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The French government is ready to help Ukraine clear the Chernihiv Oblast of the landmines and will provide its specialists and equipment for this purpose. Viacheslav Chaus, the head of Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration Viacheslav said so after a meeting Read More …
The last French army unit left Mali on Monday, according to a statement from the French military, nine years after Paris sent troops to the West African country to help drive Islamic extremists from power. France’s armed forces completed their Read More …
BIZERTE, Tunisia – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians recently deployed to Tunisia for Exercise African Lion in support of the Southern European Task Force-Africa. Soldiers from the Fort Drum, New York-based 754th Ordnance Company (EOD) participated in U.S. Africa Read More …
The only surviving attacker from the group that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks has been found guilty of terrorism and murder charges. Salah Abdeslam received a rare full-life sentence for his role in the gun and bomb attacks Read More …
ympathizers of the PKK terrorist organization attacked Turkiye’s Consulate General in Paris on Thursday, according to diplomatic sources. Unidentified individuals attacked the Consulate General around 02.30 a.m. local time (1230 GMT) on May 12 with firework-type explosives, according to information Read More …
The sole survivor of the ISIS terror cell that killed 130 people in Paris seven years ago has told a court he changed his mind about going through with his suicide bomb attack after he saw his victims in a Read More …
Police forces were hunting for a man who left a parcel bomb in the Cathedral of Toulouse, Southwestern France, on Friday, ahead of the first round of voting in France’s presidential race on April 10, police said. The man deposited Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 480,000 (approximately USD 550,000) from the Crisis and Support Center of the French ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs that will support life-saving mine action activities in Read More …
Russian-linked buildings have been targeted since the invasion of Ukraine A major Paris-based Russian cultural institution was attacked on Sunday night with a Molotov cocktail, according to France’s Le Parisien newspaper. Read more… Source: ANews
“The political, operational and legal conditions are no longer met to effectively continue their current military engagement in the fight against terrorism in Mali,” said a joint statement signed by France and European and African allies, announcing a “coordinated withdrawal” Read More …
French investigators probing an explosion that badly wounded a driver at the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia have concluded an improvised explosive device caused it, a source close to the investigation revealed on Friday. Investigators from France’s specialized anti-terror prosecutor’s Read More …
On 1 February, a large-scale Referral Action Day targeting terrorist content online took place at Europol’s headquarters. The European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) at Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) coordinated the referral activity, which saw the involvement Read More …
There is a persistence of serious threats against Western nationals in Kenya. There is a real risk targeting public places frequented by foreign nationals (restaurants, hotels, leisure places, shopping malls, etc.), particularly in Nairobi. Therefore, it is recommended that people Read More …
French prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation into a blast in Saudi Arabia that badly wounded a French driver in the Dakar Rally. The explosion damaged a support vehicle for the Sodicars Racing team as it left a hotel in Read More …
If you asked someone to name the world’s most famous terrorist, chances are they would say Osama Bin Laden, the radical Islamist and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. But 50 years ago, before anyone even associated fundamentalist Islam with terrorism, Read More …
The French army says that it has killed one of the suspects in last year’s murder of eight people including six young French aid workers in the Koure National Park in Niger, The Islamic State armed group had claimed the Read More …
It all started so positively. Where have things gone wrong? Why does France now appear so unpopular in Africa? French President Emmanuel Macron has increased aid to the continent, begun the return of cultural artefacts stolen during the colonial wars Read More …
The U.S. Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) will donate 30 more mine detection dogs (MDDs) to Azerbaijan, the U.S. embassy in Azerbaijan has reported on its social media accounts. “To date, MLI is proud to have been able to provide 40 Read More …
CANADIAN FORCES BASE BORDEN, Ontario, Canada – Explosive ordnance disposal technicians from 11 different nations improved their life-saving and mission-enabling skills during Exercise Ardent Defender in Canada, Sept. 18 – Oct. 22. The exercise brought together military and law enforcement Read More …
The head of Azerbaijan’s Mine Action Agency, Vugar Suleymanov, and French ambassador Zacharie Gross have discussed France’s contribution to demining operations on territories liberated from Armenia’s occupation in the last year’s war, local news sources have reported. The meeting focused Read More …