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Bomb disposal experts have found 2,470 mines and other unexploded munitions on Thai soil near the border with Cambodia since the bilateral ceasefire agreement took effect on July 29. Col Siwa Wang-kat, spokesman for the Thailand Mine Action Centre, said Read More …
Two IDF paratroopers were lightly injured Thursday afternoon by an explosive device that detonated near the Nitzanei Oz crossing near Tulkarm in Samaria. A UAV was dispatched to pursue the individual who placed the device, and in parallel, the IDF Read More …
The discovery of a World War II bomb in Slovakia’s capital during construction work prompted evacuations on Tuesday, officials said. The emergency measure covered several blocks in downtown Bratislava, including a major bridge across the Danube River. Public transportation and Read More …
The Israeli army says it has carried out an assassination attempt on top Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital, Doha, where multiple explosions have been heard. A Hamas source tells Al Jazeera the attack happened as a negotiating team was discussing Read More …
An activist group seeking to break Israel’s siege on Gaza by sea said one of its main boats was struck by a drone at a port in Tunisia Monday night, but all six passengers and crew are safe. Tunisia’s National Read More …
This year is the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, but in some countries, the trail of death and destruction continues. Bombs, nearly a century old, are still exploding, killing and maiming people and contaminating land. Read More …
The IDF reported on Wednesday evening that the Houthi missile intercepted in the morning carried a cluster warhead. According to the IDF, a field examination concluded that the Houthi terrorist regime used a cluster surface-to-surface missile. In its statement, the Read More …
Yesterday morning, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) drones dropped four grenades close to UNIFIL peacekeepers working to clear roadblocks hindering access to a UN position close to the Blue Line. This is one of the most serious attacks on UNIFIL personnel Read More …
Sappers have defused more than 13,800 explosive devices in the Kursk Region since August 2024, the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported. “More than 13,800 explosive devices have been defused, and 418 hectares of territory have been surveyed,” the ministry said. The Read More …
The project “Sustainable Mine Action in Support of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Communities Affected by Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, funded by KOICA for $6 million USD, and implemented by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Read More …
Batala police arrested a suspect linked to a Pakistan-backed terror module, seizing grenades and explosives, disrupting a cross-border conspiracy. The Batala police on Monday unearthed a Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence-backed terror module with the arrest of one person and seized four Read More …
An artillery shell found on a beach has been detonated in a controlled explosion. Whitehaven Coastguard Rescue Team said the ordnance had been discovered on Drigg Beach in Cumbria on Sunday by a member of the public. It said the Read More …
Israel has carried out air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in response to the group’s missile attack on Friday which Israel said carried cluster munitions. The Israeli operation targeted a military complex housing the presidential palace, a Read More …
Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian national who German investigators believe coordinated the undersea bombing in 2022 of two gas pipelines that directly linked Russia to Germany, the German authorities said on Thursday. It was the first arrest in the Read More …
Two Haitian police officers were killed and six others injured after a weaponized drone launched by a gang-fighting task force exploded in the hills above Port-au-Prince, near where an Irish missionary and several others were abducted by armed gangs. The Read More …
In the first six months of this year, at least 18 people — 17 Bangladeshis and one Rohingya — were wounded in landmine explosions on the Myanmar side of the border. Two Rohingyas were killed and six others wounded last Read More …
The Borno State Police Command has recovered an unexploded ordnance, UXO, on a farmland in Dikwa Local Government Area of the state. The discovery was reported by a farmer, Babagana Kachalla, who found the suspicious object while working on his Read More …
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February 2022, the political economy of Ukraine has been profoundly transformed. The aggression affected both licit and illicit trade routes, disrupted criminal organizations, and spawned new forms of informal Read More …
The UK has stressed its continued support for efforts to clear Syrian territory of mines. The British envoy for Syria, Ann Snow, warned in a post on X platform that “Syria is set to record the highest number of civilian Read More …
A bomb disposal team has carried out a controlled explosion after a suspicious device was found along a Surrey road. Whyteleafe Hill was closed on Tuesday (August 12) after an unexploded device was discovered at a building site. Officers were Read More …