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- Oklahoma: TSA officer discovered suspicious item in passenger’s checked bag
August 28, 2026
A bomb squad responded to an incident at Oklahoma’s Will Rogers International Airport (OKC) after a TSA officer came across a concerning item in a passenger’s checked bag. She then called ...
- Washington: Four police officers, K-9 injured in explosion
August 27, 2026
Puyallup police were trying to arrest a domestic violence suspect after a lengthy standoff when the man detonated an explosive device, killing himself and sending four officers and a K-9 ...
- Germany: Aircraft bomb defused in Berlin
August 27, 2026
The 100-kilogram aerial bomb found in Berlin-Neukölln was successfully defused late Wednesday evening, according to a police statement. Thousands of people who had been evacuated from their homes were able ...
- Vietnam: Quang Tri approves 22.4-million-USD landmine clearance project
August 27, 2026
The project “Landmine and unexploded ordnance clearance in northern Quang Tri, 2026-2030”, funded by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), is expected to clear more than 38.8 million sq.m of land ...
- Russian serviceman killed in car bomb in St. Petersburg
August 27, 2026
A Russian serviceman was killed by a car bomb Thursday, officials said, the latest in a string of deadly blasts targeting military personnel and others linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The ...
- Iraq: Al-Anbar TMF commander survives roadside bomb attack
August 26, 2026
Sheikh Mandoul al-Satm, a Tribal Mobilization Forces (TMF) commander in Al-Anbar’s Haditha district, survived a roadside bomb attack on Wednesday, a security source told Shafaq News. The explosive device detonated as ...
- UN chief, Red Cross renew call for rules on lethal autonomous weapons
August 25, 2026
Amid unconfirmed reports that fully autonomous and AI-guided drones are now being used on the battlefield, UN chief António Guterres and the President of the Red Cross on Tuesday renewed ...
- Northern Ireland: Teenager arrested after suspicious devices found in Omagh
August 25, 2026
A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with a security alert in Omagh. Residents were forced to evacuate their homes after a suspicious device was found at a property ...
- Germany: Third drone and suspected military explosives found near Leipzig airport
August 25, 2026
German investigators uncovered a third drone and suspected military explosives thought to be connected to an attempted attack on Leipzig airport, local media have reported. The drone was discovered in Kabelsketal, ...
- Australia: Bomb squad called to Wagga home as man arrested for allegedly building IEDs
August 24, 2026
Bomb squad police have swarmed a quiet street in Wagga after a disturbing swath of weaponry and improvised explosives was found in a home. Police raided the NSW Riverina home ...
- India: Three Babbar Khalsa operatives arrested with 5 kg explosives, guns in Chandigarh
August 24, 2026
Three suspected operatives linked to the banned terror group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) were arrested, police said on Monday, with around 5 kilograms of gelatin stick explosives, a detonator, a ...
- Romania: The second fragment of the Gerbera drone with explosive charge discovered
August 23, 2026
The Ministry of National Defense (MApN) announced on Sunday evening the discovery of a fragment of an aerial drone, model Gerbera, in the Gura Portiței area, a few hours after ...
- Nigeria: Army dismantles IPOB/ESN camps, recovers IED materials in Anambra
August 22, 2026
Troops of the Joint Task Force South East, Operation UDO KA, have dismantled identified IPOB/ESN strongholds in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, recovering weapons, motorcycles, and materials used ...
- Wildfires across Europe detonate forgotten World War bombs
August 22, 2026
Scorched landscapes across Europe have exposed a potentially lethal threat lurking underground. Rusted bombs and mines from the First and Second World Wars are now endangering emergency crews responding to wildfires across the continent. High heat has ...
- UK: Explosive disposal team remove’ unexploded ordnance’ in Dorset
August 22, 2026
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called after an item of suspected unexploded ordnance was discovered. Dorset Police confirmed it received a report at 12.58pm on Friday, August 21, that the ...
- Azerbaijan: Tractor hits mine in Khojavand, driver injured
August 21, 2026
A tractor hit a mine in the village of Dudukchu in Azerbaijan”s Khojavand district, injuring the driver, according to a joint statement by the press services of the Ministry of ...
- DR Congo: UNMAS destroys explosive remnants of war in Ituri Province
August 21, 2026
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) of MONUSCO destroyed several explosive remnants of war on August 18 in the town of Bule, located in Djugu Territory, Ituri Province. The ...
- U.S. Navy EOD Celebrates 85 Years of Excellence
August 21, 2026
On Aug. 22, 1941, the first U.S. Mine Disposal class graduated its inaugural group of technicians, marking the genesis of Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD). These early operators created a ...
- Ireland: Gardaí confirm ‘viable devices’ removed from house in Dundalk
August 21, 2026
A number of viable devices were removed from a house in a Dundalk housing estate on Friday afternoon. Gardaí evacuated houses in the immediate vicinity, closed the road to the passage ...
- Russia develops first combat robot that disarms mines with laser
August 21, 2026
Russian specialists have developed a laser device for remote mine clearance based on a robotic platform that renders munitions harmless at a distance of up to 500 meters by burning ...
- UK: Row of supercars petrol bombed during Birmingham wedding
August 20, 2026
Several petrol bombs have been thrown at a row of supercars outside a wedding venue in a terrifying attack in Birmingham. Three landed close to guests, including a baby, outside the ...
- New York: Woman charged with ISIS-Inspired terror plot targeting New York State Capitol
August 20, 2026
Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, New York, made her initial appearance today in federal court on charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, ISIS. “As ...
- New Mexico: Suspected destructive devices recovered in forest
August 20, 2026
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating the placement of multiple improvised explosive or incendiary devices in a forest in northern New Mexico, according to the agency. The ...
- Pakistan: Quetta-bound Jaffar Express escapes blast
August 19, 2026
The Quetta-bound Jaffar Express escaped a bomb blast that occurred shortly before its arrival at Jacobabad on the track linking Balochistan with Sindh, officials said on Tuesday. The train, which was ...
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