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- Cambodia, Japan provide tech training for Ukrainian deminers
January 23, 2023
Japan’s foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said his government will continue contributing to the reconstruction of Ukraine through demining cooperation with Cambodia and other countries. Hayashi made the remarks as the Cambodian ...
- Somalia: Explosion, gunfire near mayor’s office in Mogadishu
January 22, 2023
A huge blast tore through buildings near the mayor’s office in central Mogadishu on Sunday, with gunfire erupting afterwards in an attack claimed by Al-Shabaab, police and witnesses told AFP. “Terrorists ...
- Yemen: Roadside bomb explosion kills 2 government soldiers in Shabwa
January 22, 2023
Two soldiers of Yemen’s government forces were killed and four others injured in an explosion in the country’s southeastern oil-rich province of Shabwa, a military official said. A local military officer ...
- Falkland Islands: Controlled explosion of an unexploded ordnance near the Old Dairy
January 21, 2023
The Royal Falkland Islands Police informed that the controlled explosion of an unexploded ordnance near the Old Dairy has been completed and the section of the MPA Road is now ...
- Pakistan: Bomb blast derails train in Bolan;15 injured
January 21, 2023
Four women among 15 people suffered injuries when a bomb blast derailed a Peshawar-bound train in Bolan district on Friday in an attack claimed by the banned Baloch Liberation Army. Officials ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Police suspect use of IED in Narwal blast
January 21, 2023
Just two days before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach Jammu, two back-to-back explosions rocked a busy locality on the outskirts of the city on ...
- Ukraine: Landmine explosion injures 4, including baby, in Mykolaiv Oblast
January 21, 2023
Hanna Zamazieieva, head of the Mykolaiv Oblast Council, reported on Jan. 21 that a car hit a landmine in the village of Liubomyrivka in Mykolaiv Oblast. According to her, four ...
- UK: Man arrested outside Leeds St James’s Hospital with suspicious device and suspected firearm
January 20, 2023
A man has been arrested after he was found with a suspicious device and a suspected firearm outside a Leeds hospital, leading to a partial evacuation. People were asked to avoid ...
- Kenyan security forces kill 10 suspected al-Shabab fighters
January 20, 2023
Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from the Somalia-based al-Shabab group in eastern Kenya, a government official says. They also recovered rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices after fighting the ...
- Yurtugh Tactical: Profiling the Anti-Chinese Uyghur Training Group in Syria
January 20, 2023
The rise of tactical groups dates to 2017 and 2018, when the first videos and photos of Malhama Tactical in Syria began to circulate. In those same years, other tactical ...
- At Least 32 Peacekeeping, Associated Personnel Killed in Malicious Attacks during 2022, United Nations Staff Union President Says
January 20, 2023
At least 32 United Nations peacekeeping personnel — 28 military and four police, including one woman police officer — were killed in deliberate attacks in 2022, the United Nations Staff ...
- Nigeria: Double explosions rock Port Harcourt APC rally
January 20, 2023
Three persons have been reported injured, following double explosions that rocked a rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Rumu-Woji Play Ground, also known as Ojukwu Field, in ...
- Somali, U.S. forces engage insurgents in support of the Federal Government of Somalia
January 20, 2023
At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense strike on Jan. 20, ...
- ‘Expecting the unexpected’: Army competition identifies best EOD troops in South Korea
January 19, 2023
Soldiers from the Army’s sole explosive ordnance disposal unit in South Korea recently competed for the title of Korea EOD Team of the Year. Three teams of three soldiers within the ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: IED defused near Government Medical College in Rajouri
January 18, 2023
Panic gripped Rajouri as an IED was found inside the city area near the Government Medical College on Wednesday. The IED was defused by a bomb disposal squad that reached ...
- Texas: Man transporting an anti-tank weapon in luggage at San Antonio airport will not face charges
January 18, 2023
Aman who attempted to fly with an 84 mm anti-tank rifle at the San Antonio International Airport on Monday will not be charged, police said. Transportation Security Agency agents confiscated the ...
- Cyprus: Car severely damaged from explosion in Skarinou
January 18, 2023
A car was severely damaged from an improvised explosive device that went off in the early hours of Wednesday morning, police said. According to police, the device went off in Skarinou, ...
- Denmark supports explosive hazards management activities in Iraq
January 18, 2023
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomed a contribution of 14 million DKK (over two million USD) from the Danish government, which will assist the Iraqi government ...
- Pakistan: 4 terrorists killed in counter-terror operation in southwestern Balochistan
January 18, 2023
Four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation by security forces in Hoshab area of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday. The operation was initiated to clear a ...
- UN peacekeeping: A team of all-female Egyptian police officers tackles the threat of IED attacks in Mali
January 17, 2023
For the first time in the history of UN peacekeeping, an all-female Egyptian team within the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is playing a crucial role ...
- Pakistan ‘concerned’ over rising militancy along Pak-Afghan border
January 17, 2023
Pakistan has expressed concern over the uptick in militancy along its border with Afghanistan. In an interview with the leading American magazine, Newsweek, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations ...
- UK: Extremist jailed after encouraging man to make a bomb
January 17, 2023
An extremist has been jailed for more than three years for encouraging another man to make a bomb by sharing a video in which he used his Amazon Echo speaker ...
- Philippines: Sulu cops nab 3, seize bomb-making components, guns
January 17, 2023
Authorities arrested three men, including a wanted person, and seized from them high-powered firearms and bomb-making components in Indanan, Sulu, a police official said Tuesday. Maj. Edwin Sapa, Indanan police chief, ...
- NATO and Bosnia and Herzegovina strengthen science and technology cooperation
January 17, 2023
The event, organised in cooperation with NATO Headquarters Sarajevo, highlighted the significant participation of scientists from Bosnia and Herzegovina in regional and international research efforts. In the past ten years, ...
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