- EOD leaders discuss lessons from combat training
March 25, 2022
FORT RILEY, Kansas – Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal leaders came together to discuss lessons learned during recent Combat Training Center rotations, to prepare for large scale combat operations against near ...
- US To Donate Nuclear Smuggling Detection Equipment To Nigeria Police
March 25, 2022
The United States has revealed plans to donate mobile nuclear detection system vans and equipment valued at over $2 million (N831 million) to the Nigeria Police Force’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal ...
- India: Police seize 200 crude bombs in Birbhum district of West Bengal
March 25, 2022
On Friday (March 25) morning, the police recovered 200 crude bombs from Margram village in Rampurhat II CD Block in Birbhum district of West Bengal. The area falls under the ...
- Nigeria: Troops Destroy Boko Haram Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device in Borno State
March 25, 2022
The Troops of Operation Desert Sanity destroyed BokoHaram/ISWAP’s Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) and their enclaves around Njimia-Alafa axis in Borno State. According to the Nigerian Army, the incident took ...
- Saudi air defences destroy 9 armed drones
March 25, 2022
The Saudi-led Arab coalition said on Friday that Saudi defenses shot down nine armed drones fired at the Kingdom. It said the aircraft were aimed at civilian locations and energy facilities. It ...
- AMISOM explores new ways to counter Improvised Explosive Devices
March 25, 2022
Military engineers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have completed a four-day training to counter the evolving threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which have become ...
- Cambodia, EuroCham discuss mine action cooperation
March 25, 2022
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the European Chamber of Commerce of Cambodia (EuroCham Cambodia) have discussed a cooperation on mine clearance in Cambodia. The discussion took place ...
- Somalia: Dozens of people, including a lawmaker killed in Beledweyne and Mogadishu attacks
March 24, 2022
The leader of Somalia’s Hirshabelle region says dozens of people were killed Wednesday in attacks in the city of Beledweyne, including a member of the Somali parliament. Several more people ...
- Ukrainian troops are ‘using Taliban-style roadside bombs’ to destroy Russian tanks
March 24, 2022
The success of Ukrainian forces in deploying improvised explosive devices (IEDs) similar to those seen in the Middle East follows extensive military programmes run by British and American troops to ...
- Ukraine: Three children hospitalized after playing with explosive object in Melitopol district of Zaporizhia region
March 24, 2022
Three children were injured and hospitalized after playing with an explosive object and its further detonation in the Melitopol district of Zaporizhia region, one of the victims is in intensive ...
- Senior Yemeni military leader killed in car bombing in Aden
March 23, 2022
A car bombing killed a senior Yemeni military leader and three of his entourage in the southern port city of Aden on Wednesday, three security sources said. The defence ministry confirmed ...
- ‘Fire in the hole!’: On the job with the Las Vegas bomb squad
March 23, 2022
Four milk jugs filled with gasoline were wrapped in detonation cord outside a Las Vegas Fire Department training center on Wednesday. Bomb squad technician Mark Duncan yelled, “Fire in the hole!” ...
- Yemen: Coalition foils Houthi attack on oil tankers, destroys explosive-laden boats in Al Hodeidah governorate
March 23, 2022
The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen destroyed two explosive-laden Houthi boats on Wednesday, Saudi Press Agency reported. The coalition said that the militia was planning to use the boats in ...
- Burkina Faso: 13 soldiers killed in attack by suspected Islamic extremists in Gourma province
March 22, 2022
At least 13 soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in Burkina Faso’s eastern Gourma province in an ambush by suspected Islamic extremists, the army announced on Monday. A number of ...
- Virginia: Authorities find bomb-making materials, partial IED, smoke bombs and firework mortars inside Henrico home during investigation
March 22, 2022
Authorities found bomb-making materials, a partial improvised explosive device, smoke bombs and firework mortars inside a Henrico County home last week, according to a search warrant. The investigation forced some ...
- France Renews its Commitment to Protecting Civilians impacted by Explosive Ordnance in Iraq
March 22, 2022
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 480,000 (approximately USD 550,000) from the Crisis and Support Center of the French ministry of Europe and ...
- Northern Ireland terrorism threat level lowered for first time in 12 years
March 22, 2022
The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been lowered from “severe” to “substantial” for the first time in 12 years after what the government described as significant continuous progress ...
