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- UNMAS director calls for urgent acceleration of mine action efforts in Yemen
December 8, 2022
Hudaydah, 8 December 2022 – The Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Ms Ilene Cohn concluded a week-long visit to Yemen where she visited Hudaydah, one of ...
- West London barber convicted of funding terrorism
December 8, 2022
A west London barber has been found guilty of sending thousands of pounds to fund terrorist activity in Syria, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Tarek Namouz, 43 ...
- India: NIA arrests Tarn Taran blast ‘mastermind’ on extradition from Austria
December 8, 2022
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested alleged terrorist Bikramjit Singh, who was wanted in connection with the Tarn Taran bomb blast in Punjab, after his extradition from Vienna ...
- Germany: Phosphorus exposure from WWII bomb at US base in Stuttgart lands five in hospital
December 8, 2022
Five construction workers were hospitalized Thursday after an unexploded World War II-era phosphorus bomb at Patch Barracks was accidently struck, releasing some of the poisonous gas, Army officials said. Patch Barracks ...
- 2nd International Expo POLSECURE, 25 – 27 April 2023, Kielce, Poland
December 8, 2022
POLSECURE exhibition and a series of conferences are crafted around public safety. The expo is an excellent opportunity to see the offer of companies specialising in the production of special ...
- Thailand: Yala court sentences militant boss
December 8, 2022
Yala Provincial Court has handed a jail sentence to a leader and member of a militant group that caused widespread damage in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. An ...
- Ukraine: Russia-installed deputy head of Melitopol survives assassination attempt
December 7, 2022
An attempt was reportedly made on the life of a Kremlin-installed leader in the occupied city of Melitopol in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region on Tuesday. Nikolai Volyk, the deputy head of ...
- Colombia: Six military personnel killed by FARC dissidents in Cauca
December 7, 2022
The death toll from an attack against a military base in Cauca has risen to six military personnel, leaving eight wounded, including one civilian. The attack took place in the village ...
- Yemen: Former Irish Defence Forces general survives landmine explosion in Al Hudaydah
December 7, 2022
A former Defence Forces general narrowly survived a bomb blast while travelling with a United Nations convoy in Yemen on Tuesday. Major General Michael Beary commanded the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon ...
- Germany launches huge operation against planners of alleged extreme-right coup
December 7, 2022
An active German soldier is among the suspects in a large-scale investigation by German authorities into an extreme-right movement allegedly planing to overthrow the state. Raids involving around 3,000 police officers ...
- Indonesia suicide bombing kills police officer; attacker leaves note criticising new criminal code
December 7, 2022
A suspected militant, angered by Indonesia’s new criminal code, killed a police officer and wounded at least 10 in a suicide bomb attack at a police station in the city ...
- 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 ...
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