Ukraine: National Guard soldier killed, four injured in Kyiv explosions

A National Guard soldier was killed and four people were injured in two explosions in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. The injured include another National Guard serviceman, a security guard, and two police officers. Prosecutors are treating the incident as a terrorist Read More …

Cyprus: Bomb explosion in Akrotiri vehicle

A bomb exploded in a parked vehicle in the Akrotiri community in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the sovereign base areas (SBA) police. Officers were called to the scene at around 2am following reports of an explosion. Initial Read More …

Belgium: Explosion outside house in Antwerp

There has been an explosion outside the garage of a house on the Houthulststraat in the Antwerp district of Merksem. The explosion happened at around 5:30am. The no significant damage was caused and the Antwerp Local Police Service reports that Read More …

India: At least 12 people killed, 20 injured in car explosion in Delhi

Delhi Police and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are investigating Monday evening’s Red Fort blast as a potential terror attack. Authorities have identified Dr Umar Nabi, a doctor from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, as the driver of the car Read More …

Belgium: Explosion in Antwerp, three suspects arrested

An explosion was carried out outside a house in Kistemaeckersstraat, Borgerhout, Antwerp, on Saturday morning, with three suspects later arrested in the Netherlands, according to local police. The incident occurred shortly after 2:00. A fire broke out, but the residents Read More …

Indonesia: Jakarta school explosions injure 54

Two explosions injured dozens of people in state high school SMAN 72 in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta on Friday, a senior police official said without disclosing the cause of the explosion. According to students who were in the school complex Read More …

Michigan: Authorities investigate ‘targeted’ explosion in Battle Creek

Authorities in Battle Creek are investigating after an explosion occurred on the southwest side of the city late Friday night. Officers with the Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) were called to Ridge Street north of Goguac Street West shortly before Read More …

Characterization of explosives in a controlled blast chamber using single-particle mass spectrometer for post-blast particle analysis

The detection and characterization of post-blast residues is critical for forensic attribution, explosive safety assessments, and environmental monitoring. In this study, five high explosives, HMX, TNT, Composition B, HNS, and PETN, were detonated under controlled chamber conditions and analyzed in Read More …

Royal Navy Divers work with NATO allies in Iceland for training in neutralising underwater and land bombs

Royal Navy divers joined counterparts from across NATO in Iceland for the alliance’s biggest test dealing with homemade bombs. They neutralised underwater threats and disposed of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during training which reflected real-life scenarios during Exercise Northern Challenge. Read More …

U.S. Navy EOD Joins 17 Allied Nations for Northern Challenge 2025 in Iceland

Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians worked in tandem with 17 allied nations during Northern Challenge 2025, a multinational counter-improvised explosive device exercise Sept. 9-18 across multiple training sites in Iceland. Hosted by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Northern Challenge is NATO’s Read More …

AFP bomb squad crafts IEDs to stay ahead of bad guys

Inside an electronics workshop in Australia’s capital territory there is a team of tech experts building bombs from scratch. They’re not terrorists; rather, a team of elite specialists making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and then blowing them up. The mission Read More …

Sweden: Suspect detained for attempted murder after explosion in Malmö apartment

A man in his 20s was arrested during the night and detained after a decision from the prosecutor. He is suspected of attempted murder and a crime against the law on explosive and flammable goods. It is unknown what has Read More …

SERS nose arrays based on a signal differentiation approach for TNT gas detection

TNT, a well-known explosive, is highly toxic and difficult to decompose, making the detection of trace amounts of residual TNT in the environment a topic of significant research importance. Label-free surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been demonstrated to be capable Read More …

Explosive Detection Canines in the Field: A Multi-Site Black Box Validation Study

In 2009, the National Research Council called upon the forensic science community to standardize the best practices and guidelines in the collection and analysis of evidence with the goal of ensuring quality and consistency within the field. In response to Read More …

Belarus launches criminal investigation into UAV incident in Minsk

Preliminary findings indicate that on the night of 29 July, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had been detected by the Defense Ministry and neutralized by electronic warfare systems crashed without detonation in the courtyard of house No. 72 on Read More …

Florida: One injured as authorities investigate possible explosive device in Pinellas County

Authorities are investigating a possible explosive device at a solid waste disposal complex in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. PCSO said around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, deputies responded to an incident at the 3000 Read More …

Characterising Explosive Components with Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography

To better characterize components in explosive devices, Dutch researchers, led by University of Amsterdam personnel, tested a new two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D-LC)-based method of analyzing explosive traces. Their research was published in the Journal of Chromatography A. As global terrorist Read More …

California: Improvised explosive device used to gain entry to ATM at San Ramon Target

An investigation is underway in San Ramon after police said an improvised explosive device was used to gain entry to an ATM early Sunday morning. Shortly after 2:15 a.m., officers responded to the Target on Bishop Drive, where they discovered Read More …

Northern Ireland: Explosive device seized by police in south Armagh

An explosive device and a number of other items have been seized by police in south Armagh. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said officers recovered and made safe an improvised explosive device, and removed a number of items Read More …

Ukraine: SBU classifies Odesa car explosion as attempted terrorist attack

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has classified the July 5 car explosion in Odesa’s Kyivskyi district as an attempted terrorist attack. According to the SBU’s regional office in Odesa, the blast occurred in the morning on Varnenska Street, when Read More …