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UNOPS and the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Yemen are working to scale-up much-needed mine action operations across the country. Years of conflict in Yemen have left a devastating mark on the country, including the widespread contamination of explosive remnants Read More …
At least sixteen personnel were injured after an explosion ripped through the second floor of the city police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swabi district on Thursday, police said. A statement from the Swabi police spokesperson said the explosion was caused Read More …
Under the South-South Cooperation training programme, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has successfully and proudly completed its mission to assist with training Colombian demining teams in Colombia. According to CMAC, sharing knowledge in the field of mine action helps Read More …
Hours before the break of dawn on a humid Tuesday, this writer along with several other individuals sat at a 20-minute debriefing inside a temporary shelter setup a few meters away from the Mankulam junction in the North of Sri Read More …
A police official and his driver remained unharmed in an improvised explosive device explosion near Atal Sharif on Kulachi-Hathala road on Tuesday. The police said that Superintendent of Police, Saddar Circle, Khalid Usman Khattak, along with his driver were in Read More …
Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), and Tomoko Shimada, director of the Peace Building Office of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tokyo, on Monday at the CMAC Headquarters signed the “Minutes of Discussions on the Read More …
A group of about 20 armed men raided the Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary in Waeng district, Narathiwat province, on Saturday evening, stealing weapons and setting fire to multiple buildings. The attackers, dressed in black and wearing face coverings, emerged from the Read More …
An explosion targeting a convoy of diplomats from 12 countries in the Swat region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, resulted in the death of a police officer and injuries to four others. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police confirmed that the security forces were Read More …
Assam Police Chief Public Relations Officer Pranabjyoti Goswami, in a statement, said that the force carried out the operations in collaboration with the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Terming it a major breakthrough in the investigation into the planting of IED-like Read More …
In Monywa Township, Sagaing Region, military trucks carrying reinforcements and junta soldiers left to clear mines were assaulted, reportedly killing ten soldiers and injuring three others. On September 19, around 11:30 AM, two military trucks carrying reinforcements to Chaung-U were Read More …
A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak. They were analysing hundreds of samples collected from Wuhan, China, in January 2020. The Read More …
An anti-Maoist operation is underway in the area. During the search operation, an IED planted by Maoists targeting the security forces exploded, another police officer said. The incident occurred around 7.30 am in Saranda forest in Jaraikela police station area. Read More …
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for the demining of over 580,000 square meters of land in Logar Province. According to a report from the National Disaster Management Authority, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, the Acting Head of the Authority, held Read More …
Four rangers were seriously injured in a bomb attack in Yala’s Bang Sata district today. The rangers were patrolling in a pickup truck in Ban Bajoh village, Tambon Ban Bajoh, when insurgents, concealed in roadside undergrowth, triggered an improvised explosive Read More …
A man was killed in a suspected improvised explosive device explosion inside a beach resort in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur at dawn on Tuesday, September 17. Police are identifying the mangled victim whose body was reportedly cut in half. Lawmen Read More …
Three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered by the security personnel from separate locations in Naxal-affected Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. During a road security operation (RSO) exercise from two different directions towards its Salatong security camp under Kistaram Read More …
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing what appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike and flaming wreckage strewn across the ground. The U.S. military did not immediately Read More …
The deceased was identified as Sheikh Saifuddin, an influential Congress of the Gopalpur area in Manikchak. His family alleged that goons backed by the TMC killed him, a charge dismissed by the state’s ruling party. The incident happened at the Read More …
Two cops were martyred and two others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeting a police vehicle near Kuchlak Police Station, some 20 kilometres from Quetta, on Saturday. The blast occurred at a location where the police vehicle Read More …
This year 2024 has been a record year so far for the removal of explosive remnants from the Second World War in the country. That’s because more than 5,400 bombs have already been destroyed thanks to the combination of Operation Read More …