India: Security forces recover 10 IEDs in Jharkhand

Security forces on Wednesday recovered 10 Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Maoists in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, police said. The security forces comprising CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and district armed police were carrying out anti-Maoist operation when they detected the Read More …

South Korea: Workers discover 1,000-pound bomb at construction site in Cheongju city

An unexploded 1,000-pound bomb leftover from the Korean War was partially dismantled and removed from a construction site last week south of Seoul, a South Korean air force spokesman said. The AN-M65 general-purpose bomb from the 1950-53 conflict was discovered Read More …

The Houthis Are Schooling Us in Asymmetric Warfare

The Houthis of Yemen think they’re at war with the West. With the news that three undersea fiber-optic cables were severed off the Yemeni coast and that one of their ballistic missiles took lives for the first time upon striking Read More …

Pakistan: Blast on Peshawar’s Board Bazar road kills two, injures another

A blast killed two people and injured another person on Peshawar’s Board Bazar road on early Sunday morning, said the police officials. The bomb disposal unit’s (BDU) report revealed that it was not a suicide blast, confirmed Senior Superintendent of Read More …

India: One injured in IED explosion in India’s Shillong

One person was injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Shillong, Meghalaya, the news agency PTI reported on Sunday (Mar 10) citing the police. The police said that the blast occurred on Saturday night in Shillong’s Punjabi lane. “There Read More …

India: Anti-Terror Agency Releases New Photos Of Bengaluru Cafe Blast Suspect

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released new photographs of the suspect linked to the Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast which left 10 people injured. The anti-terror agency, which took over the case on March 3, has sought the public’s assistance Read More …

Bangladesh: Two children hurt while playing with abandoned crude bomb in Jashore

Two children suffered injuries in a crude bomb explosion while they were playing with it in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila this noon. The explosion took place around :pm at Fatehabad village as he along with Maimun started playing with the bomb, Read More …

Afghanistan: Blast rocks security base in Faizabad

A blast shook a Taliban military base near the airport in Faizabad, the capital of Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province, but without causing casualties, officials said on Tuesday. The Taliban official confirmed on condition of anonymity that an explosion had occurred Read More …

Cambodia: Mine Authority and GICHD sign MOU on cooperation in the risk management of explosive remnants of war

The Mine Action Authority and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Residual Contamination Management in Cambodia on March 5, 2024. Senior Minister Ly Thuch, First Vice President of the Mine Read More …

Yemen: Suspected Houthi rebels attack damages ship in the Gulf of Aden

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack Read More …

Yemen: U.S. Central Command forces repel attack on USS Carney, destroy missiles and unmanned surface vessels

TAMPA, Fla. – On March 5, between the hours of 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces shot down one anti-ship ballistic missile and three one-way attack unmanned aerial systems launched from Iranian-backed Houthi controlled Read More …

Indonesia: Explosion at East Java Brimob office injures 10

An explosion at the bomb disposal office of the East Java Regional Police Mobile Brigade’s (Brimob’s) Gegana Detachment here on Monday left ten officers injured, Chief of the East Java Police Inspector General Imam Sugianto said. “I affirmed that there Read More …

Pakistan: Militant attacks spiked by 72 percent in Balochistan during February

Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province saw a 72 percent increase in militant attacks during February, mostly as banned outfits targeted political parties’ election activities in days leading up to the polls, the managing director of a Pakistani think tank said on Read More …

India: CCTV video shows moments before explosion hit Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe

As the investigations into the improvised explosive device (IED) blast at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe is underway, multiple CCTV videos showing moments before the explosion hit the popular eatery have surfaced. A blast rocked Rameshwaram Cafe, one of the popular eating Read More …

Explosives remain in 5.6 million hectares in Việt Nam

Around 5.6 million hectares, equivalent to 17.71 per cent of Việt Nam’s total area, are still contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) as of the end of 2023. Việt Nam is among the countries with the highest rates of UXO contamination Read More …

Philippines: Bomb threat drill conducted in Dumaguete city port

Law enforcement agencies on Wednesday conducted a simulation exercise of a bomb threat scenario at the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) administration building in this capital city of Negros Oriental to test their readiness and response capabilities. Police Chief Master Sgt. Read More …

Thailand: Joint Exercise Cobra Gold 2024 begins

RAYONG PROVINCE, Thailand — Thousands of servicemembers from the United States, Thailand and partnering countries gathered to participate in the opening ceremonies of the 43rd Annual Cobra Gold exercise, which commenced Tuesday morning in Rayong province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC defuse monster 340kg US bomb in Kampong Cham village

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) successfully neutralised a large US air-dropped bomb in Kampong Cham province on February 27. The 340kg bomb, identified as an M117 US general purpose bomb, was defused by CMAC operatives, in a carefully planned Read More …

UK Government awards over $1 million in funding to MAG’s work in Laos

The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has pledged over $1.65 million in funding to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to support ongoing UXO survey, clearance, and explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) activities in Khammouane province. This funding Read More …

Yemen: Houthis deny targeting underwater cables amid marine disaster warning

Houthi leaders have denied they have targeted critical underwater sea telecommunication cables, as Yemen’s UN-recognised government warned of an imminent marine environmental disaster if a cargo ship struck by the rebels last week was not quickly rescued. The Rubymar, a Read More …