Israel: 10 IDF soldiers injured from explosion during weapons display

Three IDF soldiers were moderately injured, and seven others sustained light injuries on Wednesday night when a weapon exploded during a training exercise at the Engineering Corps Training Base in the Negev, the IDF announced on Thursday. The injured soldiers Read More …

Cuba declares 13 soldiers dead after blast at military warehouse

Thirteen soldiers have died in a fire and ensuing explosion at a military warehouse in the eastern province of Holguin over a week ago, Cuba’s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Minfar) said Wednesday. Investigations and analyses conducted by specialists Read More …

Germany: Blast at a Berlin police station hurts two; no attack suspected

Authorities in Germany are trying to figure out what triggered a blast at a police station in Berlin late on Thursday evening, but do not believe the explosion was part of an intentional attack. A policeman suffered injuries to his Read More …

UK: Illegal amount of potentially explosive chemical was stored at farm by pyrotechnic enthusiast

A member of the UK Pyrotechnics Society was found with a huge, illegal amount of a chemical used for explosives. Some of it was sold to people in the UK and Europe and he had not checked whether or not Read More …

US Army civilian helps to safeguard American forces from blast overpressure injuries

A U.S. Army civilian safety manager was recently recognized for contributing to the blast overpressure standards for the U.S. military while improving the safety program at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group that covers the western United States. Robert B. Reynolds, Read More …

Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID

After years of rumours that the virus that causes COVID-19 escaped from a laboratory in China, the virologist at the centre of the claims has presented data on dozens of new coronaviruses collected from bats in southern China. At a Read More …

UK: NHS staff ‘may have treated Covid with poor PPE’

A former Welsh health minister has said that NHS staff may have treated Covid patients during the pandemic with inadequate PPE. Former first minister Vaughan Gething, who was in charge of the health service from 2016 to 2021, returned to Read More …

Pakistan: Seven killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as militant’s car bomb explodes accidentally

A powerful car bomb accidentally detonated at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two children and five suspected militants, police said. The explosion took place before dawn in the city of Read More …

Philippines: Explosion of improvised fireworks injures three in General Santos City

A suspected explosion involving improvised fireworks left three individuals injured, including two minors, in Rosario Village, Barangay Lagao, General Santos City, on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred at approximately 5:20 PM along Molave Street when the improvised fireworks were reportedly Read More …

Nigeria: Two Suspected IPOB/ESN Members Killed In Imo Market IED Explosion

Two suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm Eastern Security Network (ESN) have been reportedly killed in an accidental explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Orlu international market close to Mbari Okoro, Read More …