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Group Captain Sadiq Shehu (rtd) has said 1.2 million people comprising returnees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and members of the host communities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are exposed to explosive remnants of the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency. Shehu Read More …
A Calgary man was preparing for a “breakdown in society” when he stockpiled homemade bombs, a judge heard Thursday. Wayne McGuire, 54, pleaded guilty to a number of charges, including possession of explosives, possession of body armour and assault with Read More …
The explosion didn’t stop Michael Liburdi. Neither did losing his right hand and right forearm or the ability to use most of his left arm. The coma didn’t stop the felon from Warren, either. Nor did three months in the Read More …
The Swedish police’s bomb squad have detonated a ”dangerous object” found by staff at Israel’s embassy in Stockholm. It was found outside the embassy building, but inside its fenced-off compound. Police say the object could have detonated, but they have Read More …
An unexploded bomb has been found outside a pub in County Durham. The piece of unexploded ordnance was discovered by a member of the public behind The Church Mouse pub in Chester-le-Street shortly after 12:00 GMT on Wednesday. A cordon Read More …
After decades of progress against cholera, the disease has seen a global upsurge since 2021. More than one million people are thought to be infected with cholera every year. Afghanistan and Syria have suffered huge outbreaks, but in 2023 over Read More …
A Hongkonger who made a failed escape attempt to Taiwan has been jailed for five years and one month over perverting the course of justice and two explosive charges linked to the protests in 2019. Quinn Moon, 37, appeared at Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) and an inter-ministerial task force organised a public forum ahead of operations to recover unexploded ordnance (UXOs) and shipwrecks from the Mekong River in Prey Veng province. Addressing the forum, CMAC director-general Heng Ratana Read More …
BOZEMAN, Montana – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will host a recruitment event Wednesday, January 31 in Bozeman, Montana, to hire full- and part-time federal Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport (BZN). Entry-level TSOs will be Read More …
Two brothers have been indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, was found inside an Astoria apartment they shared with their Read More …
A blast targeted a political rally organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday evening in Sibi district of Balochistan, resulting in at least four fatalities and several injuries, according to authorities. The explosion occurred as the rally, belonging to Read More …
An Ohio man who had allegedly been a member of a neo-Nazi “white lives matter” group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for firebombing a church that planned to host drag events, the US justice department announced on Read More …
Security forces thwarted three coordinated attacks launched by terrorists using rockets and sophisticated weapons in Mach town on Monday night, some 70km from the provincial capital, officials said. At least one policeman was reportedly martyred while a truck driver injured Read More …
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Boko Haram terrorists on the Pulka-Firgi Road in Gwoza local government area of Borno State, has killed seven farmers in a commercial vehicle. According to a report, the incident occurred in the early Read More …
Two people were injured in a grenade attack on the National Party’s election office on Sunday evening in Balochistan’s Mastung, according to police. City Police Station House Officer (SHO) Abdul Fatah told Dawn.com that unknown persons had lobbed a grenade Read More …
An unexploded bomb, model FAB-250, considered “rare and highly powerful”, was destroyed in the town of Lushivi, 103 kilometers south of Luena, eastern Moxico province, by the Mining Advisory Group (MAG). Capable of destroying an area of 250 square meters, Read More …
Police in Türkiye nabbed six Daesh/ISIS terror suspects wanted by Interpol in the country’s southern province, a security source said on Sunday. Counter-terrorism teams conducted an operation in Adana province’s Seyhan district, raiding houses where terrorist suspects were hiding, said Read More …
12th Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium to feature two panel discussions this March 13-14 in Washington, D.C. The Joint Civil and DoD CBRN Symposium will convene senior leaders across DoD, military, federal government, industry, and academia to explore the Read More …
Six pupils of the Tsangaya Quranic Centre in Gubio town have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device which exploded near the Tsangaya in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident occurred on Saturday when a metal Read More …
An oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden is on fire after a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi militants, in the latest incident linked to the Iran-backed group in the key shipping route. The operator of the British oil tanker Read More …