiserslautern, must be blown up. This was announced by the city administration. ...
- France: Over 200 WWII Mortar Shells Discovered Under School Sandpit
September 6, 2023
Construction workers renovating a school playground in France over the summer vacation made a discovery that made their blood run cold. Beneath the school’s sandbox lay more than 200 mortar ...
- Somali president escapes a huge suicide car bombing attack
September 5, 2023
An explosives-laden vehicle targeted President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy in the central Somali town of Maxaas on Tuesday, officials have confirmed. Security officials have confirmed that a suicide car bomb exploded ...
- Cluster Munitions: New Use, Transfers Challenge Total Ban
September 5, 2023
Civilian harm from new use of cluster munitions and recent transfers of the weapon show the urgent need for all countries to join the international ban on cluster munitions, Human ...
- Kenya: Probe after two officers killed in terror attack
September 5, 2023
A joint operation has been launched in various parts of Mandera County following an attack on Sunday that left two officers dead and five others injured. National Police Service (NPS) ...
- Israel: Two Israelis recruited by Islamic Jihad arrested for smuggling weapons
September 5, 2023
The Israeli military (IDF), the Shin Bet domestic security agency and the Israel Police announced on Monday that two Israeli citizens living in the northern West Bank had been arrested ...
- IED explosion kills Turkish soldier in northern Iraq
September 5, 2023
A Turkish soldier has been killed in an explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The soldier, Ünal Sipahi, died ...
- India: Drone-dropped IED defused in Moirang
September 5, 2023
A drone-dropped improvised explosive device (IED) was defused by the security forces at Moirang in Manipur on Tuesday (September 05). The IED was detected by the personnel of Manipur police ...
- Uganda arrests 5 more, recovers explosives in Kampala bomb plot – police
September 5, 2023
Ugandan police have arrested another five people and discovered five more explosives around the capital Kampala in a bombing plot linked to an Islamist rebel group, the force said. Based ...
- Myanmar: Myawaddy governor killed in drone attack
September 5, 2023
Six people including Myawaddy governor were killed in drone attacks, carried out by Myanmar’s resistance forces. A tension at the border town of Myawaddy escalated once again, as opposition forces ...
- Israel not equipped to handle Iranian explosives
September 4, 2023
Israeli military commandos warned on Sunday morning that the IDF’s armored vehicles are not equipped to deal with terror attacks carried out using improvised explosive devices (IED), which are thought ...
- Cambodia: India fund Koh Kong demining operations
September 3, 2023
The Indian embassy and the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on August 31, approving $425,000 in funding for a vital mine ...
- Kenya: Two place officers killed, six injured in IED attack in Mandera
September 3, 2023
At least two police officers were Sunday killed while six others were injured when a vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a bomb in Arabia area, Mandera county. The ...
- U.S. Embassy in Uganda: Security Alert
September 3, 2023
U.S. Embassy, Kampala: “We are following press reports and police statements of an improvised explosive device discovered at a Kampala-area church in the Rubaga division September 3 which police located ...
- Yemen: Dozens of civilian casualties due to coalition remnants
September 3, 2023
During August, dozens of civilians have been documented as killed and injured due to the explosion of the coalition’s remnants and its factions in Yemen. According to the Executive Center for ...
- California: Unattended Explosives Found at Camp Pendleton Triggered Evacuation
September 1, 2023
Packaged military explosives were found unattended in an office building at Camp Pendleton, California, on Wednesday, triggering a temporary evacuation of the area. No one was hurt, the Marine Corps ...
- UK: Two men jailed for possessing a homemade ‘Warrington Grenade’
September 1, 2023
Two men will now serve time behind bars for placing an explosive device on a doorstep in Bury. Shaun Offlands, (29), of Esmond Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 5 years ...
- Nerves of Steel: 2023 Air Force Explosive Ordnance Team of the Year
September 1, 2023
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians undertake some of the Air Force’s most dangerous missions – mitigating the hazards of explosive materials and other weapons. Air Force EOD teams from around the ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 181
September 1, 2023
During the previous rotation on 3 August 2023, IAEA experts had been granted access to the reactor rooftops of units 3 and 4, which allowed them to verify that no ...
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