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- What’s next for security in Somalia after the AU mission ends?
August 25, 2023
In a dusty military compound in Somalia’s coastal town of Adale, soldiers from the African Union peacekeeping force and the Somali National Army gathered in a makeshift building. The AU commander ...
- Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Navy Divers Complete Large Scale Exercise 2023
August 25, 2023
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Navy Divers from EOD Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU 6), Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU 2), and Explosive Ordnance ...
- More Afghan children fall victim to unexploded war remnants – UNICEF
August 24, 2023
On Thursday, the organization said on social media X that 85% of the victims affected by unexploded ordnance are children. This alarming statistic highlights these remnants’ disproportionate impact on the ...
- Cyprus: SBA police arrest 6 in Trachoni after uncovering explosives, drugs
August 24, 2023
The Sovereign Base Areas Police on Thursday carried out searches on a number of neighbouring properties in Trachoni and discovered a significant amount of drugs, believed to be cannabis. Six Greek Cypriots ...
- Norway donates missiles, mine clearing gear to Ukraine
August 24, 2023
Norway will send anti-aircraft missiles and mine clearing equipment to Ukraine and help the war-torn country secure its gas and power supply, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on ...
- Springfield FBI sets off homemade explosives as part of a workshop for law enforcement, other agencies
August 23, 2023
The Springfield FBI set off several homemade explosives Wednesday as part of a workshop making sure law enforcement, first responders and others are aware of the chemicals used to make ...
- Mexico: Drug cartels are sharply increasing use of bomb-dropping drones
August 23, 2023
The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices — especially bomb-dropping drones — this year, with 42 soldiers, police ...
- TSA proposes additional background checks of US public transit workers
August 23, 2023
The Transportation Security Agency proposed regulations to require additional security vetting of public transit employees to mitigate the threat of “insiders” attacking the nation’s commuting networks. TSA is asking the public ...
- Arkansas man pleads guilty to firebombing police cars during George Floyd protests
August 23, 2023
An Arkansas community activist accused in the firebombings of police cars after the 2020 murder of George Floyd pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. Mujera Benjamin Lung’aho, 33, of North ...
- Somalia: Car bomb explosion hits near stadium in Mogadishu
August 22, 2023
An explosion occurred near Mogadishu Stadium on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks in Somalia as the government is now at war with Al-Shabaab. An explosive-laden vehicle was targeted ...
- Pennsylvania: Bomb squad personnel attend unexploded ordnance course at Gettysburg Museum
August 22, 2023
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians joined Federal, state and local bomb squad personnel at a Civil War era unexploded ordnance course at ...
- UK: Teesworks cordoned off as controlled explosion of World War II device underway
August 22, 2023
A cordon has been put in place as a controlled explosion of a World War II device is underway at the Teesworks site. Cleveland Police have confirmed a 500-metre cordon ...
- South Africa: Cash In Transit Vehicle Hit With Improvised Explosive Device
August 22, 2023
The small suburb of Lanseria, Gauteng province, Johannesburg was today the arena for a common tactic employed by criminals. A cash-in-transit vehicle (CIT) was hit with an improvised explosive device ...
- Mexican army says drug cartels are increasing their use of roadside bombs
August 22, 2023
The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices this year, with 42 soldiers, police and suspects wounded by IEDs ...
- Sweden: Explosion in Skäggetorp, 17-year-old girl detained
August 22, 2023
A 17-year-old girl has been detained at Linköping District Court on suspicion of aiding and abetting public destruction on July 31 in Skäggetorp center in Linköping. The young woman was ...
- Iran: Undetonated munitions kill navy EOD specialist in Gilan province
August 22, 2023
One explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialist of the Iranian Navy was killed, and two others were injured as unexploded munitions went off in a shooting range in northern Iran. In a ...
- India: Bomb attack during group clash in Odisha, six injured
August 22, 2023
At least six persons were injured, one critically, after a crude bomb was hurled at them in Khajuripokhari village within Bari Ramachandrapur police limits in Jajpur district on Sunday night. Sources ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 180
August 22, 2023
As part of their monitoring activities at the ZNPP, the IAEA experts are expecting access to the rooftops of reactor buildings 1, 2, 5 and 6 in the coming days. ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Police destroy IED along Jammu-Srinagar national highway
August 22, 2023
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) through a controlled mechanism at Selfie Morh near Ban Toll Plaza along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. Following specific ...
- Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves two dead
August 21, 2023
At least two people were killed, and two more were injured in an explosion in the Darul Aman area west of Kabul, the city’s police said on Monday. According to ...
- Iraq: 59% of areas contaminated with landmines cleared
August 21, 2023
The Iraqi Minister of Environment, Nizar Amidi, announced on Monday that 59 percent of the areas contaminated with mines have been cleared. Amidi confirmed that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani ...
- Amtrak police dogs: Dutifully trained to serve and protect the rails and its passengers
August 21, 2023
More than 50 police dogs serve and protect Amtrak’s trains and stations throughout the United States. From birth to adulthood, these canines are trained to work with their human counterparts, ...
- UK: No new charges in Birmingham pub bombings re-investigation
August 21, 2023
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that it could not bring charges despite a “thorough and careful” review of evidence related to the 1974 atrocities. 21 people were killed in ...
- Pakistan: Militant attack kills 11 labourers in Waziristan
August 20, 2023
Eleven labourers were killed in a militant attack in Northwestern Pakistan, caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday. Security and police officials in northern Khyber Pakhtunkwa province said a suspected ...
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