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- Cambodia: 200 landmines and UXO remnants destroyed in Mondulkiri province
June 5, 2023
Cambodia took a significant step towards ensuring safety and peace within its borders as competent authorities destroyed remnants of over 200 landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) on June 4. The destruction ...
- South Carolina: Charleston airport expands K-9 presence to increase security
June 5, 2023
The Charleston International Airport welcomed two K-9 officers and their handlers to their security team on Monday morning. The new officers have been trained by the Transportation Security Administration through a ...
- Myanmar: Civilians pay the price as land mines play growing role in the conflict
June 5, 2023
The war zone has expanded in the two years since the putsch in Myanmar, and so have the number of minefields. Both Myanmar military and resistance forces use mines to attack ...
- India: Two CRPF jawans injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
June 5, 2023
Two CRPF jawans were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur on Monday. The pressure IED was planted by Naxalites which caused the blast, police said. The ...
- Somalia: Al-Shabab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Bulamarer
June 4, 2023
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in an al-Shabab attack on a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. Museveni’s statement on Saturday comes a ...
- Cameroon: Rapid Intervention Battalion Lieutenant killed by improvised explosive device in Mbengwi
June 4, 2023
Lieutenant Fabrice Mboutou, a dedicated officer of the Cameroonian army’s Rapid Intervention Battalion, died as a result of fatal injuries sustained in the detonation of a homemade bomb. This incident ...
- Pakistan: CTD arrests six ‘militants’ of banned outfits in Punjab
June 4, 2023
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested six suspects belonging to different banned outfits during operations in different areas of Punjab. The spokesman says that 415 grams ...
- UK: Man charged under Explosive Substances Act after ‘hazardous materials’ found in house
June 3, 2023
A man has been charged under the Explosive Substances Act after ‘hazardous materials’ were found in a house in Reddish. A major incident was declared following the discovery on Middleton Road ...
- Nigeria: Two soldiers killed, others wounded in Borno
June 3, 2023
At least two soldiers were reportedly killed and many others injured when the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists attacked reinforced troops with a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive ...
- UNODC: Synthetic Drugs in East and Southeast Asia – Latest developments and challenges
June 2, 2023
East and Southeast Asia’s drug market has been marked by a decade of growth in the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs, particularly methamphetamine – a trend that continues. The ...
- Somali, AU troops clear supply routes to ease aid movements
June 2, 2023
Somali and the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) troops have stepped up joint patrols to clear improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and open main supply routes to facilitate delivery ...
- Ukraine: To liberate territory, Ukraine must smash fortified Russian defenses
June 2, 2023
As Ukraine prepares to launch a long-trumpeted counterattack, the first obstacle its soldiers must push through isn’t Russia’s defenses. It’s their own. Like Russia, Ukraine has laid thousands of mines along ...
- The International Mine Action Standards: revamped website now available
June 2, 2023
The International Mine Action Standards have ensured confidence in mine action efforts around the world for over 20 years, since their initial endorsement by the UN inter-Agency Coordination Group on ...
- Northern Ireland: New IRA in Derry ‘planned to use gun with silencer in attack on police’
June 1, 2023
A gun and silencer seized during a search operation targeting the New IRA in Londonderry were to be “used in a violent attack on police”, a detective has said. Detectives ...
- Pakistan: Eight kilogram bomb defused in Bannu
June 1, 2023
Security forces foiled a major terror bid in Bannu and the officials defused an eight-kilogram bomb in the vicinity of the Mandan police station on Thursday, ARY News reported. Bomb Disposal ...
- Nigeria: Multi-National Joint Task Force troops eliminate 55 terrorists, destroy VBIEDs
May 31, 2023
At least 55 terrorists including several top Commanders from the Islamic State of the West African province (ISWAP) were killed by the troops of the Multi-National Joint Task (MNJTF), Force ...
- From explosive quadcopters to flying bombs: How drone warfare is evolving during the war in Ukraine
May 31, 2023
The presence of pilotless vehicles fills the skies over Ukraine. Drones have become a ubiquitous part of the war in Ukraine. Both Russia and Ukraine are using drones in this ...
- Pakistan: 5 Army personnel injured in explosion in North Waziristan
May 31, 2023
At least five Pakistani army forces and a child were injured in a roadside bomb explosion that took place in the Khadi area of North Waziristan on Tuesday, police said. According ...
- South Sudan struggles to clear mines after decades of war as people start returning home
May 31, 2023
For the first time since fleeing South Sudan’s civil war eight years ago, Jacob Wani returned home excited to rebuild his life. But when the 45-year-old farmer tried to access his ...
- Ireland: Investigations continue as army bomb team declares fatal explosion site safe
May 30, 2023
The site of yesterday’s explosion in West Europe has been declared safe by the Army Bomb Disposal team that attended the scene last evening. Gardaí say continue to investigate all the ...
- Drones hit Moscow high-rises as Kyiv struck for third day
May 30, 2023
A swarm of drones hit Moscow on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack, while Russian drones struck Kyiv for a third straight day as Ukraine gears up for a major offensive ...
- Afghanistan: Mine explosion kills three children, injures one in Wardak
May 29, 2023
At least three children were killed and another injured in mine explosions, left over from past wars in Wardak province of Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Monday. The children were ...
- Nigeria: National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seizes IEDs enroute bandits camp in Niger state
May 29, 2023
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a consignment of 32 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), on its way to bandits’ camp in Niger. The Director, Media and ...
- Mali: Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers injured in IED attack in Timbuktu Region
May 29, 2023
Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers were injured when a motorcade of a patrol team under Bangladesh Formed Police Unit (BANFPU-2) came under attack by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mali on ...
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