North Dakota: Charges filed after 1,000 pounds of explosives discovered in Williston

A Williston man accused of storing more than 1,000 pounds of homemade explosives in his garage is now facing criminal charges. Court records show Ross Petrie, 28, is charged with a felony called “release of destructive forces.” An affidavit of Read More …

Israel: Violence erupts in Jerusalem in most violent night in capital in years

Two Israeli police officers were injured and nine Palestinians were arrested between Wednesday night and Thursday morning as violence broke out across Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank amid rising tensions surrounding IDF operations in Shuafat and Nablus and Read More …

Philippines: Seized in Central Visayas region explosives made for terrorists

After the arrest of two individuals last Sunday for allegedly selling explosive devices in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-7 is further investigating the manufacturer of these devices. Police Col. Peter Tagtag Jr., the new Read More …

Russia’s FSB detains 8 for Crimea Bridge explosion

Russia has apprehended eight suspects over the deadly explosion of the bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, the FSB security service said in a statement quoted by news agencies on Wednesday. The suspects include five Russians and “three Ukrainian and Read More …

Russia: FSB prevents terrorist attack in Nizhni Tagil, arrests plotter

The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the federal security service FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Tagil. “The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the FSB has prevented a terrorist attack in an administrative building in Nizhny Read More …

Oregon: Close call with explosive material in Grants Pass

Southern Oregon Sanitation’s annual Hazardous Materials Drop-off Day could have gone off with a bang this year, Grants Pass Fire and Rescue officials said Saturday. A one-pound container of toxic material dropped off at the sanitation center along Redwood Highway Read More …

West Bank: Terrorists place explosive device at gas station in Kedumim

Terrorists placed an explosive device containing four kilograms of explosives at the gas station at the entrance to Kedumim in Samaria Sunday, the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. Bomb disposal teams neutralized the device, and there were Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Explosives recovered near LoC in Poonch

Security forces on Thursday recovered explosives near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. During a search operation, Army troops found a bag near the LoC in Noorkot area, they said. They recovered a Read More …

GICHD Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine – Second Edition

The second edition of the GICHD Ukraine Ordnance Guide is intended to provide a basic explosive ordnance recognition guide for qualified EOD operators in Ukraine conducting mine action activities. It may also be used by trained survey staff. While an Read More …

Syria: SDF arrests three ISIS suspects responsible for manufacturing IEDs in Raqqa

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)’s Counter-terrorism Units have arrested three ISIS suspects the al-Jala’a Farm, northern countryside of Raqqa. “The arrested terrorist cell was responsible for manufacturing IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and distributing them to other terrorist cells in the region,” Read More …

Handbook for Capacity Development in Mine Action (Lao) ປື້ມມຄູ່ມື ສໍາລັບ ການພັດທະນາຂີດຄວາມສາມາດ ໃນວຽກງານເກັບກູ້ລະເບີດ

The handbook for Capacity Development in Mine Action was published to capture the wealth of UNDP’s experience of developing capacities in mine action programming and share the best practices and lessons learned with national and international development partners. UNDP Lao Read More …

Sweden: Over 70 explosions this year

There have been over 70 explosions this year. Police say they have links to criminal gangs. There are often explosions near houses where ordinary people live. On Tuesday, there were two explosions in Skåne, one in Åstorp and one in Read More …

Washington: No Injuries in ‘Isolated Incident’ Involving Improvised Explosives in Grays Harbor County

A man was arrested and several hotel rooms in the 600 block of West Wishkah Street in Aberdeen were evacuated around 4:30 p.m. on Friday after officers found improvised explosive devices “in plain view of a hotel room,” the Aberdeen Read More …

Pakistan: Hidden Danger Of IEDs

On September 16, 2022, one Frontier Corps trooper was killed and three were injured when Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) cadres targeted a Frontier Corps vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Sabzal Road at Podgali Chowk in Quetta, the Read More …

Israel foils Hamas plot to launch series of bomb attacks against Jews

Israeli security forces earlier this month arrested a group of Hamas-affiliated suspects in the West Bank who were planning bombing attacks against Israeli forces and civilians, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Monday. Seven Palestinians from Hebron and Read More …

UK to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan in demining Karabakh

UK ambassador James Sharp has said that his country will expand cooperation with Azerbaijan in demining Karabakh, Azernews reports. “Mine detection dogs cope with this difficult task [demining] very well. Thanks to them, people’s lives are less at risk. We Read More …

GCPEA: Successfully Transforming Education Requires Protecting It from Attack

The Transforming Education Summit, to be held on September 19, 2022, at the 77th United Nations General Assembly, aims to mobilize solidarity and political will to transform education, and invites Heads of State to make commitments towards Sustainable Development Goal Read More …

Myanmar junta forces destroy resistance base in Magway

A base run by a local resistance group operating in Magway Region’s Pakkoku Township was overrun by regime forces on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the group. Around 250 junta troops swarmed the base, located on the western bank Read More …