Angola: Hoping For A Better Future

Throughout most of Bié province, the soil is fertile and water sources are widely accessible, but where mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are present, use of the land is severely limited. From 1983 to 1985, mines and other explosive items Read More …

Iraq: Joint Committee to address Minefields Obstructing Oil Pipelines

The Ministry of Environment announced on Saturday, the clearing of 4,000 cubic meters of mines across Iraq, while indicating the completion of projects for the benefit of industrial and oil lands at a rate of 100%, confirming the existence of Read More …

Lebanon: Israel kills top Hezbollah figure in Beirut strike

Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. The target was Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, Read More …

UN: 1,500 Somalis killed or injured by explosive devices in 2023

At least 1,500 civilians were killed or injured by 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Somalia over the past year, the UN reported late Thursday. UN Secretary-General’s Acting Special Representative for Somalia James Swan said that the threat of IEDs Read More …

Mali: Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Bamako killed more than 70 people

More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this week, according to diplomatic and security sources. Hardline fighters from the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM) Read More …

Lebanon: Batteries of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah contained PETN explosive

The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source familiar with the device’s components told Reuters. The way the explosive Read More …

Texas: Lubbock Regional Bomb Squad used EOD Robot to end police standoff

One person is in custody after Lubbock authorities responded to a barricaded subject Wednesday morning. Felix Delarosa, 39, is charged with aggravated assault against a public servant following a SWAT standoff that lasted nearly two hours. Authorities used the Lubbock Read More …

Mexico: Sinaloa cartel clashes leave at least 30 Dead

At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as rival factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash. Mexican Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval confirmed on Tuesday that the Read More …

Hawaii: Second suspect arrested in Maui explosives case

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Maui Police Department are investigating Improvised Explosive Devices left in the Kahului and Pukalani areas of Maui, according to a joint statement from the FBI’s Honolulu Division and MPD. A 43-year-old Kula man Read More …

South Carolina: Man arrested after homemade explosives found along US 29

A suspect is now in custody after a search warrant uncovered handmade explosive devices along Highway 29 North. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office charged Anthony Kyle Jenkins with possession of a destructive device after an hours-long search in Williamston. Deputies Read More …

Afghanistan: MoU Signed for Mine Clearance in Logar

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for the demining of over 580,000 square meters of land in Logar Province. According to a report from the National Disaster Management Authority, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, the Acting Head of the Authority, held Read More …

UK Pledges U.S.$5.5 Million for Demining Efforts in Zimbabwe

The United Kingdom has announced an additional USD 5.5 million in funding to aid landmine clearance in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces. The initiative aims to enhance safety in these regions and promote awareness of the lingering dangers Read More …

Lebanon: Nine killed, 300 wounded in a new wave of explosions across the country

At least nine people have been killed and 300 were wounded in Lebanon in a new wave of blasts related to communication devices, the Health Ministry has said, a day after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah detonated across the Read More …

Germany: Police investigate after second explosion in Cologne in three days

Authorities in Cologne are investigating after a second explosion in three days was reported in the western German city. A spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office said police were alerted early on Wednesday after witnesses heard a loud detonation at Read More …

Ukrainian drone attack triggers massive blasts in Russia’s Tver region

A major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered a giant blast and forced the partial evacuation of residents near the site of a large Russian arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday. Unverified video and images on social media showed Read More …

Cambodia, Ukraine pledge to strengthen cooperation at the Ottawa Convention

The First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and also the President of the Ottawa Convention, Ly Thuch, chaired a meeting with the Committee on Cooperative Compliance and Ukraine with Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Read More …

Lebanon: Nine killed, 2,750 wounded as Hezbollah pagers explode

At least nine people were killed and about 2,750 were wounded by exploding handheld pagers across Lebanon, the country’s health minister has said. Firass Abiad said that an eight-year-old girl was among those killed and that more than 200 people Read More …

Thailand: Rangers injured in bomb attack during patrol in Yala

Four rangers were seriously injured in a bomb attack in Yala’s Bang Sata district today. The rangers were patrolling in a pickup truck in Ban Bajoh village, Tambon Ban Bajoh, when insurgents, concealed in roadside undergrowth, triggered an improvised explosive Read More …

Nigeria: IEDs recovered after two police officers killed in Anambra Police Station attack

An attack by some hoodlums at Umunze Police Station in Anambra State in the early hours of Monday left two policemen dead. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the state police command. According to him, five Read More …

India: 3 IEDs recovered and diffused in Sukma

Three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered by the security personnel from separate locations in Naxal-affected Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. During a road security operation (RSO) exercise from two different directions towards its Salatong security camp under Kistaram Read More …