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A herd of donkeys on a Suffolk farm were “heroically” saved by police officers over the weekend after a suspected explosive device was found. Police were called to a farm in Kelsale, near Saxmundham, at around 1pm on Sunday (February Read More …
Police recovered a 60mm mortar bomb after an unidentified man tried to sell the explosive to a junk shop in the southern Filipino city of Pagadian, police said Tuesday. Police said the junk shop owner Necario Alcano refused to buy Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and the Ministry of National Defence have joined forces to salvage a sunken warship from the Mekong River in Koh Peam Raing in Kandal province’s Loeuk Dek district. The operation, which will also include Read More …
About 38 Local Government Areas in the North-East, comprising Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are contaminated with Explosive Ordnances due to the activities of insurgents in the region, the Federal Government has said. It disclosed this in its latest report Read More …
Albemarle County Fire and Police dealt with an explosive device on Saturday, February 18. Just before 3 p.m. Albemarle County Police and Fire Rescue responded to the Ivy Material Utilization Center for reports of a unexploded mortar round, which is Read More …
The military force in the central province of Quang Binh has removed a bomb left from wartime from the seabed offshore Quang Trach district and destroyed it safely, the command of the province’s border guard force said on February 19. A local Read More …
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender on Feb 14 touched down in Siem Reap province, where they observed mine clearance activities and pledged to help Cambodia achieve its mine-free 2025 goal. Ly Thuch, Senior Minister and First Read More …
An unexploded bomb that lay dormant at a popular Australian dive-site for more than 40 years has been discovered by a recreational diver – and removed in what proved to be a tricky operation for Royal Australian Navy clearance divers. Read More …
In contributing to attain the goal of Cambodia mine-free by 2025, China has donated $13.2 million for demining in vulnerable areas to bring peace and happiness to Cambodian people. The donation came during the official visit of Prime Minister Hun Read More …
The moment a World War Two bomb exploded in an unplanned detonation has been captured in aerial pictures. The footage released by Norfolk Police shows smoke and debris rising high into the air in Great Yarmouth. Read more… Source: BBC Read More …
Two U.S. Army supply trucks crashed into each other on the German autobahn on Thursday, Feb. 9, injuring four soldiers, two seriously. The accident happened just after 3 p.m. on Thursday near Kirchberg an der Jagst, according to local police Read More …
The world’s largest land mine charity, the Halo Trust, is doubling its workforce in Ukraine this year to clear areas of explosives. The Scotland-based charity said it was undertaking a “huge” training programme to expand its staff to around 1,200. Read More …
Bomb engineers of the Donetsk People’s Republic have destroyed hundreds of munitions at major industrial plants in Mariupol, commander of a mine clearing platoon of the First Army Corps who goes by the call name Prizrak, or Ghost, told TASS Read More …
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers safely removed and destroyed an unexploded round discovered at the Gettysburg National Military Park, Feb. 8. EOD technicians from the 55th Ordnance Company (EOD) were called by Gettysburg Park Rangers after Read More …
Cambodian authorities need about $700 million to clear cluster bombs along the borders which still pose danger to people who go to collect forestry products for a living. Read more… Source: Khmer Times
A major incident has been declared with roads completely cut off and residents advised to evacuate their homes in Norfolk after a suspected unexploded World War Two device was found on Tuesday. Army specialists have been moved into the area Read More …
The Government of Japan has contributed USD 980,000 to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), a component of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), to advance Sudan’s peacebuilding efforts through humanitarian mine action. Aiming to Read More …
The Canadian Armed Forced deployed the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and destroyed a mortar found near Fort Rodd Hill in Colwood. Officials from multiple agencies were on scene near Fort Rodd Hill in Colwood Sunday morning after a hiker reported Read More …
Head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, announced in Kyiv on Friday “on the sidelines” of the EU-Ukraine summit on the allocation of EUR 25 million for the clearance of territories under Ukrainian control, the European Union External Action Service (EEAS) Read More …
A World War Two shell found on a housing estate has been destroyed by Army bomb disposal experts. The unexploded device was discovered at a house on Churston Gardens in Cramlington, Northumberland. Read more… Source: BBC News