- Nigeria: Unknown gunmen attack two police stations in Imo
March 21, 2022
Gunmen using dynamite have attacked a police station in southeastern Nigeria, a day after two police officers were killed in another attack in the area, police said. Sunday’s attacks in the ...
- 3DX-Ray Launches a Range of 3DX EOD Suits
March 21, 2022
Press Release 3DX-Ray, specialists in X-ray imaging technology for the security and military markets, have announced the launch of a 3DX range of EOD Bomb Disposal Suits. They are the 3DX-EOD Bomb Disposal Suit ...
- Questions & Answers on Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) for Ukraine
March 21, 2022
How authorities and aid workers can support emergency EORE and other explosive weapons related risk education. his Q&A has been produced by the EORE Advisory Group – a global group of ...
- Meet Patron: Brave Pooch Who Cleared Almost 90 Bombs in Ukraine During Russian Attack
March 21, 2022
Patron, a 2-year-old military dog, is credited with clearing almost 90 explosive devices on Ukrainian soil since Russia invaded, saving countless lives and preventing further bloodshed. Footage of the dog’s brave ...
- UK: Man who made explosive device in Blaenavon sent to hospital
March 21, 2022
A man who was found making an explosive device in Blaenavon has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Martin Johnson, 55, was arrested in April 2021 after the army’s bomb ...
- How Afghanistan’s Militant Groups Are Evolving Under Taliban Rule
March 20, 2022
Intelligence agencies worldwide are warning that Taliban rule in Afghanistan is radically reshaping terrorist and militant groups in South Asia and around the world. Specifically, intelligence and counterterrorism officials say that ...
- Philippines: 39 from ISIS-inspired terror groups surrender to military
March 20, 2022
Dozens of Islamic State-inspired local terror group fighters and field commanders surrendered themselves and their high-powered firearms and improvised bombs to the government and military on Friday, security officials said. Maj. ...
- India: 3 live grenades, IED recovered from vacant lot near private university in Ambala
March 20, 2022
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and three live hand grenades were recovered from a vacant lot adjoining a private university on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway on Sunday. The explosives were spotted by ...
- Pakistan: A water tanker driver killed in landmine blast in Naseerabad District
March 20, 2022
A water tanker driver was killed in a landmine explosion that took place in the Notal-Gandhwah road area of Nasirabad district on Saturday. Police said the landmine was planted at the ...
- Bangladesh: Exercise Tiger Lightning-3 inaugurated in Rajendrapur
March 20, 2022
The exercise on the peacekeeping missions titled ‘Tiger Lightning-3’ jointly organised by the Bangladesh Army and the US Pacific Army Command (USARPAC) was inaugurated at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace ...
- UK: Grandad makes deadly bomb in his house for bank job because he was ‘short of cash’
March 19, 2022
A man made a bomb and told his daughter he wanted to use it to steal from a bank. Martin Johnson appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday and admitted making ...
- The Netherlands: Man in camouflage arrested with grenade in his car in Zoetermeer
March 19, 2022
Residents of Schiebroekstraat in Zoetermeer were startled Saturday morning by a man in camouflage clothing banging on windows and doors and shouting. Police arrested him and subsequently found a rifle ...
- California: Man arrested, bomb-making materials found in Pleasant Hill
March 19, 2022
A San Francisco Bay Area man has been arrested after police found an incendiary device and bomb-making materials in his apartment, authorities said. The 27-year-old man, who has not been identified, ...
- Nigeria: Gunmen Bomb Ohanaeze President’s Home In Imo
March 19, 2022
Unknown gunmen have bombed the residence of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Prof George Obiozor located in Awo- Omamma in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. It was ...
- U.S. troops will likely be in Iraq for years to come, Central Command boss says
March 18, 2022
About six months after the U.S. ended its longest war, the outgoing head of U.S. Central Command hinted that U.S. involvement in Iraq is probably going to go on even ...
- Laos: Mines Advisory Group team finds, deactivates three large bombs in Khammuan and Xieng Khuang provinces
March 17, 2022
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) found and detonated three large bombs in Khammuan and Xieng Khuang provinces in a single week. This week, MAG’s community liaison team received a hotline call ...
- Somalia: Nine KDF soldiers killed, five injured in IED attack in Gedo
March 16, 2022
At least nine Kenya Defence Forces troops were killed when a vehicle they were traveling in was hit by an explosive in Gherille in Gedo in Somalia. Officials said five others ...
