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- Thailand: Bomb explosion kills three railway workers in Songkhla province
December 6, 2022
A bomb explosion on a railroad track killed at least three railway workers and officials as well as injured several others in southern Thailand on Tuesday, officials said, blaming separatist ...
- Afghanistan: At least 9 wounded in Nangarhar money exchange market explosion
December 6, 2022
A number of civilians were wounded in an explosion in a money exchange market on Tuesday in Nangarhar province. The blast occurred in District 1 of Jalalabad city, center of Nangarhar ...
- U.S. Army Chemical Corps Soldiers train with U.S. Navy SEALs during Exercise Trident
December 6, 2022
JOINT BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, Va. – U.S. Army Chemical Corps Soldiers are training with U.S. Navy SEALs during Exercise Trident here, Nov. 28 – Dec. 16. Soldiers from the 45th ...
- Turkish soldier killed by terrorist IED in northern Iraq
December 6, 2022
A Turkish soldier was killed in Türkiye’s anti-terror operation zone in northern Iraq, near the countries’ shared border, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said Monday. Mehmet Duman died after a bomb ...
- Cambodia: Deminers urged to improve efficiency
December 6, 2022
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) called on all demining operators improve their efficiency to guarantee the Kingdom reaches its 2025 goal of becoming mine-free. CMAA first vice-president ...
- Afghanistan: At least 7 killed and 6 injured in explosion in Mazar-e-Sharif
December 6, 2022
Security officials in the northern Afghan province of Balkh said that an explosion in Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh, on Tuesday resulted in at least 7 fatalities and 6 ...
- UK: Doomsday ‘prepper’ turned room into bomb factory, jury told
December 5, 2022
A self-styled Doomsday “prepper” turned his home into an explosives factory and set off devices in the garden, a court has been told. Simon Pilgrim, 41, from Derby, was arrested last ...
- Cambodia: Mine-free Kingdom 2025 goal gets big funding boost via new sub-decree
December 5, 2022
The government has established the “Mine-Free Cambodia 2025 Fund” to achieve the goal of clearing the Kingdom’s remaining landmines by 2025, in a bid to provide security and harmony for ...
- Canada to provide C$15 million for Ukraine demining
December 5, 2022
The Government of Canada said Monday that it will grant 15 million Canadian dollars (10.5 million euros) to Ukraine for the purchase of equipment needed for humanitarian landmine clearance. Specifically, the ...
- Plane travelling to UK diverted to Prague after suspected homemade bomb reported on board
December 5, 2022
A plane travelling into the UK was diverted to an airport in Czech Republic after a suspected improvised explosive device was on board the aircraft. The flight was understood to be ...
- UK: Bomb squad finds second device at Bargoed house – police
December 5, 2022
Explosives experts were called back to a house in the Bargoed area following the discovery of a second “suspicious device”. As the Argus reported last week, there has been a major ...
- Belgium launches biggest criminal trial in its history after 2016 terror attacks
December 5, 2022
Six and a half years after terrorist attacks that left a legacy of death, injury and shock, Belgium is launching the biggest criminal trial in its history. Ten people will face ...
- Spain: Navy divers neutralise unexploded bomb a few kilometres off Aguilas
December 4, 2022
A member of a Calabardina (Murcia) diving club recently discovered a partially-buried bomb in the seabed not far from Aguilas. Alerted by the diver, the authorities notified the Guardia Civil’s ...
- Mali: Nine FAMa soldiers killed in November IED attacks
December 4, 2022
Mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) killed nine Mali soldiers during November in central and southern areas in thrall to a decade-long jihadist insurgency, the military said Sunday. The armed forces ...
- India: Explosion at TMC leader’s home at Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore kills 3
December 4, 2022
An explosion ripped through a two-storey mud house of a Trinanmul Congress leader at Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore on Friday night, killing him, his cousin and another person, whose bodies ...
- Australia: Police offer $1m reward for information on 1982 Israeli consulate and Hakoah Club bombings in Sydney
December 4, 2022
A $1m reward has been announced to help solve a 40-year mystery – the bombing of Sydney’s Israeli consulate and the Hakoah Club, which shook the Jewish community. The increased reward ...
- UK: Major emergency services exercise tests response to terrorist attack
December 3, 2022
The Metropolitan Police, along with other emergency services and statutory partners, has carried out a major live-play exercise this week to test the joint response to a major terrorist incident. The ...
- India: Kerala Police Introduces 4 Jack Russell Terrier Dogs In Its K9 Unit; Why It’s Significant
December 3, 2022
Kerala Police has introduced four Jack Russell terrier dogs to its K9 unit. This breed of dog is known for its excellent bomb-detecting and drug-sniffing abilities. They will undergo training ...
- Northern Ireland: Controlled explosion carried out on viable pipe bomb discovered in Co Down
December 3, 2022
Police have carried out a controlled explosion on a viable pipe bomb-type device found in Co Down. The security alert, in Brookfield Avenue, Banbridge, has now ended, a PNSI spokesman said. Officers ...
- Italy: Unexploded World War II bombs found in Milan
December 3, 2022
The EOD technicians from 10th Engineer Regiment of the Italian Army are planning to render safe three American 500-pound World War II bombs, which were found in the vicinity of ...
- Afghanistan: Pakistani embassy in Kabul attacked, one injured
December 2, 2022
Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul came under attack on Friday with gunfire wounding a Pakistani security guard, officials said, in what Islamabad called an attempt to assassinate its head of mission, ...
- Greece: Two bombs target Italy’s embassy cars in an Athens suburb, no injuries
December 2, 2022
Two explosive devices have targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece, one of which went off causing no injuries, according to Greek police. There was no immediate claim of ...
- UK: Bargoed arrests after bomb disposal team called to house
December 2, 2022
Two men have been arrested following a ordnance disposal operation in Bargoed. Gwent Police said officers had received reports of “a suspicious device found at an address in Sycamore Court”. The ...
- Nigeria: Top ISWAP Leader Killed In Airstrike
December 1, 2022
An airstrike by troops of the Air Task Force (ATF), Operation Hadin Kai, has neutralised another top commander of Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ group, Muhammed ...
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