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On March 22, a construction crew in Germany found an unexploded bomb in Essen, Germany, decades after it had been dropped during World War II. The area was evacuated, including part of a nearby hospital and a home for seniors. Read More …
In Chernihiv region, work to clear roads is underway, local residents should refrain from traveling around the region, head of Chernihiv regional military administration Viacheslav Chaus reported. “We have a lot of work and a lot of mined roads, a Read More …
The Head of the National Police of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko said that emergency teams have been neutralising various types of unexploded ordnance every day. According to Klymenko “Only on the territory of Kyiv and Kyiv region, specialists of the National Read More …
Bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion in a village where dozens of World War Two grenades were discovered in a garden by builders. ITV News Anglia was on the scene as the explosion rocked the quiet village Read More …
The Joint Operations Command forces alongside Popular Mobilization units seized and destroyed terrorist hideouts, an improvised explosive device lab, IEDs, bomb-making materials and ammunition including Katyusha rockets in joint operations in Nineveh, Saladin and Al Anbar Governorates. بعد أن شرعت Read More …
“UNICEF received reports that two children were killed, and one child was injured due to explosive remnants of war. The children -among them two brothers- are six, seven and 16 years old. They are from Benghazi and Sirte. “Last year Read More …
A man was instantly killed and another seriously injured in an unexploded ordnance (UXO) explosion at Phnom Sar Mountain in Reaksmey Sangha commune of Battambang province’s Ratanak Mondul district, local police said. Commune police chief Hy Rosmas identified the victim Read More …
The Government of Japan has provided a total sum of US$ 604,412 (approx. Rs. 120 million) to Skavita Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Project (SHARP) for humanitarian demining activities in Northern Sri Lanka. The grant contract was signed on 25th March Read More …
Turkey on Saturday reopened the Bosphorus, or Istanbul Strait, to ships after briefly closing it due to a suspected mine. Underwater security teams examined the object and found it to be an old mine and neutralized it, said National Defense Read More …
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the European Chamber of Commerce of Cambodia (EuroCham Cambodia) have discussed a cooperation on mine clearance in Cambodia. The discussion took place here at the CMAA headquarters between Ly Thuch, Senior Read More …
Three children were injured and hospitalized after playing with an explosive object and its further detonation in the Melitopol district of Zaporizhia region, one of the victims is in intensive care, the State Emergency Service has reported. “In the village Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 480,000 (approximately USD 550,000) from the Crisis and Support Center of the French ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs that will support life-saving mine action activities in Read More …
How authorities and aid workers can support emergency EORE and other explosive weapons related risk education. his Q&A has been produced by the EORE Advisory Group – a global group of over a dozen UN agencies, international organisations and international Read More …
Patron, a 2-year-old military dog, is credited with clearing almost 90 explosive devices on Ukrainian soil since Russia invaded, saving countless lives and preventing further bloodshed. Footage of the dog’s brave actions was shared by the State Emergency Service (SES) Read More …
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and three live hand grenades were recovered from a vacant lot adjoining a private university on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway on Sunday. The explosives were spotted by a few migrant workers in the vicinity, who immediately Read More …
Residents of Schiebroekstraat in Zoetermeer were startled Saturday morning by a man in camouflage clothing banging on windows and doors and shouting. Police arrested him and subsequently found a rifle grenade in his car, Omroep West reports. Police urged residents Read More …
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) found and detonated three large bombs in Khammuan and Xieng Khuang provinces in a single week. This week, MAG’s community liaison team received a hotline call reporting two large bombs, one in Khammuan province and Read More …
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Ecuador today signed a Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement related to the OAS Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines Program (AICMA) to advance towards the elimination of antipersonnel mines in the Read More …
A total of six Iraqi children, all boys, have lost their lives due to explosive remnants of war (ERW) in February, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Monday. Moreover, UNICEF said explosive remnants had maimed Read More …
‘Friends of Ukraine EOD’ is an undertaking, whereby likeminded people, including those with a background in Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), and other Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) Risk Management join together to assist the ERW risk Read More …