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- Israel attack targets Iran nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders
June 13, 2025
Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders during the start of a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from ...
- 12th EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium Speakers Announced
June 13, 2025
Defense Strategies Institute is pleased to announce the line-up of senior-level speakers for the 12th EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium, taking place at 151 St. George in National Harbor, MD on ...
- Pennsylvania: Westmoreland County man arrested after police find drugs, guns, explosive device in his home
June 12, 2025
A Westmoreland County man was arrested after police say they located a large amount of illicit drugs, guns and an explosive device inside his home. Pennsylvania State Police say officers executed ...
- Netherlands: Police arrest eight “sovereign citizens”, seize guns, explosives
June 12, 2025
Dutch police have arrested eight people suspected of belonging to an “anti-institutional” criminal network that was allegedly preparing to use violence against the authorities. The suspects are so-called “sovereign citizens” — ...
- Malaysia: Explosives, drugs found in car after 25km police chase ends in dramatic crash in Serdang
June 12, 2025
Police discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) and various types of drugs inside an overturned car following a 25-kilometre chase after the driver attempted to flee a police inspection early ...
- EOD Mobile Unit 6 Holds Change of Command Ceremony
June 12, 2025
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Cmdr. Bruce Batteson, from East Granby, CT, assumed command of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit SIX (EODMU 6) during a change of command ceremony at Joint ...
- India: Major Rajprasad Honored with NSG Award, Lt Gen Ghai Steps Up as Deputy Chief
June 12, 2025
In a significant recognition of innovation within defense, Major Rajprasad RS of the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers has been bestowed with the ‘NSG Counter IED Innovator Award’. Union Home Secretary ...
- UK: Explosives arrest after homes evacuated
June 11, 2025
Residents have been allowed to return to their homes after explosives experts had to deal with a device at a property in a Carmarthenshire town. Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts were ...
- Ohio: Green Township man charged with crimes related to 3 pipe bomb incidents
June 11, 2025
CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury indicted a Green Township man today, charging him with federal crimes related to explosive devices. Robert Gilb, 50, was arrested yesterday. “The FBI’s Joint Terrorism ...
- Illicit Innovation: Latin America Is Not Prepared to Fight Criminal Drones
June 11, 2025
The scene is by now all too familiar for those acquainted with coverage of modern war. A bird’s-eye view frames two figures ambling about below, then charts the path of ...
- U.S. Navy lab’s mine warfare technologies put to the test at IBP 25.5, paving way for future advancements
June 11, 2025
SASEBO, Japan – Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) continued its commitment to support the fleet by applying its subsea and seabed warfare expertise during Integrated Battle ...
- Malta jury sentences 2 men to life in prison for supplying bomb that killed journalist
June 11, 2025
Two men were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after being convicted of complicity in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Jamie Vella and Robert Agius were accused ...
- Cyprus: Early-morning bomb blast damages café in Nicosia
June 11, 2025
A bomb exploded outside a café on Piraeus Street early Wednesday, police said. The blast occurred at approximately 2:40 a.m. and was caused by a high-powered improvised explosive device, according to ...
- U.S. evacuating personnel from the Middle East amid growing tensions with Iran
June 11, 2025
The U.S. is evacuating nonessential staff from its Baghdad embassy and family members of military personnel from several bases in the Gulf amid growing concerns about the security situation, per ...
- Austria: Plans for bomb attack found in Graz shooting suspect’s home
June 11, 2025
Discarded plans for a bomb attack were found at the home of the suspected perpetrator of a deadly school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, local police said on ...
- Cambodia: Pailin farmer killed by landmine while ploughing
June 11, 2025
A farmer was killed in Sala Krao district, Pailin province, yesterday when a landmine exploded while he was ploughing a field with his tractor. Heng Ratana, Director General of the Cambodian ...
- US Army mobile laboratory strengthens partnership with ROK laboratory team
June 11, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea – Soldiers from a U.S. Army global mobile laboratory strengthened their partnerships with their Republic of Korea counterparts during a training event in South Korea. The U.S. Army’s ...
- Afghanistan: One in five Afghans at risk of landmines and explosives
June 10, 2025
A new report by The HALO Trust says at least 6.4m Afghans are at risk of unexploded ordnance, with children accounting for 80 per cent of blast fatalities and injuries. ...
- Northern Ireland: Masked rioters in Co Antrim attack police, torch houses for second night
June 10, 2025
Hundreds of masked rioters attacked police and set homes and cars on fire in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena on Tuesday in the second successive night of disorder that ...
- Colombia: At least four dead in wave of explosions outside police stations in southwest
June 10, 2025
At least four people were killed in Colombia on Tuesday as rebel groups detonated bombs near police stations in the city of Cali and the neighboring Cauca province, according to ...
- Pakistan: Kech blast leaves tribal elder, son dead
June 10, 2025
At least 21 people, including a tribal elder and his son, lost their lives in separate incidents of shootings, explosion, drownings and traffic accidents across Balochistan during the Eid holidays, ...
- Cambodia: Koh Kong’s Srae Ambel district declared mine-free
June 10, 2025
Srae Ambel District in Koh Kong Province was declared mine-free in a June 10 ceremony, with mine clearance efforts supported by assistance from the Government of India. Ly Thuch, first vice-president ...
- U.S. Navy EOD, Canadian Clearance Divers Strengthen Maritime Readiness in Halifax
June 9, 2025
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians from EOD Mobile Unit SIX and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) clearance divers conducted a weeklong ...
- Mexico: Four cartel suspects killed during chase in the municipality of Frontera Comalapa days after ambush killed 5 officers in same area
June 9, 2025
Police in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas and federal forces killed four suspected criminals on Sunday during a chase in an area bordering Guatemala, the local government said. The incident ...
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