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- Sweden: Powerful explosion outside Stockholm restaurant
January 17, 2023
Police are investigating a powerful explosion at the entrance to a restaurant in the central Södermalm district of Stockholm overnight. No-one was injured in the blast, but the front of the ...
- Somalia: Al-Shabab launches deadly attack on military base north of Mogadishu
January 17, 2023
Al-Shabab launched a deadly attack on a Somali military base on Tuesday, just a day after the government claimed a “historic victory” over the jihadists with the capture of a ...
- Nigeria: Military kills wanted Boko Haram commanders, 40 others
January 17, 2023
The military has reportedly killed two wanted Boko Haram Commanders, Abu Ubaida and Mallam Yusuf Abba. They were neutralised together with about 40 of their foot soldiers at an abandoned warehouse ...
- Philippines: Bomb maker arrested in North Cotabato
January 17, 2023
Government troops on Tuesday arrested an alleged terrorist in President Roxas, North Cotabato, the military said. Troops from the 602nd Infantry Brigade under Col. Donald Gumiran and members of the President ...
- Retired U.S. Army sergeant major paved way for EOD technicians in elite Special Forces unit
January 17, 2023
SOUTH FORK, Colo. – If you have spent much time on military-related social media platforms, you’ve probably seen some of the memes featuring a seasoned U.S. Army sergeant major with ...
- Syria: Child Dies In Landmine Blast In Eastern Deir Ez-Zor
January 17, 2023
A child lost his life in a landmine explosion, likely of the war remnants left by the Islamic State (ISIS), in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria. Ahmad al-Saken, a ...
- Pakistan: Police mobile van escapes bomb blast in Lakki Marwat
January 17, 2023
Mobile van of the Lakki Marwat city police station narrowly escaped a bomb blast here on Monday. An official said unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device under a culvert ...
- Over 9 million people benefit from Cambodia’s clean-up of landmine-contaminated land
January 17, 2023
Cambodia has cleared roughly 2,554 square kilometers of landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminated land in the last 30 years, benefiting more than 9 million people, a senior ...
- Philippines: 5 bandits surrender in Basilan
January 16, 2023
Five alleged Abu Sayyaf bandits surrendered to authorities in Basilan on Saturday. The surrenderees – Omar Hajubain, Amil Palluh, Farhat Palluh, Merham Palluh and Basri Tukul – turned over three rifles ...
- Central African Republic: Weapons and Ammunition Management Country Insight
January 16, 2023
UNIDIR defines WAM in a comprehensive manner covering the oversight, accountability and governance of conventional arms and ammunition throughout their management cycle, including the establishment of relevant national frameworks, processes ...
- Moldova: Approximately 80 kg of explosives in missile debris found in Briceni district
January 16, 2023
There are about 80 kilograms of explosive material in the remnants of a missile detected on Saturday, January 14, in the area of the Larga border sector, Briceni district, say ...
- DR Congo: Bomb detonates in church in North Kivu province
January 15, 2023
In a statement sent to reporters, military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said that the “terrorist act” occurred in a pentecostal church in the town of Kasindi in North Kivu, which lies ...
- Iraq: 2 killed, injured in mine explosion in Iraq
January 14, 2023
Two civilians were killed and injured following the explosion of a mine left by ISIL terrorists in the west of Al Anbar province of Iraq. One civilian was killed and another ...
- India: CRPF personnel injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district
January 14, 2023
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was on January 14 injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by suspected Naxalites exploded in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur ...
- Somali Security Forces Seize Weapons, Arrest al-Shabab Suspect in Mogadishu
January 14, 2023
Authorities in Somalia say they have seized a weapons cache allegedly buried by al-Shabab militants at a house in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, during a joint operation. An official with NISA, ...
- Pakistan: IED blast destroys private clinic in DI Khan
January 13, 2023
An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at a private clinic at Lunda Sharif bus stand in the limits of Gomal University police station late on Wednesday night. The clinic was destroyed ...
- Uganda: How suspected ADF agent operated explosive making lab, assortment of weapons in Kampala
January 13, 2023
Intelligence organs have arrested a man in Salaama, a Kampala suburb suspected to be an agent of Allied Democratic Forces and at his two bedroomed house was an explosive making ...
- Ukraine: Explosions reported in Berdiansk, occupation government official’s car allegedly blown up
January 13, 2023
Three powerful explosions were reported on Jan. 13 near an air base in Russian-occupied Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Viktoria Halitsina, head of the city military administration, told Suspilne television. A fire broke ...
- Cambodia: Over 61,400 landmines and UXOs destroyed by CMAC in 2022
January 13, 2023
Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) destroyed 61,477 landmines and UXOs in 2022. The update was shared on January 11 by Heng Ratana, Director General of CMAC, highlighting that the move has ...
- China: Robot Dog & Bomb Disposal Join in Celebrating Nanjing Police Day
January 12, 2023
Earlier this week marked the third Chinese People’s Police Day, with law enforcement authorities putting on a host of displays and ceremonies across the nation, ranging from hoisting the nation’s ...
- 14 Malian soldiers killed by explosives in multiple attacks in Mopti Region
January 12, 2023
Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists have killed 14 Malian soldiers and wounded nearly a dozen, the army said. Multiple improvised explosive devices detonated between Dia and Diafarabe villages as well as ...
- Iraq: Kurdistan Region records over 30 causalities to mines last year
January 12, 2023
The remains of decades-old explosives in the Kurdistan Region have killed or wounded over 30 people in 2022, according to figures published by the mines’ authority. A total of 24 people ...
- Yemen: 3 killed in landmine explosion in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah
January 12, 2023
Three people were killed on Wednesday in a landmine blast in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The victims were a woman and her two children, ...
- Kenya: Four killed in suspected IED attack in Garissa
January 11, 2023
Four people have lost their lives after suspected Al-Shabaab militants targeted a convoy of Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) engineers in Garissa. Police say the victims who were part of a ...
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