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A fire at the ZF Arena caused approximately €100,000 in damage overnight from Friday to Saturday. According to initial investigations, three men between the ages of 17 and 21 are suspected of detonating a homemade explosive device. No injuries have Read More …
Syria’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Mohamad Katoub, participated in a Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Conference in London. Katoub outlined Syria’s experience in addressing the legacy of the ousted regime’s chemical weapons program, as Read More …
A quiet residential street in Stockport was the scene of a large police operation involving bomb disposal experts this weekend, after “harmful chemicals” were discovered at a property. Officers executed a warrant at an address on Brown Lane in Heald Read More …
Roads remain closed near a house in north Derbyshire where hazardous chemicals “related to photography” were found. The chemicals were discovered during a house clearance at the home of the owner who died in non-suspicious circumstances, Derbyshire Police said. Officers Read More …
Foreign tourists who visited geothermal bathing lagoons during their stay in Iceland have received false positive results during screening for explosives or hazardous substances at Keflavík Airport. A tourist who was recently travelling around Iceland raised the issue in a Read More …
South Korean authorities ordered civilians to evacuate on Tuesday after a suspected white phosphorus leak at a U.S. military base near the capital, Seoul. Officials in the city of Pyeongtaek urged nearby residents to move to a safe location and avoid skin Read More …
The Denville man accused of creating an explosives laboratory, has been ordered to remain in custody pending trial after a judge concluded the evidence recovered from his home posed “grave risks” to the community. The decision followed a two-hour pretrial detention Read More …
Philippine National Police (PNP) explosive ordnance and K9 units successfully recovered and disposed of a cache of unexploded ordnance and hazardous materials in the provinces of Rizal and Tarlac. In Rizal, personnel from the Regional Explosives and Canine Unit 4A Read More …
Personnel from the 1st CBRN Company, of the CBRN Defense Regiment (RDNBQ) “Valencia” No. 1, conducted Exercise Hades 26 at the facilities of the Energy, Environmental and Technological Research Center (CIEMAT) in Madrid at the end of April. Personnel from Read More …
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – Trainers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently completed a deep-dive instructional session with Soldiers from several Army National Guard Civil Support Teams (CST) to familiarize them with Read More …
Some unexploded bombs and other hazardous explosive materials were safely disposed during a controlled operation conducted at a military range in Capas, Tarlac on 24 April 2026. According to the Philippine National Police (PNP), operation was carried out by the Read More …
Firefighters intervened this afternoon after hazardous chemicals were discovered in a house on Nad Studánkou Street in Prague 4. Among the substances found were toxic arsenic, cyanide, mercury, radioactive thorium, and picric acid, which was historically used as an explosive. Read More …
A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent about 30 others to hospitals, including one in serious condition, authorities said. The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as Read More …
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – The chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense class at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, trains Airmen to stay vigilant in a world where the threats are often invisible. In just four hours, they learned Read More …
Exercise Semper Durus 2026 was conducted aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) – Barstow, California, April 20-24, marking a highly successful period of rigorous training and readiness validation for the installation. Throughout the exercise, marines and base personnel were tested Read More …
Baby food brand HiPP is recalling some of its baby food jars after samples in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic tested positive for rat poison, officials said Sunday. Authorities believe the tampering occurred in 190-gram (6.7-ounce) jars of baby Read More …
Kensington Gardens has reopened after a major police search sparked by the discovery of suspicious items near the Embassy of Israel. The park was closed on Friday after officers found several items, including two jars containing a powdered substance, prompting Read More …
A team of Royal Navy divers safely detonated more than 3½ tonnes of explosives during a visit by HMS Tamar to the remote Pitcairn Islands. Pitcairn is a tiny British Overseas Territory in the southwest Pacific with only 38 residents Read More …
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detected improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and anti-personnel mines along the Naikhongchhari border in Bandarban and seized a significant quantity of flammable chemical substances in separate operations. According to a BGB press release, a patrol team Read More …
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $10.5 million has been awarded through the federal FY 2023 and FY 2024 State Homeland Security Program to enhance the preparedness and response capabilities of 80 cities, towns, villages and counties statewide. Bomb squads, hazardous Read More …