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Federal authorities have released an update on the investigation into fires at the BioLab chemical plant near Atlanta that produced a toxic chemical cloud and forced nearby residents to shelter in place. The fires broke out Sept. 29 at the Read More …
CFB BORDEN — The Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot (CFAD) Angus will be hosting Exercise Cunning Pine, an annual explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) training exercise at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden from Nov. 26 to Nov. 28, 2024. This important training Read More …
The Centre on Monday extended the ban on the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for five years for continuing to work with the objective to secede Assam from India and maintaining links with other insurgent groups for extortion and Read More …
A senior officer in the British Army has been charged after allegedly taking a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland’s busiest airport. Lt Col Hugo Clark, 54 is accused of taking a deactivated explosive through security at Edinburgh Airport on 16 Read More …
Security forces averted a major sabotage bid in Rawalpindi as three militants from Fitna-al-Khawarij were killed during a fierce exchange of gunfire with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel. The operation, based on intelligence reports, took place near Chakri in Rawalpindi Read More …
A loud explosion was heard near Euston station today (Saturday, November 23) as UK police officers dealt with another bomb scare – the fifth in four days. Passengers were removed from the busy rail hub on Saturday afternoon (November 23) Read More …
Twin blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s District Bajaur killed at least two people, including a cop, police told Geo News on Saturday. Bajaur District Police Officer (DPO) Waqas Rafeeq confirmed the dual blasts, saying that both the explosions took place in Read More …
A massive explosion near the India-Bangladesh border, suspected to be a crude bomb, occurred outside a school in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday. According to the police, the two students of class 5 were playing outside their Read More …
The First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and president of the Ottawa Convention for 2024 Ly Thuch reaffirmed his commitment to continuing communication with relevant parties and assisting in mine clearance efforts in Myanmar, Read More …
Police say several explosive devices were found inside an RV where an allegedly armed man had barricaded himself for about 14 hours in Barrie, Ont. Police say officers responded to a call about an individual with a firearm in an Read More …
In Ukraine, it’s not just the frontline that’s a minefield. The decision of the United States to offer landmines to Ukraine, a signatory of the landmine ban treaty, creates as much of a diplomatic minefield as a military one. Landmines Read More …
Authorities arrested and charged a Florida man on Wednesday for allegedly planning to bomb the New York Stock Exchange the week before Thanksgiving. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener discussed with FBI informants and undercover employees that he wanted to force a “reboot” Read More …
Just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, workers cleaning out the Putah Creek Canal between Martin Road and Hilborn Road located what appeared to be a smoke grenade and fragmentary grenade. Officers responded to the scene and called Travis Air Force Base’s Read More …
Greek police seized firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati late Tuesday. According to reports, earlier that day, a private citizen alerted authorities after discovering a stockpile of weaponry in Read More …
US President Joe Biden has approved providing antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in what has been seen as another policy reversal on weapons provided to Kyiv by the outgoing United States administration, according to reports. The US expects Ukraine to Read More …
Australian teen Bianca Jones has become the fourth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old’s family confirmed her death to the media on Thursday. Hours earlier, the US State Department told the media that Read More …
The national coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka said the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by terrorists poses a significant challenge to national security, security Read More …
A 31-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with a deadly explosion of an improvised device in an Athens apartment last month. The arrest, the latest in a series linked to the blast, which has raised concerns about a Read More …
The head of the Kafr Nan municipality, Mohammad al-Ismail, was martyred today when an explosive device exploded in a van he was driving in the village of Tasnin, in the northern countryside of Homs. A medical source at al-Bassel hospital Read More …
Senior Minister Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), held talks with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung to strengthen bilateral cooperation on mine action and reaffirm commitments to peace-building efforts. Read More …