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The Ministry of Defense is implementing a program to engage veterans and people with disabilities in demining. Veterans and people with disabilities will be involved in the cleanup and demining of territories. One of the main goals of mine action Read More …
Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs) afflicted 39 victims in the ten months of this year, higher than last year with 32 victims. However, the government is committed to removing this bane from society for the betterment of all. Read More …
Five people were seriously injured in a mine explosion in the canton of Afrin-Shehba on Friday. According to security forces, the victims, who belong to the same family, are four adults between the ages of 20 and 50 and a Read More …
At least seven people including five school students were killed and 23 injured in a blast in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, a police official said. “The target was a police van which was going to pickup a polio (vaccination) team,” Read More …
A Florida man has been charged after he allegedly left two improvised explosive devices in bathrooms at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa. Bryan Robert Eckley, 46, of Tampa, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of making, possessing, Read More …
An armed group has taken control of a military post in central Bolivia, the country’s armed forces said on Friday. According to the Bolivian military’s statement, the “irregular armed group” kidnapped military personnel and seized weapons and ammunition from the base Read More …
Authorities in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on October 31 detonated two bombs which had been discovered in Bach Luu commune of Song Lo district. The bombs, weighing 300-400 kg each, were said to be left over from the Read More …
The global landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust has issued an emergency appeal for £1m to prevent former Syrian refugees returning from Lebanon encountering deadly munitions in their homeland. Exactly one month since conflict escalated in Lebanon, more than 400,000 Read More …
The U.S. military isn’t currently interested in fielding kinetic and directed energy capabilities, such as laser and high-power microwave weapons, surface-to-air interceptors, and gun systems, for defending domestic bases and other critical infrastructure from rapidly growing and evolving drone threats. Read More …
Amanhunt was under way in Berlin on Thursday after a man left behind a bag full of explosives at a train station following a routine police stop. Investigators are continuing to search for the man, who fled the scene at Read More …
The purpose of the declaration of intent is to formalize and emphasize the long-term commitment of our joint efforts. This work aims to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience through support for mine action and rescue services, known as the Mine Action and Read More …
The international community is not giving adequate attention to the mine issue in Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) Vugar Suleymanov said. Speaking at a business meeting with donors and partners of the Karabakh Read More …
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician in the U.S. Army encourages anyone who discovers something that might be an unexploded bomb to call in the bomb squad. Command Sgt. Maj. Dave Silva, the senior enlisted Read More …
Three people have suffered injuries after an abandoned improvised explosive detonated near the Geneva Camp in Dhaka. The incident occurred around 10:45am on Wednesday, said Ali Iftekhar Hasan, chief of the capital’s Mohammadpur Police Station. Iftekhar said the explosion took Read More …
Three new mine detection dogs have been presented to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), head of the Karabakh Revival Fund Rahman Hajiyev told journalists. According to Hajiyev, the presentation ceremony of the dogs to the organization will Read More …
The first case of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox has been found in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency has said. The patient, who had recently returned from Africa, has been transferred to a high-level isolation unit at Read More …
The Somali Explosives Management Authority (SEMA) on Tuesday launched a three-day capacity-building training, focusing on enhanced administration and human resource management to strengthen its fight against explosive devices. Funded by the Chinese Embassy in Somalia, the initiative seeks to boost Read More …
The Federal Government has advocated stronger regional efforts to counter the threats posed by the proliferation of small arms and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the West Africa sub-region. This call was made at the opening of the ECOWAS Coordination Read More …
The teenager accused of carrying out the Southport attack has been charged with possessing al-Qaeda material and producing ricin. Axel Rudakubana, accused of the knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July, is alleged to have made ricin Read More …
An item believed to be a bomb exploding in Clydebank has been captured on video by a nearby resident. A “suspect item” was found in Overtoun Court – a high-rise block of flats – in Dalmuir on the afternoon of Read More …