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- Philippines: NPA arms stash found in Quezon
August 19, 2023
The police and military unearthed a New People’s Army arms cache in Sariaya, this province, on Friday, August 18. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte said the 1st Quezon ...
- Kenya: Police arrest alleged Al-Shabaab operative with nail bomb ingredients
August 19, 2023
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has arrested a man in Kiambu suspected of being a terrorist linked to the Somalia-based extremist group Al-Shabaab. The suspect, a 41-year-old man, led detectives ...
- Pakistan: Bomb delivered to police by a child defused successfully
August 19, 2023
A child was used by miscreants for targeting a Police post in Dir District by an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) hidden in a steel pot. According to the police, a ...
- Ukraine: Blast reported on premises of Interior Ministry site in Kyiv where experts examine explosives
August 19, 2023
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported on Aug. 19 that an explosion occurred on the premises of the Interior Ministry’s State Scientific and Research Expert-Criminalistic Center in Kyiv’s western suburb. Klymenko ...
- UK: Businessman found guilty of plotting to plant bombs in London
August 19, 2023
A businessman with a “deep-seated grudge” against two lawyers at the National Crime Agency has been found guilty of planting two devices resembling bombs at the heart of London’s legal ...
- Pakistan: ‘Key Daesh commanders’ among 13 rounded up by Punjab CTD
August 19, 2023
The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested 13 alleged terrorists including “three key Daesh commanders” during an intelligence-based operation from different cities of the province. In ...
- TLR, Camp Robinson hosted AF EOD ToY Grand Finale
August 18, 2023
LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. — Team Little Rock hosted the Air Force EOD Team of the Year competition at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Aug. 8-11, 2023. ...
- How drones have changed the conflict in Ukraine war
August 18, 2023
As Kyiv’s counteroffensive to liberate Russian-occupied territories slowly advances in Ukraine’s east, the drone war continues to escalate. Beyond the symbolic value of high-profile strikes against targets in Moscow, deep ...
- Northern Ireland: Omagh bomb questions can ‘only be fully answered with tandem public inquiries’
August 18, 2023
All questions around the Omagh bomb atrocity can only be answered by holding a public inquiry on both sides of the Irish border, a lawyer representing some bereaved families has ...
- One Thing May Save Ukraine From Russia’s Mine Warfare Nightmare: Spider Boots
August 18, 2023
“Spider boots” may sound like one of the cool magic items you can find in fantasy games, but this specially-designed four-legged footwear exists in real life, and is literally a ...
- Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings
August 17, 2023
Sweden raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level on Thursday, saying it had thwarted attacks after Koran burnings and other acts against Islam’s holiest text outraged Muslims and ...
- Florida man dumps forgotten homemade pipe bomb at car wash after estranged wife turns him in
August 17, 2023
A Florida man was arrested after he left a homemade pipe bomb in a car wash trash can, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Anthony Ray West, a 58-year-old electrical engineer, ...
- Thailand: Ranger killed, four injured in explosion at house in Narathiwat
August 17, 2023
A para military ranger was killed and four others were injured when an improvised explosive device, hidden in a house, was remotely detonated as they entered. The incident took place in ...
- Delaware: Millsboro man sentenced to seven years for possessing Molotov cocktails
August 17, 2023
A Millsboro man will serve more than seven years in federal prison for building Molotov cocktails and threatening to blow up or burn down the group home where he lived. According ...
- Ukraine’s counteroffensive inches forward, with the help of cluster bombs
August 17, 2023
Ukrainian marines have advanced for the second time in two weeks on the southeastern frontlines, towards the key port city of Mariupol, with the recapture of the village of Urozhaine ...
- Iraq: Explosion targets military patrol in Kirkuk
August 17, 2023
On Thursday, a security source informed Shafaq News Agency that an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting a military vehicle in the Daquq district, south of Kirkuk, resulting in the initial ...
- Cambodia: CMAC Special Forces inspected the clearance of UXO Kratie Province
August 17, 2023
Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) director general Heng Ratana, on August 16, leaders inspected the clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO), which CMAC Special Forces is operating on the campus of ...
- Finland: Construction of Europe’s Largest Doomsday Stockpile Quietly Gets Underway
August 17, 2023
Finland is stockpiling emergency supplies to help prepare for a potential nuclear catastrophe, in an EU-funded project spurred by the threat posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Finnish interior ministry ...
- UK: Dangerous phosphorus flare exploded on Lowestoft beach
August 17, 2023
A bomb squad was tasked with exploding a “highly dangerous” flare after it was brought to land from an offshore wind farm. HM Coastguard Lowestoft was called to receive a “spent ...
- Afghanistan: Blast injures two in Takhar province
August 16, 2023
Provincial security officials confirmed the incident. The blast unfolded within the third security district of Taloqan, as said in an official statement by the provincial security officials. Reportedly, the explosion was ...
- Oregon: Joint Training Strengthens Emergency Response in Eugene
August 16, 2023
EUGENE, Ore. — On Aug. 16, various local and state agencies came together for a joint training exercise to enhance emergency preparedness in Eugene and surrounding communities. The annual event ...
- Ukrainian troops use thermal cameras for demining
August 16, 2023
Ukrainian troops are using experimental thermal imaging equipment to detect Russian mines, CNN reported on Aug.15. In the village of Robotyne, located in the southeastern part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, According to ...
- Philippines: Maguindanao del Sur Barangay chairman dead, councilor wounded in IED attack
August 16, 2023
A barangay chairman was killed while another was wounded in a powerful explosion in Shariff Saidona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur on Wednesday morning. The fatality, Datu Manot Silongan, chairman of ...
- Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police BDU defuses 361 explosives in six months
August 16, 2023
The bomb disposal unit (BDU) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police defused 361 explosives in the first half of this year. Out of the explosives defused, one was suicide jacket, one ...
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