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In a two-step process on Dec. 14, the MSDF vessel cleared a mine from World War II. “We managed to dispose of it without fail,” said Lt. Cmdr. Akira Ito of the 43rd Mine Warfare Force. It was the first Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) held a two-day workshop on December 27-28 to summarise the results of its work in 2023 and outline its working direction for 2024. The conference, held in Kep province, also saw Read More …
In 2023, Pakistan witnessed 1524 violence-related fatalities and 1463 injuries from as many as 789 terror attacks and counter-terror operations. This includes nearly 1000 fatalities among civilians and security forces personnel. The overall fatalities including those of outlaws mark a Read More …
The US military stated earlier on Sunday that it sunk three boats waging an attack on a container ship in the Red Sea as it continued its patrol mission to counter threats from the Houthi rebels. Helicopters from two US Read More …
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Saturday received a report of an incident approximately 55 nautical miles (nM) south west of Yemen’s Hodeidah port where “the master reported a loud bang and a flash on the port bow of Read More …
India has formally requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, suspected of involvement in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, for trial in India, foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters in a briefing on Friday. “We have conveyed a request along Read More …
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge under a Beijing-imposed national security law over his involvement in a foiled plot to bomb court buildings. Prosecutors said Ho Yu-wang, 19, Read More …
Two pressure improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Naxalites on a road have been recovered by security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Tuesday. With this, the security forces have recovered at least 180 IEDs planted by Read More …
A tribal elder was killed in Azam Warsak area in Lower South Waziristan district here on Monday, police sources said. The sources said that the tribal elder identified as Akbar Jan was going home on a motorcycle when he was Read More …
A search operation is underway and all staff are unharmed, officials said. Delhi Police sources said a typed letter addressed to the Israeli ambassador was found in a garden area behind the embassy, where the explosion took place.When contacted, Israeli Read More …
The Indian Navy’s preliminary assessment of the Merchant Vessel Chem Pluto on Monday has pointed “towards a drone attack.” “The analysis of the area of attack and debris found on the ship point to a drone attack. However, further forensic Read More …
Two jawans of Special Operations Group (SOG) of Odisha Police sustained injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) reportedly planted by Maoists exploded in Sirla forest under Tumudibandha of Kandhamal district on Sunday. The incident took place at around 10 Read More …
The US military says a warship was targeted with four UAVs fired from Yemen, and says a tanker was hit by a suicide drone, with another nearly missing a second vessel. No injuries are reported in any of the incidents. Read More …
Three suspected saboteurs were arrested by the Narayanganj railway police on Sunday while they were hurling crude bombs at the rail tracks in the Narayanganj rail station area. Narayanganj railway police sub-inspector Mokhlesur Rahman told New Age that the three Read More …
A major tragedy was averted when a bomb was recovered from one of the bogies of Karachi-bound Awami Express train on Friday, police and railways officials said. According to details, a suspicious bag containing switches and wires was spotted under Read More …
Train movement on Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai route was severely affected after Maoists blew up a railway track at Binuan village between Rourkela and Manoharpur railway station late Thursday night. Maoist posters and banners were also put up at the blast site. As Read More …
South Korea has reportedly donated demining machines to Ukraine as humanitarian assistance. According to the South Korean embassy in Ukraine on Thursday, two demining machines and ten pickup trucks were handed over to Ukraine at a ceremony in Kyiv in Read More …
In a significant development in the ongoing anti-Naxal campaign, security forces, including Chaibasa Police, CRPF, and Jharkhand Jaguar, unearthed three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from the hilly area around village Kudaburu under Sonuwa police station in West Singhbhum district. The Read More …
The Royal Government of Japan, through the Embassy in Cambodia, has agreed to provide more than $1.3 million to Cambodia for the clearance of cluster munitions, landmines, and unexploded ordnance. The grant agreement under the Grant Scheme for this Japanese Read More …
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday raided 19 locations across four states and arrested eight operatives of the Islamic States’ Ballari module, inluding its head Minaz alias Md. Sulaiman. The federal agency claimed to have foiled the alleged plans Read More …