Türkiye: Shepherd killed by landmine explosion in Hakkari

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 …

Tunisia: One injured in landmine explosion in Kasserine Governorate

A civilian was injured on Tuesday in the explosion of a landmine in the military buffer zone of Jabal Salloum in Tunisia’s western province of Kasserine, the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported. Wounded in his leg and right hand, the Read More …

India: NSCN-IM major killed, two others injured in IED blast in Ukhrul district

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 …

Russia: Perpetrator suspected of car bombing in Moscow flees to Turkey

The man suspected of blowing up a Toyota Land Cruiser in northern Moscow has fled to Turkey, so Russian law enforcement officials are in talks on his extradition, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov told reporters. On Wednesday Read More …

Mali: Over 20 killed in attack in Mopti region

Gunmen killed 26 people in an attack on a village in central Mali’s insurgent-hit Mopti region on Sunday, a local official said on Monday. The attack targeted a village in the Circle of Bankass, one of several areas in Mali’s Read More …

OCHA reports 110 die in landmine explosions in Afghanistan every month

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 …

Israel: Houthis claim credit after suspected drone attack kills one, wounds ten in Tel Aviv

A drone attack was allegedly carried out on Ben Yehuda Street on the corner of Shalom Aleichem near the US Consulate after loud explosions were heard in Tel Aviv early Friday morning. The Yemeni Houthis have claimed responsibility for the Read More …

Israel: Car explosion in Petah Tikva wounds two in suspected criminal hit

A car explosion in the central city of Petah Tikva on Thursday left two people wounded, one seriously and one moderately, in what police were investigating as a criminal incident. Hebrew media reported that a third man, who had left Read More …

Somalia: At least nine dead in car bomb explosion outside busy cafe in Mogadishu

A car bomb has exploded outside a cafe in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing at least nine and injuring several others as patrons were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on TV, the government said. The al-Qaeda-linked armed Read More …

Pennsylvania: Explosive devices reportedly found in Trump shooter car after failed assassination attempt at rally

Explosive devices were found inside the car of the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during his Saturday rally in Pennsylvania, according to a report. The car, driven by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was found not far Read More …

Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing the Needs of Population affected by Explosive Ordnance Contamination in Afghanistan

Following decades of war, Afghanistan has one of the highest levels of explosive hazard contamination in the world including both legacy explosive contamination and new types of explosive hazards, in particular Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), as well as explosive remnants Read More …

Pakistan: 3 killed, seven injured in Mardan remote-controlled bomb blast: police

Three people were killed while seven others were injured as a result of an explosion on Friday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan district when a remote-controlled explosive device planted on a bridge was set off, police officials said. Sadar Superintendent of Read More …

Pakistan: Former senator Hidayatullah Khan, 4 others killed in Bajaur IED blast

Former senator Hidayatullah Khan was killed, along with four others, on Wednesday in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur, officials said. Malakand Regional Police Officer Muhammad Ali Khan Gandapur told Dawn that the former Read More …

Pakistan: Three civilians killed in a bomb explosion in Turbat

A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan’s volatile Baluchistan province on Monday, killing a woman and two children, officials said. Four people were walking through an area in Baluchistan’s Turbat district when the bomb planted by “terrorists” went off, said local Read More …

Nigeria: Multiple suicide bombings kill at least 18 people in northeast of the country

At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in suicide attacks targeting a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, authorities said. In one of three blasts on Saturday in the town of Gwoza, Read More …

Ukraine: 30,000 square kilometers of land cleared of mine threats, operations expanding further

Ukrainian Colonel Ruslan Berehulia, head of the Ministry of Defense’s Environmental Safety and Mine Action Department, reported that Defense Ministry specialists have cleared 30,000 square kilometers of Ukraine over the past two years – an area comparable to the size Read More …

India: Migrant labourer dies after crude bomb blasts in agricultural field of Nadia

A migrant labourer died after when some crude bombs went off on an agricultural field at Tengridanga in Nadia’s Santipur on Thursday morning. Ranaghat police have alleged that Somirul Seikh, 21, died when the bombs that he was making went Read More …