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Around 5.6 million hectares, equivalent to 17.71 per cent of Việt Nam’s total area, are still contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO) as of the end of 2023. Việt Nam is among the countries with the highest rates of UXO contamination Read More …
The Shin Bet and the Central Unit of the Jerusalem District Police revealed a thwarted terrorist plot on Thursday, planned by two terrorists who coordinated with a Hamas terrorist in Gaza. One terrorist is a 17-year-old resident of Israel living Read More …
On 28 February, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine received a report of an explosive item found in a field in one of the settlements of Zaporizhzhia Oblast on its emergency number. Upon arrival at the scene, bomb disposal experts Read More …
Law enforcement agencies on Wednesday conducted a simulation exercise of a bomb threat scenario at the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) administration building in this capital city of Negros Oriental to test their readiness and response capabilities. Police Chief Master Sgt. Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) successfully neutralised a large US air-dropped bomb in Kampong Cham province on February 27. The 340kg bomb, identified as an M117 US general purpose bomb, was defused by CMAC operatives, in a carefully planned Read More …
The Government of Korea today handed over valuable equipment worth over USD 1million, including 20 vehicles, 10 off-road motorbikes, metal detectors, generators, brush cutters, laptops, and IT equipment for 13 newly established Humanitarian Demining teams of Lao People’s Army (Unit Read More …
In Amadi, a village located a few kilometers from South Sudan’s capital, Juba, local communities used to live in fear. Unexploded ordnance—a reminder of past civil wars—littered their ancestral lands making farming impossible and posing risks to women, children, and Read More …
The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has pledged over $1.65 million in funding to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to support ongoing UXO survey, clearance, and explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) activities in Khammouane province. This funding Read More …
The Vietnam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC) on February 28 held a meeting with representatives of embassies of countries, international organisations, and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to celebrate its 10th founding anniversary (March 4, 2014 – 2024). In 2010, the Read More …
Terrorists have abducted 12 residents and burnt down a healthcare facility in an attack on Monday on Wurma, a community in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. A police outpost, several houses and vehicles were also burnt down by Read More …
The death toll resulting from an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Nijgadh municipality-7, Bara, has tragically risen to three. The incident, which occurred on Monday at the Rohit Worship site, claimed the life of its owner, Resham Jarga Magar Read More …
Detectives from the PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch have arrested three men in connection with an ongoing security alert in the Dungiven area. Police said they have recovered a “viable pipe bomb type device”. The device was found in the Curragh Read More …
A controlled explosion has been carried out in Derby after a device was found in the River Derwent. A 100m cordon was in place and Derwent Street and Exeter Bridge were closed as Derbyshire Police and the bomb squad worked Read More …
One person was killed and another one sustained injuries after an Improvised Explosive Device(IED) rocked a university in Imphal. According to the reports, the explosion occurred in Dhanamanjuri University Campus in Imphal on Friday night. The explosion left one dead Read More …
14 citizens were martyred and 8 others were injured as a result of the explosion of a landmine left by ISIS terrorists in the Raqqa desert, while they were collecting truffle mushrooms. The Governor of Raqqa, Abdul Razzaq Khalifa, said Read More …
At least 15 Catholic worshippers have been killed in a Burkina Faso village when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for mass at a church in the country’s conflict-hit northern region, church officials said. Sunday’s violence in the village Read More …
A woman who was found with bullets, balaclavas and instructions on how to build a bomb has been sentenced for terrorism offences in Co. Antrim. Jennifer Lennox was found with 118 bullets, 54 balaclavas and a bomb-making guide when PSNI Read More …
Ministry of Defense has announced that seven terrorist drones were shot down and destroyed in Hama and Idleb countryside. The ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page: “Our forces operating in the direction of Hama and Idleb countryside Read More …
Five citizens were martyred Saturday in the explosion of a land mine left behind by the terrorist organization (Daesh) in the vicinity of Tal Salamah in Hama countryside. A local source told SANA reporter that citizens were searching for truffle Read More …
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has claimed arresting five alleged members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan during a raid in Bajaur tribal district, a senior official said on Friday. Addressing a press conference in the provincial capital, CTD SSP Najmul Husain Read More …