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Police in Hong Kong are warning of possible violence on the eve of another mass protest against a controversial extradition bill after making “the largest seizure” of explosives in the territory. The seizure came on the day that thousands of pro-government supporters Read More …
An IED blast inches away from the main entrance of Kabul University in the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed eight people and injured more than 30, officials confirmed. The IED, placed in a car parked next to the southern Read More …
Việt Nam needs a transition from a reactive approach on clearing cluster and explosive remnants of war (ERW) to a proactive risk management strategy to better eliminate threats long-term, experts have said. Speaking at a conference on long-term risk management on Read More …
Two laboratories under the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate are teaming up to test portable explosives trace detectors. Researchers from the Transportation Security Laboratory validated gaps with the detectors and have spoken with vendors and customers to Read More …
The Philippine Army said it was still trying to determine why a motorcycle with traces of an explosive was abandoned in front of its gymnasium in Taguig City on Wednesday morning. The discovery of the red motorcycle with plate number Read More …
Around 200 dogs train at a time at the Mine Detection Centre (MDC) in the Afghan capital, starting when they are just pups. They are put through their paces around obstacle courses and are taught to correctly identify target smells Read More …
The death toll as a result of a roadside bombing in southern Kandahar province has climbed to 13 people with 30 more wounded. The 205th Atal Corps in a statement said an improvised explosive device planted by Taliban went off Read More …
The Afghan Special Forces destroyed large caches of weapons and Improvised Explosive Devices during an operation in Ghazni. The military sources said Tuesday that the Special Forces conducted the operation in Deh Yak district. The sources further added that the Read More …
A roadside bomb explosion killed or wounded at least 43 civilians in Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Tadin Khan Achakzai said an Improvised Explosive Device went off in an area between Khakrez and Kandahar districts. Gen. Tadin Read More …
Two years this month this month, a US-led military coalition declared victory against ISIS in Mosul, liberating one of Iraq’s largest cities after three years of occupation by the radical Islamist group. While the eastern part of the city is on Read More …
A Russian military patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device by unidentified persons in eastern rural Daraa, which is the first time the Russian forces get assaulted since their control of the governorate last year. On Saturday, July 13, Read More …
Two hero police officers have been honoured for tackling a gunman in a car full of explosives without waiting for armed back-up. PCs Mark Patterson and Stuart Bratherton were called to Sandy Lane, West Kirby , after 52-year-old Andrew Gosling threatened another man Read More …
About 1200 kgs of ammonium nitrate and 1000 detonators were today seized from an unauthorised go-down by the Birbhum police and three drum full of crude bombs were found during frisking in trouble prone areas in the district, official sources Read More …
Iraqi forces have cleared several villages in Nineveh, Anbar, and Saladin of explosive remnants left by the Islamic State (ISIS) group and shut down workshops used to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the Iraqi defense ministry said Wednesday. Dozens of Read More …
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recovered five fabricated hand grenades and other incriminating materials on the disclosure of Habibur Rehman Sheikh, who has been arrested in the 2014 Burdwan blast case. The recovery was made on July 7 in Read More …
A roadside bomb blast in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed one soldier and injured three others on Wednesday, local media reported. According to the reports, some unknown terrorists attacked a military vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device which was Read More …
Law-enforcement officers often practice maneuvers in environments known as “tactical villages,” which look like Hollywood sets without the cameras and lights. The FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia features a fake town called Hogan’s Alley that includes an ersatz bank, post office, hotel, Read More …
A witness says at least four civilians have died and two others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion struck a passenger vehicle near Somalia’s border with Kenya. The bomb ripped through a car ferrying milk from the rural area and Read More …
Belgian police are investigating the discovery of home-made explosives, knives and brass knuckles, but nothing immediately points to an attack plot, including against the Tour de France, prosecutors said Monday. A worker found the arms on Saturday evening hidden by Read More …
Two people have been charged with terrorism offences after police seized munitions and ammunition in County Antrim. A man, 33, and a woman, 31, were arrested after a search at a property on Cladytown Road in Glarryford, near Ballymena on Read More …