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An IED allegedly planted by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Erbil province damaged a vehicle carrying three villagers on Thursday morning, but did not result in any casualties, according to a local official speaking to Kurdistan 24. The Read More …
United Nations Mine Action Services (UNMAS) in collaboration with Centre for Social Cohesion Peace and Empowerment (CENSCOPE) has urged the federal government to expedite action to establish the Centre for Mine Action to enable the body to coordinate its activities Read More …
Taking joint warfighting concepts and translating them into the capabilities that are needed for the future in a highly contested fight is a key focus, said Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, who spoke today on a Read More …
Mogadishu – Marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the United Nations today reaffirmed its commitment to supporting efforts to rid Somalia of the threat from explosive ordnance. “Whether measured in the number of casualties Read More …
Sixteen people were wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Deraa governorate, Syrian state media reported on Monday. The attack reportedly occurred on a bridge at the Nasib border crossing with Jordan and was carried out against customs officials. Read Read More …
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday said it “strongly condemns” the New People’s Army (NPA) members’ use of improvised explosive devices (IED), and even used it near a school, during a clash with government troops in Masbate. CHR, Read More …
Damascus, SANA- An explosive device went off on Sunday evening in a civilian car in Mezzeh area in Damascus, without causing any casualties. A source at Damascus Police Command told SANA that an explosive device went off in a civilian Read More …
Russian war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday, a source has told Sputnik. The source said the blast is believed to have been caused by an explosive device brought into Read More …
More than two decades since the adoption of the landmark Mine Ban Treaty and the creation of the UN Mine Action Service, millions of landmines have been destroyed, but land in nearly 70 countries globally is still contaminated and innocent Read More …
A child was killed and three others injured when an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) exploded in Southern Zabul province, according to local sources. The explosion caused by an IED of past wars resulted in the death of one child and Read More …
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in a pair of attacks killed four police officers by targeting a police vehicle with a roadside bomb and wounded six in an attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa early Read More …
Police successfully deactivated a vest-like explosive device Thursday that an unknown number of people allegedly had taped to the chest of a security guard at a jewelry store in Ecuador’s main port city. The guard was uninjured. Authorities would question Read More …
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (MGSO) arrested a man Tuesday morning after a standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Montgomery County Detectives searched his home and found what appeared to be explosives inside the room where Whittley was located. The Read More …
Militants in Colombia killed nine soldiers and wounded nine others in an attack early Wednesday on a military unit securing a northern pipeline, officials said, complicating efforts by the country’s new leftist president to negotiate a lasting peace. The assailants Read More …
Awana Gaidam, a Boko Haram bomb maker, has reportedly died after “stepping on a self-made improvised explosive device” planted for Nigerian troops in Borno state. Allegedly, Awana was blown to pieces after his vehicle stepped on the IED along Njumia Read More …
The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office explosive team blew up a pipe bomb a pedestrian found on Tuesday afternoon near Kalispell’s Old Steel Bridge. Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino says the person stumbled across the device around 1 p.m. A police Read More …
There’s a tourniquet and a Warrior Skills: Skill Level 1 book on the table. The book is a manual of common Soldier tasks with step-by-step instructions. A red tab marks figure 081-COM-0048-1: Combat application tourniquet. Maj. Bridget Flannery opens with Read More …
A self-made explosive device was used in an attempt to assassinate Mariupol police chief Mikhail Moskvin, the press service of the Interior Ministry of the Donetsk People’s Republic told TASS on Monday. “It was an improvised explosive device, which contained Read More …
Police and Army bomb experts are at the scene of a suspected pipe bomb attack in Newtownards. It’s understood a property in the Bowtown Road area of town was targeted on Saturday night. Forensic officers were pictured at the scene examining Read More …
Suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs), rocket propelled grenades, and ammunition were dug up during a second raid on the compound of HDJ Agri-Venture Corporation, whose president is former Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves. advertisement In a Sunday morning GTV Read More …