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A powerful explosion rocked a residential area of Thessaloniki early on Christmas morning, damaging a bank and nearby buildings. According to Greek authorities, there were no injuries reported. The explosion occurred at around 3:20 AM local time outside a bank Read More …
Two policemen died in an explosion while detaining a suspicious person in southern Moscow, the suspect is also dead, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee reported. TASS has compiled the main information about the incident. According to the Read More …
A 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Saturday’s explosion at Ülemiste Centre, Estonia’s largest shopping centre, which injured one person and prompted the evacuation of shoppers and staff. State Prosecutor General Astrid Asi said the suspect, a Tallinn Read More …
The head of the Operational Training Directorate at the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, was killed in an explosion in southern Moscow on Monday morning, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS. “According Read More …
The number of explosion attacks in the Netherlands remains exceptionally high this year, with police reporting 1,356 incidents so far—nearly matching the total for all of 2024, when 1,543 attacks were recorded. Authorities say the figures point to a sustained Read More …
Defence Secretary John Healey travelled to Merville Barracks in Colchester to visit troops who will be on duty over Christmas. Mr Healey spoke to soldiers from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment. The Defence Secretary got a demonstration of Read More …
Experts were called in after an explosive device was discovered on a Mid Wales beach. The Explosive Ordance Disposal (EOD) unit were called in after reports of a potential device were discovered on Ynyslas beach on Wednesday (December 17) morning. Read More …
A man in Northern Ireland charged with terror offences linked to a cross-border police investigation into a planned attack on a Galway mosque has been denied bail. Connor Pollock, 38, from Croob Park, in Ballynahinch, Co Down, appeared via videolink Read More …
Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) said it carried out the first-ever uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) attack on a Russian vessel. The strike was on a Project 636 Varshavyanka class, or Improved Kilo class diesel-electric submarine, in the Black Sea naval Read More …
On December 14, the State Emergency Service reported a tragic incident in Kharkiv region: a resident of the Kupianskyi district died after an explosion of an explosive device. The incident occurred on the territory of the Shevchenkivska community, in the Read More …
North Korea’s state media outlet, the Korean Central News Agency, reported on the 13th that a welcome ceremony for the “528th Engineer Regiment,” which was dispatched to Kursk Oblast, Russia, to remove mines and has since returned home, was held Read More …
In Ukraine, in November, under the state program compensating the cost of demining, demining operators cleared 3,798 hectares of agricultural land; the cost of works reached 191.5 million UAH. In November, five contracts for the clearance of agricultural lands were Read More …
Romania has confirmed its first case of leprosy in more than 40 years, with three other suspected cases currently under clinical and microbiological investigation, health minister Alexandru Rogobete announced on Thursday, December 11. All four individuals are women from Asia Read More …
A “controlled explosion” has been carried out after a bomb was found at a Wirral golf club. Merseyside Police were called to Meols Drive in Hoylake at around 12.30pm this afternoon (Friday, December 12) following a report that a suspected Read More …
An explosion has reportedly rocked a military supplies plant in the UK prompting a major emergency services response. The incident happened at Chemring Countermeasures facility near Salisbury at around 5.30pm today, UKNIP reports. The huge site covers roughly 100 acres. Read More …
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 …
A bomb exploded in a parked vehicle in the Akrotiri community in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the sovereign base areas (SBA) police. Officers were called to the scene at around 2am following reports of an explosion. Initial Read More …
As part of the Demine Forum 2025, the Ministry of Economy and Environment presented the Ukrainian platform GRIT (Ground Rehabilitation through Innovation Technologies) for analysing territories for demining. Its task is to determine demining priorities based on economic viability, the Read More …
The Centre of Excellence for Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED COE) organised and ran a new edition of the Weapons Intelligence Team (WIT) Training Developer Course at its facilities in Hoyo de Manzanares. This training was inaugurated by the deputy director Read More …
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) have signed an agreement worth $10 million to support rural communities affected by potential contamination of agricultural land with mines and explosive remnants Read More …