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- Syria: Bombing targeting oil facility guards killed four people and wounded nine others
October 16, 2025
Syria’s energy authorities on Thursday strongly condemned what it described as a “cowardly terrorist attack” that killed four people and wounded nine others when a roadside bomb struck a bus ...
- Vidisco Introduces AI Innovation for VEO Software
October 15, 2025
Using Vidisco’s portable X-RAY system with our AI software for recognizing important hazardous PIES components/elements (Battery, Fuse, etc) Vidisco provides AI and AR-based X-Ray technology to support the EOD operator in ...
- Canadian Armed Forces Builds Readiness And Leads Allies In Modern Training At Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER
October 15, 2025
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will host military members from Allied and partner countries at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown for Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER from October 16 to 29, ...
- California: Man arrested after IED discovered in Susanville
October 15, 2025
A man is facing charges after an improvised explosive device was found in a Susanville residence. At around 1:45 p.m. Monday, officers with the Susanville Police Department responded to a ...
- Ecuador: One dead after vehicle explodes outside shopping mall
October 15, 2025
At least one person was killed when a pick-up truck exploded outside a shopping mall in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, on Tuesday evening local time. Ecuador’s Interior Minister John Reimberg said ...
- Northern Ireland: Two arrested in Tyrone and Fermanagh over discovery of device in Irish Republic
October 15, 2025
Two men have been charged in connection with the discovery of a suspected explosive device in the Irish Republic last year. Police arrested the pair, aged 44 and 49, in ...
- India: ‘Victim-Operated IEDs on the rise’, National Security Guard warns of shift in terror tactics
October 15, 2025
A detailed analysis by the National Security Guard (NSG) has revealed a significant shift in the tactics used by extremist groups across India, with a sharp increase in the use ...
- UK: ‘Nerdy’ man made explosive devices in shed
October 14, 2025
A “nerdy” autistic heroin user who liked “doing science” has gone on trial charged with making explosive substances in his garden shed. Harry Whittaker, 33, has denied two allegations of making ...
- Characterization of explosives in a controlled blast chamber using single-particle mass spectrometer for post-blast particle analysis
October 14, 2025
The detection and characterization of post-blast residues is critical for forensic attribution, explosive safety assessments, and environmental monitoring. In this study, five high explosives, HMX, TNT, Composition B, HNS, and ...
- EU Assistance to Ukraine
October 14, 2025
Over $70 billion in military assistance – ranging from ammunition to air-defense systems, Leopard tanks, and fighter jets. This includes an unprecedented $6.6 billion from the “European Peace Facility,” in ...
- Italy: Three police officers killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion during eviction attempt
October 14, 2025
Three members of Italy’s military police, the carabinieri, were killed and another 13 officers injured in an explosion as law enforcement attempted to carry out an eviction near the northeastern ...
- Tennessee: Sevier County explosion leads to arrest
October 13, 2025
A Sevier County Sheriff’s Office investigation into an explosion at a home in the Ellis Woods Loop area has led to an arrest, Sheriff Michael Hodges announced Monday. The explosion happened ...
- Greece: Explosion at Ministry of Rural Development in Athens
October 13, 2025
A late-night explosion caused by an incendiary device rocked the Ministry of Rural Development building on Syngrou Avenue in Athens on Saturday, October 11, 2025, resulting in significant material damage ...
- Thailand: Two more landmines found at Ban Nong Ya Kaew
October 13, 2025
The First Army Area’s landmine clearance operation at Ban Nong Ya Kaew in Sa Kaeo province on Sunday uncovered two additional landmines, bringing the total number of explosives detected and ...
- Israel: All living hostages released
October 13, 2025
The second and final group of 13 living Israeli hostages has been transferred from the Red Cross to the Israeli military. A group of seven hostages was released earlier. It ...
- Bangladesh border guard injured in mine blast near Myanmar border
October 12, 2025
A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been injured after a mine exploded while he was part of a patrol in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border area in Bandarban. The incident occurred ...
- UK: Secondary school-aged boy charged after bomb squad called to North Tyneside incident
October 12, 2025
A secondary school-aged boy has been charged after an incident that led to the deployment of an army bomb disposal team in North Tyneside. Police received a report of “suspicious activity” ...
- India: Ri-Bhoi Police Diffuse Powerful IED in Umsning Market
October 12, 2025
A major tragedy was averted in the state of Meghalaya, when police managed to locate and defuse an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Umsning market, in the Ri-Bhoi district, ...
- Pakistan says it will ‘take all measures to defend its territory’ after Afghanistan aggression
October 12, 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday warned Afghanistan that Pakistan was “exercising extreme caution in its defensive response” to the former’s unprovoked firing raids along the ...
- Afghanistan: Armed forces of the Islamic Emirate have carried out a counter-attack operation against Pakistan security forces
October 12, 2025
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 others wounded during an operation conducted last night. Mujahid added that during the ...
- India: Fourth elephant dies in IED blast in Jharkhand’s Saranda forests
October 12, 2025
The elephant, which got injured in an IED blast in the Saranda jungles of Chaibasa on October 6, finally succumbed to its injuries early in the morning on Sunday. This is ...
- Thailand: New anti-tank mine found near border in Sa Kaeo
October 11, 2025
A newly planted anti-tank mine of unknown type was discovered in a border area in Khok Sung district of Sa Kaeo province on Saturday afternoon, according to the Thai army. An ...
- India: CoBRA commando injured in Naxal IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
October 11, 2025
A jawan from the CRPF’s elite CoBRA unit sustained injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxals exploded in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, reported news agency PTI. According ...
- Yemen: One killed, another injured in IED explosion targeting civilian vehicle in Marib
October 11, 2025
A civilian was killed and another sustained moderate injuries following the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) that targeted a private vehicle in Al-Wadi district, located east of Marib ...
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