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Yemen’s Houthi group said Tuesday that it targeted an Israeli ship in the Arabian Sea with a new ballistic missile. In a recorded briefing, the group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said its forces targeted the MSC SARAH V vessel, “resulting Read More …
Three people lost their lives on Sunday, in Ndunda neighbourhood, in the Beira central Mozambican city of Beira, following the explosion of a device which may have been a land mine. According to Monday’s issue of the independent daily “O Read More …
The old city of Mosul, once a bustling urban center, became a battleground in 2017 as Iraqi forces, supported by the Global Coalition, clashed fiercely with ISIS. This brutal conflict led to widespread devastation of infrastructure and homes. Despite ongoing Read More …
A possible attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship further away from nearly all of the previous assaults they’ve launched in the Gulf of Aden, officials said, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group. The Read More …
A Second World War hand grenade was blown up in a field after police found it in a home. The unexploded grenade was found in a home near West Langney Lake in Eastbourne this afternoon. Sussex Police officers say that Read More …
The Russian naval corvette had just left the safety of Sevastopol Bay one morning last fall when an explosion ripped a hole in its hull. As tugs pulled the ship back to port on Sept. 14, Russian state news agencies Read More …
Four people died and 153 sought medical help after Ukraine’s aattack on Sevastopol, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said, citing the final figures. On June 23, Ukraine attacked civilian infrastructure in Sevastopol using ATACMS tactical missiles equipped with cluster munitions. While Read More …
The city where most staff of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) live was left without electricity for 16 hours over the weekend after a second sub-station in the area sustained damage and was taken out of operation, Director General Read More …
At least nine people have been killed and 46 injured after a fire triggered a series of blasts at a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital N’Djamena. The fire began in N’Djamena’s Goudji district late on Tuesday and there had Read More …
The European Union has been resolutely engaged in favour of mine victims and persons with disabilities through its policies and assistance, in particular in the implementation of the Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/257 which provides for national stakeholder dialogues to encourage Read More …
Western governments’ rapidly growing defense spending sounds like a straightforward equation: More spending equals more weapons. But skilled weapons workers are in short supply, especially explosives experts, and without a sufficiently big bang behind them, even the most sophisticated weaponry Read More …
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) bomb disposal experts have defused a 250 kg high-explosive air bomb that fell on the grounds of a household in Kostiantynivka, “A 250 kg high-explosive air bomb was removed by SES bomb disposal Read More …
A controlled explosion was due to be carried out following the discovery of what was believed to be a mortar round in a Lincolnshire village. The device was found in Caythorpe, near Sleaford, on Monday afternoon. Earlier, police set up Read More …
An unspecified ammunition exploded in the Libavá military training area, which is located in the Olomouc Region, on Monday before noon. One person died, eight people were injured. The incident is being investigated by the Military Police. Czech Defence Minister Read More …
Scores of unexploded Second World War bombs and mines off the Norfolk coast could have to be blown up to pave the way for a huge wind farm. Danish energy firm Ørsted wants to build its £8bn Hornsea 3 project Read More …
A fisherman has found a war-left U.S.-made MK-82 aerial bomb in a pit lake on the western outskirts of Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, a mine clearance chief said on Friday. Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)’s director-general Heng Ratana said Read More …
Capt. Wassem Mahmoud, 23, from Beit Jann, and seven other IDF soldiers were killed in an explosion of an armored vehicle in Rafah, the IDF announced on Saturday. Mahmoud was a deputy company commander in Battalion 601 of the Combat Read More …
Two cruise missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have struck a bulk cargo carrier in the Gulf of Aden, severely injuring one of the crew. The M/V Verbena, a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned, and Polish-operated ship, “reported damage and subsequent fires on Read More …
The IAEA team at ZNPP reported hearing explosions, including close to the plant, on several days over the past week. They confirmed with the plant that one of the mines located next to the ZNPP cooling pond area exploded on Read More …
In the framework of support given since 2019 to the activities of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq and Syria, Belgium has decided on a new contribution of 1.5 million euros in 2024. In recent years, Belgium has Read More …