Iraq: Return to old Mosul, concerns amid war remnants

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 …

It’s Time to Learn How to Blow Things Up Again

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 …

Liquid Improvised Explosive Device – New Threat Emerging In Jammu And Kashmir

Liquid explosives seem to have made a comeback in Jammu and Kashmir militancy theatre after 17 years as a recent raid by police in the Union territory led to the recovery of such “difficult-to-detect (d2d)” Improvised Explosive Devices, officials said. Read More …

Israel: IDF raids explosives lab in intense 18-hour West Bank operation

On Monday, Soldiers from the 94th Brigade, Duvdevan Unit, 41st Brigade, and Shin Bet forces completed an 18-hour counterterrorism operation in the Far’a area in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, the IDF announced on Tuesday. During the operation, soldiers discovered Read More …

Pakistan: CTD apprehends 15 terrorists in Punjab

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has conducted 180 Intelligence-Based Operations (IBOs) in various cities of Punjab and apprehended 15 terrorists. The CTD spokesman said that a wanted terrorist affiliated with the banned TTP who was trained in South Waziristan, arrested in Read More …

Six UK airports temporarily reintroduce 100ml liquid limit

Six regional airports in the UK will temporarily reintroduce restrictions on carrying liquids over 100ml, the Department for Transport has said. The change will come into effect from midnight on Sunday, and will affect passengers travelling from London City, Aberdeen, Read More …

Belgium: Car loaded with explosives breaks through roadblock at Belgian-Luxembourg border

On Friday at around 1am, a BMW broke through a roadblock set up by Belgian customs and police along the N81 between Arlon and Messancy, just a few kilometres from the Luxembourgish border, resulting in a car-chase. The four people Read More …

Malta: ‘Alarming’ amount of explosives at garage of PL HQ bomb suspect

Police and bomb disposal officers are “alarmed” by the amount of explosive material found in a garage where a teenager is suspected of having manufactured a bomb which was placed outside Labour Party headquarters, Times of Malta has learned. Sources Read More …

South Africa: Commercial explosives confiscated at the Beitbridge Border Post

Two men are expected to appear before the Musina Magistrate’s Court today on a charge of smuggling and possession of explosives following their arrest in the early hours of Thursday. Police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said the men, aged 32 Read More …

Israel: Inside the IDF’s technological field teams

A long row of explosives was lined up at our feet. A few days after Oct. 7, chaos engulfed the Julis base. In a large warehouse stood the combat equipment used by Nukhba terrorists in the massacre, including RPG launchers, Kalashnikov Read More …

UK: Controlled explosion carried out in Caddington as counter-terror police arrest man in Bedfordshire

A man has been arrested by counter-terrorism officers after “a number of suspicious substances” were found at a property in Bedfordshire. Police said an ordnance disposal team had carried out a “controlled explosion” at the site on Hyde Road, Caddington, Read More …

Northern Ireland: Man and woman charged with attempting to make explosives after house search

A man and woman have been charged with attempting to make explosives under suspicious circumstances and possessing firearms and ammunition in suspicious circumstances. The arrests and charges follow a proactive search of a house in the Holylands area of south Read More …

UK: Suspect materials found and injured man arrested as bomb squad investigate caravan explosion

A man who was seriously injured in a caravan explosion in Cornwall has been arrested and is now under police guard in hospital. The explosion rocked the quiet village of Drakewalls on Sunday (May 12) with the bomb squad called Read More …

UK: Man jailed after ammunition and explosive material found at East London address

Ricky Anderson, 45 (09.08.78) of Beechwood Drive, Woodford Green appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday, 9 May where he was sentenced to a total of five years in prison for firearm offences. Anderson was also given a five year Read More …

Michigan: Grant Man Charged With Transporting Explosive And Possessing A Destructive Device

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Luke Isaac Terpstra, a 30-year-old resident of Grant, Michigan, has been charged with transporting an explosive with the intent to kill, injure, or Read More …

India: Police destroy nine IEDs, seize explosives and bomb-making materials in Gadchiroli

Gadchiroli district’s Superintendent of Police Neelotpal confirmed the development. After getting the information, two teams of Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), one unit of C-60 commando team and Quick Action Team (QAT) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were Read More …

Myanmar: Routes linking Yangon and Mandalay hit by mine attacks

A bridge on the old Yangon-Mandalay highway and a section of railway linking the two cities were both significantly damaged by mine attacks carried out by resistance forces on Wednesday, according to state media reports. The incidents occurred in Bago Read More …

UK: Warnings over bullets and bombs found on Cowden beach

Beach goers in East Yorkshire are being warned not to take risks hunting for unexploded bombs and bullets at a former RAF range. Coastal erosion has meant hundreds of thousands of items have been left exposed at Cowden, near Hornsea, Read More …

Libya: 2023 UN report documents 17 lives, mainly children, lost to explosive hazards

A group of 17 individuals, including 14 children, lost their lives due to incidents involving explosive devices in Libya last year, according to a UN Mine Action Service report. The report, released on Sunday, documented 193 incidents resulting from explosive Read More …