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- Michigan: Former National Guardsman allegedly plotted ISIS-inspired attack on military facility near Detroit
May 14, 2025
A former member of Michigan’s Army National Guard was arrested for allegedly plotting to carry out an ISIS-inspired mass attack on a military facility near Detroit, according to newly unsealed ...
- EU announces €8 Million for post-conflict stability in Lebanon
May 14, 2025
The European Union announced 8 million Euro to support stability, security, and peace in Lebanon, following 13 months of conflict. The project will be implemented by the United Nations Development ...
- Nigeria Customs Seize Explosives Hidden In Quran Cartons At Benin Border
May 14, 2025
Meanwhile, the discovery has raised serious concerns about the lengths to which smugglers are going to evade detection with suspicion of the possibility of a broader smuggling or criminal network. The ...
- Pakistan: Bomb defused in DI Khan
May 14, 2025
Security agencies successfully neutralised an improvised explosive device planted along a road, thereby preventing what could have been a deadly assault targeting security forces and police personnel near Khoi Bahara ...
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs support US Army recruiting at Long Beach Grand Prix
May 14, 2025
LONG BEACH, Calif. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians supported Army recruiters at one of the biggest motorsports events in the western United States. Army EOD technicians from the Fort ...
- UK: WWII explosive blown up on Essex beach
May 14, 2025
A fourth unexploded bomb was found on Essex’s coastline this week after three were discovered a couple of miles away. A member of the public picked up the possible WWII anti-aircraft ...
- West Africa Capacity-Building Working Group and UNODC Hold Regional Meeting
May 14, 2025
In 2024, Nigeria experienced 197 attacks from improved explosive devices (IEDs) – an average of nearly one IED attack every two days. Troublingly, the use of IEDs in West Africa ...
- Cambodia: CMAC destroys US cluster bomb, reaffirms mine-free commitment
May 14, 2025
The demining authorities have safely destroyed a US-dropped cluster bomb found in a cashew plantation in Ratanakiri province, reaffirming Cambodia’s commitment to becoming mine- and ERW-free. The demolition was conducted on ...
- Sierra Leone and Liberia step up efforts to strengthen CBRN preparedness through EU-supported exercises
May 13, 2025
In an era of evolving chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats, strengthening interagency readiness and operational coordination is crucial for countries around the world. These threats — whether natural, accidental ...
- DEA: National Drug Threat Assessment
May 13, 2025
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) presents the 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), a comprehensive report that provides a national-level perspective on the threats posed by deadly illicit drugs and ...
- Niger: Improvised explosive device kills eight gold miners in the Tillaberi region
May 13, 2025
A bomb blast in insurgent-riven west Niger has killed at least eight workers at the Samira gold mine in the Tillaberi region, local sources told AFP on Tuesday. Located in the ...
- Pakistan: Three children injured in Bannu blast
May 13, 2025
Three schoolboys were injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Surani Sikandakhel Bala area of Bannu district on Monday. A police official said that unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive ...
- UK police arrest man for arson after fire at PM Starmer’s house
May 13, 2025
British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of arson after counter-terrorism officers launched an investigation into three fires, including one at Prime Minister Keir ...
- British Columbia: Nanaimo man charged after loaded handgun, pipe bomb seized
May 12, 2025
A 51-year-old Nanaimo man is facing multiple firearms-related charges after police say he was arrested with a loaded handgun and later found to have a pipe bomb and multiple firearms ...
- Taiwan to provide US$2m for mine clearance in Ukraine
May 12, 2025
Taiwan will provide US$2 million to an international mine action fund for Ukraine. In a statement, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence said the Taiwanese mission in Vilnius had expressed its intention ...
- Russian Emergencies Ministry sappers destroy 2,100 munitions in Kursk Region over month
May 12, 2025
The Russian Emergencies Ministry’s sappers have found and destroyed more than 4,300 munitions in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the agency’s press service told TASS. “The Russian Emergencies Ministry ...
- Quantico EOD called to remove WWII-era mortar from Virginia home
May 12, 2025
In central Virginia, it’s not uncommon to unearth relics from Civil War battles. But finding a 50mm French mortar dating to World War II hidden in your backyard is something ...
- Nigeria: Militants attack army base in Borno
May 12, 2025
Suspected Islamist militants attacked a Nigerian army base and captured soldiers and ammunition during a raid in the insurgency-hit northeastern Borno state in the early hours of Monday, two security ...
- India: 3 suspected militants and an Indian army officer killed in Kashmir fighting
May 12, 2025
Three suspected militants and an army officer have been killed in two separate gunbattles in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the Indian army said Saturday. Army soldiers laid a cordon in a forested area ...
- Indonesia: 13 die after ammo explodes during disposal in Garut, West Java
May 12, 2025
The Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) on Monday confirmed that 13 people, including four military officers, were killed in an explosion while trying to dispose of expired ammunition in Sagara village, ...
- UK: Bomb squad called to petrol station ATM blast
May 12, 2025
A bomb disposal unit was called to a petrol station after an explosion during an attempted theft at a cash machine. It happened between Sunday evening and Monday morning at ...
- Cambodia: Battambang farmer unearths 250-pound US bomb, as UK assesses demining funding
May 12, 2025
HALO Trust Cambodia responded to an unusual Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) call-out over the weekend, when a farmer excavating his land in Battambang province’s Samlout district discovered a Mk81 bomb. The ...
- Libya: Heavy gunfire, clashes in Tripoli after killing of militia leader
May 12, 2025
The United Nations has called for urgent de-escalation in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, as rival gunmen exchanged fire in the city’s southern districts after the killing of a powerful militia leader, ...
- Kurdish PKK militants announce decision to dissolve after decades of conflict with Turkey
May 12, 2025
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of ...
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