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- Nepal: One arrested after Army defuses IED in Kathmandu
July 19, 2023
Nepal Army’s bomb disposal squad defused an IED in Sinamangal of Kathmandu on Wednesday. The IED was not a bomb said Nepal Army. Krishna Prasad Bhandari, information officer of the Nepali ...
- Mine-clearing equipment given to Ukraine is ineffective, noisy, and easy to strike
July 19, 2023
Mine-clearing equipment given to Ukrainian forces by the West is “ineffective” because it is noisy, large, and easy to strike, according to a commander speaking The Washington Post. Officers told the ...
- Lebanon Is Still Littered With Land Mines
July 17, 2023
On a spring morning near the town of Aarab el-Louaizeh in southern Lebanon, 39-year-old Zeinab Hashem sported an unconventional outfit. In a heavy vest, helmet, and visor that chafed against ...
- Kenya: Al Shabaab casts wide recruiting net as Tanzanians arrested heading for Somalia
July 17, 2023
Al Shabaab militants are recruiting foreigners from neighbouring countries, as fewer Kenyans are joining, security officials have said. Two Tanzanians were arrested in Garissa last Wednesday, while on their way to ...
- India: AAI inaugurates training on CBRN emergencies at Chennai airport
July 17, 2023
The AAI inaugurates training on CBRN emergencies at the Chennai airport on Monday. A Training of Trainers (ToT) program was organised at Chennai International Airport by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) ...
- Pakistan, Iran to work together to stop militant border attacks
July 17, 2023
The top military leadership of Pakistan and neighboring Iran agreed to step up cooperation and intelligence sharing and take “effective actions” to prevent attacks by separatist militants along their porous ...
- Two dead after explosions on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and Russia
July 17, 2023
Twin explosions have damaged the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea to mainland Russia, killing two people and closing the main conduit for Russian road traffic to the annexed peninsula. The heavily guarded ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Two IEDs found in forest in Kashmir’s Kupwara district
July 17, 2023
Security forces on Monday found two improvised explosive devices in the Handwara forests in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “Based on a specific information, Army along with Police ...
- Malta: When St John’s Co-Cathedral was threatened by 2,000lb bomb in 1955, and the man who led its defusing
July 17, 2023
It is a known piece of historical trivia that for a time during the Second World War, Malta was the most bombed place on the planet. That’s evidenced by the ...
- South Korea to supply Ukraine with more mine detectors, demining equipment
July 16, 2023
South Korea will supply Ukraine with more mine detectors and demining equipment as part of its assistance package for the war-torn nation, a presidential official said Sunday. The initiative is made ...
- UK: Bomb disposal robot deployed after “suspicious item” found at Portsmouth and Southsea railway station
July 16, 2023
Emergency services swarmed the around around Portsmouth and Southsea railway station after an item was found earlier this morning. A 100m cordon has been set up around the station, blocking ...
- Philippines: Shoe removal returns at NAIA
July 16, 2023
Air travelers departing for overseas destinations are again required to take off their shoes for security inspection at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), reviving the more than two decades ...
- Somalia: At least 18 Al-Shabaab members killed in Danab force operation
July 16, 2023
The Danab commandos carried out operations against Al-Shabaab in the villages between the Gal’ad district and the Bud-bud of Galgudud region. Officials of the military forces who spoke to the ...
- Myanmar: Fourteen people injured in blast in Shan state
July 16, 2023
Fourteen people were injured in a blast in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state on Saturday, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council said, reported Xinhua. An explosive device concealed inside a ...
- ISIS mastermind who groomed vulnerable Australian teen to become a suicide bomber is jailed for his role
July 15, 2023
A ‘misunderstood’ Islamic State groomer who convinced an Australian teenager to become a suicide bomber will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Mirsad Kandic, 40, was sentenced to ...
- Cambodia: War legacy continues to threaten lives
July 15, 2023
Despite strides made in clearance, remnants of war, including mines, continue to pose a risk to locals. A recent incident underscored this ongoing threat when an anti-tank mine exploded on ...
- Ukraine: The biggest obstacle to the counteroffensive? Minefields.
July 15, 2023
In a painstakingly slow process that has come to define the speed of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, small groups of sappers on the front lines are crawling across minefields — sometimes ...
- Iran: Four Border Guards Wounded In Car Explosion Near Pakistan
July 15, 2023
Four border guards were injured in a booby trap car bomb near the Mirjaveh border with Pakistan in Iran’s Baluch populated southeast. According to state news agency IRNA, the condition ...
- ‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan
July 14, 2023
When the call came from war-ravaged South Sudan in June 2011, Job Tawengwa did not hesitate to say yes. Harare-based Tawengwa, a de-mining and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) expert, knew ...
- North Carolina: Mount Olive man convicted on multiple weapons charges
July 14, 2023
A 39-year-old Mount Olive man is facing up to 95 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines after being found guilty this week by a federal jury on ...
- Israel Police find improvised pipe bomb during a car search
July 14, 2023
Police officers found an improvised pipe bomb during a car search in the Israeli-Arab town, Jisr e-Zarka, according to the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit. Police subsequently arrested three suspects. Read more… Source: The ...
- Russia: Explosive device linked to car bombing in Belgorod, investigative authorities say
July 14, 2023
An incident on Friday involving the explosion of a car in the Russian city of Belgorod, which left three people injured, was caused by an unidentified explosive device, the Russian ...
- Greece: Freemasons Hall Damaged by Explosion
July 13, 2023
On Thursday morning, an explosion damaged a hall used by the Freemasons in Greece. The Masonic Hall, located in Central Athens, was only minimally damaged. The blast was reportedly caused by ...
- Pakistan: Three CTD men hurt in roadside IED blast
July 13, 2023
Senior CTD official Raja Umer Khattab said that their intelligence wing had been working on the presence of militants belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in Karachi and its adjoining ...
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