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Eurostar trains to London and all trains heading to northern France were brought to a halt Friday following the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era bomb on tracks leading to the nation’s busiest station. Paris police said that at Read More …
West Yorkshire Police executed a warrant at a property connected to Paul Bruveris in Illingworth, where they discovered chemicals, explosives and electrical materials Bruveris was arrested when police attended his home address in Dene View, Luddenfoot, in December 2023. The Read More …
Britain and its European allies must urgently regain the ability to deploy landmines if they are to be able to counter the “terrifying” threat posed by Russia, experts have warned. Finland, a new member of Nato in the wake of Read More …
Lithuania will formally withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an unprecedented move with potentially profound consequences for the protection of civilians in Lithuania and elsewhere. This date ends the convention’s required six-month delay after Lithuania submitted its official intent Read More …
The debris of an ATACMS missile has been found in a forest area in the town of Seltso in the Bryansk Region. It has been neutralized by bomb disposal specialists from the National Guard (Rosgvardia) and Defense Ministry. “The debris Read More …
MAG (Mines Advisory Group), the global landmine charity, is to receive a new grant of 10 million Canadian dollars (or £5.5m) to support its work in Ukraine until April 2026. The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced a series of Read More …
The Deployable Chemical Laboratory (LQD) and the SIBCRA Forensic Sampling Team (Sampling and Identification of Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Agents) of the CBRN Defense Regiment “Valencia” No. 1 participated in the “Yprés” and “Ánfora 25” exercises. Both exercises were designed Read More …
A vehicle drove into a crowd of people in the western German city of Mannheim on Monday, killing at least one person and leaving others seriously wounded, according to police. The city’s police force said an operation was ongoing in Read More …
Specialized KFOR units from Finland, which deal with the identification, removal and destruction of explosive devices, had an exercise at the Bondsteel NATO base near Uroševac. Finnish EOD soldiers, assigned to the East Regional Command of the KFOR mission, recently Read More …
A terrorist allegedly planning to detonate explosive devices in a Moscow Jewish site and metro station was killed in a shootout with the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, the security service announced on Monday. The Russian citizen reportedly Read More …
The army bomb disposal unit was called to Shannon on Saturday evening after a suspected grenade was found in a car. A garda spokesperson confirmed gardaí attended following the discovery of a suspect device in a vehicle at Sli an Read More …
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he will intensify efforts to support Ukraine with a £2.26 billion loan to bolster its defences. The announcement comes as European leaders are set to meet in London for a summit on Sunday to Read More …
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has declared it will implement a ceasefire with Turkiye, heeding a call from its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to disarm. The statement by the outlawed group, published by the pro-PKK Firat news agency (ANF) on Read More …
Together with the government of the Netherlands and local partners, UNOPS is working to enhance Ukraine’s capacity to eliminate the threat of explosive ordnance. February 2025 – UNOPS procured and delivered a mechanical clearance machine for Ukraine’s State Special Transport Service Read More …
Scores of youths have hurled rocks and petrol bombs at police in from of Greece’s parliament building during mass protests to mark the the second anniversary of a devastating train crash in northern Greece. Following hours of peaceful rallies in Read More …
On February 28, 2025, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the Commission on Sovereignty, Patriotic Projects, and Veteran Support within Russia’s Public Chamber claimed that Ukraine’s armed forces have laid over 1 million mines across a 20-kilometer stretch of the front line Read More …
Ukraine requires US$29.8 billion to clear the war-affected areas of landmines and other explosive ordnance. Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, citing an assessment by the Fourth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) conducted by the World Bank, the government of Ukraine, Read More …
The long-term plan for developing Ukraine’s demining capacity for 2024-2034 includes an allocation of €700 million from partners for equipment procurement. This was discussed at the 11th Meeting of the Demining Capability Coalition in Vilnius, chaired by Lithuania and Iceland, Read More …
Three of the four suspects arrested for the explosion at the Tarwekamp apartment complex will now also be prosecuted for murder or manslaughter and attempted murder or manslaughter. The other suspect is only facing arson charges. The explosion at the Read More …
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with planning a terrorist attack and membership of a banned neo-Nazi group. He is charged with engaging in conduct in preparation for committing acts of terrorism. The boy, from Northumberland, was arrested last week Read More …