Ukraine: National Guard soldier killed, four injured in Kyiv explosions

A National Guard soldier was killed and four people were injured in two explosions in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. The injured include another National Guard serviceman, a security guard, and two police officers. Prosecutors are treating the incident as a terrorist Read More …

Nigeria: IED explosion injures four in Borno, Boko Haram attack Yobe police officer’s home

Four people were injured when a truck carrying bags of onions reportedly triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Lingir Village, Guzamala Local Government Area, Borno State, on Wednesday. The truck was en route from Baga Village, Kukawa LGA, to Read More …

Mexico: Car bomb targeting community police station kills 6 in Michoacán

The explosion of a car bomb outside a community police station in the town of Coahuayana, Michoacán, on Saturday killed six people, including at least three police officers. Michoacán Attorney General Carlos Torres Piña reported on Sunday that the death Read More …

Nigeria: Explosion kills four children in Borno border community

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED), suspected to have been planted in the bush by Boko Haram terrorists, has killed four children in a border community of Banki in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. According to the Police Command, Read More …

Myanmar: World’s largest number of landmine casualties

Myanmar has for the second consecutive year recorded the world’s highest number of landmine casualties (2,029), which is double the total reported for the preceding year. Syria had the second highest number of casualties (1,015), followed by Afghanistan (624) and Read More …

Landmine casualties hit four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen

Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday. It documents 6,279 casualties in 2024. Children remain Read More …

Cambodia-Thailand border: Chinese man wounded in land mine explosion

A Chinese man allegedly attempting to cross illegally into Thailand from Cambodia was injured on Saturday when he stepped on a land mine, the Thai army announced, reiterating its charges that Cambodian forces have been planting the anti-personnel weapons in Read More …

Pakistan: Three children die in landmine explosion inside home in Bolan

Three children were killed and three others injured when a landmine exploded in the Sanni Shoran area of Bolan on Wednesday. Police said the device had been planted inside the home of a local named Abdul Hayee Jatoi. The explosion Read More …

Do anti-personnel mines still have military utility in modern warfare?

Five States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention have recently submitted instruments of withdrawal, citing national security and military necessity, while at least one other has taken steps to “suspend” the Convention. These developments raise important questions about whether Read More …

Buried explosives still shape daily life for millions of Iraqis

The warning signs are easy to miss. A faded skull-and-crossbones nailed to a fence in southern Iraq. A rusted metal stake on the edge of a field in the Kurdistan Region. A strip of red tape fluttering beside an olive Read More …

Pakistan: Shepherd killed in South Waziristan landmine blast

A minor shepherd lost his live in a bomb blast in Upper South Waziristan’s Tiarza tehsil on Monday, the police said. They said that the explosion occurred when Mian Din Mehsud, 12, was grazing his goats in a hilly terrain Read More …

Nigeria: Army general killed, pupils abducted as insecurity escalates

In a single harrowing week, Nigeria’s heartland was plunged into sorrow and fear as violence struck with brutal force from all possible angles – ambush, abduction, and attack. From the serene evening worship disrupted by gunfire in Kwara to the Read More …

Ukraine: One person killed in explosion in territorial recruitment center in Odesa

On November 21, an explosion occurred in the premises of the territorial recruitment and social support center in Odesa. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Odesa region, according to Ukrinform. “It has been Read More …

Child casualties from explosive weapons at record high

More children are being killed and injured by explosive weapons than at any point in modern history, a landmark report has found. It finds that explosive weapons – mainly state owned – were responsible for more than 60 per cent Read More …

Azerbaijan: 412 people have fallen victim to landmine explosions since 2020

Since the end of the 44-day War of 2020, 412 people have fallen victim to landmine explosions in Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said regarding the recent mine incident on the border with Armenia, Report informs. “Landmines continue to Read More …

Pakistan says Afghan nationals carried out this week’s suicide attacks

Pakistan’s interior minister said Thursday that Afghan nationals carried out two fatal suicide attacks this week — one targeting a cadet college near the Afghan border and the other outside a court in the capital, Islamabad. “In both of the Read More …

Pakistan: At least 12 killed, 27 injured in suicide blast outside district court in Islamabad’s G-11

At least twelve people were killed and 27 people were injured on Tuesday in a suicide blast outside the district and sessions court building in Islamabad’s G-11 area, according to officials. The death toll was initially confirmed to Dawn by Read More …

India: At least 12 people killed, 20 injured in car explosion in Delhi

Delhi Police and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are investigating Monday evening’s Red Fort blast as a potential terror attack. Authorities have identified Dr Umar Nabi, a doctor from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, as the driver of the car Read More …

Myanmar: Innocent Civilian Injured After Stepping on Improvised Explosive Device Planted by KNU and PDF Terrorists in Bilin, Mon State

In order to cause injuries to both peaceable civilians and administrative authorities who are striving to restore the rule of law, extreme terrorists provide financial assistance and instigate destructive activities, such as detonating explosive devices and remote blasting, against public Read More …

Indonesia: Jakarta school explosions injure 54

Two explosions injured dozens of people in state high school SMAN 72 in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta on Friday, a senior police official said without disclosing the cause of the explosion. According to students who were in the school complex Read More …