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A foiled plan to kill Hong Kong police with explosives during the 2019 social unrest was all but disclosed by suspected bombers in messages sent three weeks before the planned attack, the prosecution has told the High Court. Prosecutor says Read More …
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliament last month that the armed rebellion in Indian-administered Kashmir was in its final stages due to his government’s “multipronged” strategy, implemented since his government scrapped the region’s special status five years ago. Three Read More …
Police have recovered 16 crude bombs from a flat in Mizan Tower of Kalyanpur in the capital. A team of police from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) raided the flat and recovered the bombs. DMP Mirpur Division Additional Deputy Commissioner of Read More …
China will adjust its civilian drone export rules on September 1, reports the Associated Press. Starting from that date, policy changes will prohibit the export of civilian drones that can be used for military or terrorist aggression. China’s Ministry of Read More …
Community members benefiting from agricultural land cleared of landmines appreciate their new and improved livelihoods. Mam Lai In, a former soldier who resides in Tumneap village, Omlaing commune, Thpong district, Kampong Speu province, said that now he and his fellow Read More …
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, in collaboration with the National Action to Counter Terrorism (NACTA) and with financial support from the U.S. Embassy’s Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), organized a three-day National Workshop Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) called on the public to be vigilant during and after floods because of the risk that they could unearth landmines due to landslides or runoff. According to the announcement from the Read More …
Bedrettin Düzen, a 32-year-old shepherd, was killed by a landmine explosion in the Doskî Valley region of Yüksekova district in the eastern province of Hakkari. Düzen was grazing his animals when he stepped on a landmine, resulting in severe injuries. Read More …
China will offer mine clearance training courses for military personnel from Cambodia and Laos from July to September, a Chinese military spokesperson announced Thursday. Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, said the courses will be conducted Read More …
A highly-modified jet ski loaded with explosives has been found off the Turkish coast near Istanbul. According to reports in the Turkish media, the adapted jet ski was found drifting off the coast of the district of Çatalca, close to Read More …
More than 24,000 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) items of all kinds have been recovered from the Kingdom’s rivers and waterways in the past year and four months. The operations are part of a campaign to clear explosive remnants of war (ERWs) Read More …
At least a major of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was killed and two others left injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded along the Indo-Myanmar border close to Wangli village under Ukhrul district on Wednesday. According Read More …
As the Houthi uncrewed surface vessel (USV) steadily approached the Liberian-flagged container ship Pumba in the Red Sea, its security crew fired about two dozen shots in about 14 seconds from their Steyr rifles. Video emerging from that encounter showed Read More …
A local resident unearthed around 50 unexploded PMN-type anti-personal landmines in a field in Battambang province’s O’Kaki village on July 21, according to a National Police statement. According to the July 22 announcement, the unexploded ordnance (UXO) was discovered in Read More …
Eight police officers were injured in twin bomb attacks in Pattani and neighbouring Songkhla in what is seen as an act of reprisal for the recent arrest of a suspected insurgent leader. Police said the first attack took place at Read More …
This morning General Sem Sovanny, First Vice President of the National Committee and the Director General of the National Peacekeeping Centre, welcomed Mr Karube Masakazu, the newly appointed President of JMAS Cambodia, for a courtesy call and discussion at the Read More …
An explosion rocked Tirah Valley, a remote region in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, injuring three police officials, including the post in-charge. Sources reported that the incident occurred in the Sairey Kandao area of Tirah when a police vehicle Read More …
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan (OCHA) says that explosive devices kill 110 people every month across the country. This report states that since 1989, 45,000 people have been victims of landmines and explosive remnants in Read More …
A girls’ middle school in Zeraki village, North Waziristan, was destroyed in a late-night explosion on Monday. The blast occurred in the early hours in the Mir Ali district, reducing the school building to ruins. Police reports indicate that unidentified Read More …
A ship in the Red Sea sustained minor damage on Saturday after being targeted by a drone and explosive-laden drone boat and a missile thought to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia, a UK maritime agency said. This is Read More …