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An excavator operator suffered serious injuries in a landmine explosion this morning, June 16, as he operated his machine at a construction site in Oddar Meanchey province’s O’Smach commune, in Samraong town. The incident raised the number of victims of Read More …
A farmer was killed in Sala Krao district, Pailin province, yesterday when a landmine exploded while he was ploughing a field with his tractor. Heng Ratana, Director General of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, confirmed that the explosion took place Read More …
A new report by The HALO Trust says at least 6.4m Afghans are at risk of unexploded ordnance, with children accounting for 80 per cent of blast fatalities and injuries. HALO, the world’s largest landmine charity, estimates that around Read More …
Srae Ambel District in Koh Kong Province was declared mine-free in a June 10 ceremony, with mine clearance efforts supported by assistance from the Government of India. Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority Read More …
Local sources in Paktia province report that a 12-year-old child was killed and four others injured in a mine explosion. The incident occurred in the village of Hasan Khil in Dand-e-Patan district on Sunday. According to reports, the children were Read More …
A team from the National Unexploded Ordnance (NUXO) Coordinating Office has successfully conducted a week-long evaluation and inspection tour across Western and Choiseul Provinces. According to Mr. Benzily Kasutaba, Director of the UXO Division under the Ministry of Police, National Read More …
People returning to their war-torn homes and villages in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, are being wounded or even killed after encountering unexploded devices. Between 28 May and 1 June, four incidents resulted in eight casualties, including the deaths of four Read More …
During exploratory work on Monday, June 2, 2025, three unexploded bombs from the Second World War were found in Cologne-Deutz in the area of the Deutzer shipyard. These are two American 20-hundredweight bombs and one American ten-hundredweight bomb, each with Read More …
Unexploded ordnance continues to threaten the lives of civilians in areas controlled by the Damascus government, especially in areas that witnessed previous fighting. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that yesterday, Wednesday, four people, including two children, were killed Read More …
A World War II bomb (unexploded ordinance (UXO) was discovered on Tuesday, 27th May around around lunch time on the eastern side of the Ministry of Fisheries Headquarter in East Honiara. The discovery was made by a team of Explosive Read More …
The Military Command of the northern province of Hoa Binh, on May 27, safely removed and detonated 244 unexploded bombs, mines, and other ordnance left over from wartime. The explosive devices were discovered and retrieved from the Da riverbed by Read More …
Southeast Asia’s Laos is the most heavily bombed country per capita – 80 million unexploded bombs (UXO) are scattered across the country. New Zealand has spent the last two decades helping to clear these hidden dangers. Writer Samantha Mythen has Read More …
The clearance of explosive ordnance on the tarmac of the former Tegel Airport has been completed much earlier than planned. Originally, around a year and a half more time was planned for this, according to the state-owned company Grün Berlin. Read More …
An old bomb, believed to be a still-active relic from the Second World War, was discovered at a construction site on Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Tokong. Timur Laut police chief ACP Abdul Rozak Muhammad said police received a report Read More …
More than 400 underwater sites in the United States are potentially contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) — weapons that did not explode upon deployment, which continue to pose a safety concern. Corrosion and growth make UXOs difficult to observe with Read More …
Waseda University and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed a cooperation agreement in 2018. Since then, the two have been jointly researching and developing solutions for detecting landmines and unexploded ordnance. As part of this, Professor Hideyuki Sawada Read More …
A fourth unexploded bomb was found on Essex’s coastline this week after three were discovered a couple of miles away. A member of the public picked up the possible WWII anti-aircraft shell before realising what it might be. After safely Read More …
The demining authorities have safely destroyed a US-dropped cluster bomb found in a cashew plantation in Ratanakiri province, reaffirming Cambodia’s commitment to becoming mine- and ERW-free. The demolition was conducted on Monday by Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s Demining Unit Read More …
Army officers attended a scene along the Essex coast, after three unexploded bombs were discovered a day after the 80th anniversary of VE Day. A 100m cordon was secured around three unexploded WWII bombs in Leigh-on-Sea, after being discovered by Read More …
A Cambodia’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) expert team has found and safely removed another war-left US-made MK-82 aerial bomb in southern Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said late on Wednesday (May 7). Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Read More …