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An investigation is continuing after a suspected improvised explosive device found Sunday in Plumas County was neutralized by bomb technicians. Deputies from the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report in Portola of a suspected bomb near Portola Riverwalk Read More …
On Sunday, an explosive device from previous military conflicts detonated within the vicinity of the Deyak district in the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, resulting in the unfortunate demise of a young child and causing injury to another. According to Read More …
The Birling Gap Coastguard team said it had been tasked to search for suspected pieces of ordnance at Birling Gap. A spokesperson added: “The team located five old WW2 shells early on Sunday morning (May 21), then came back in Read More …
Investigators suspect a man was making homemade explosives or fireworks when he was seriously injured and flown to a Boston hospital from a Kingston home on Sunday afternoon, police said. The explosion inside the Nobadeer Circle home shortly after 1 Read More …
An Indiana father was killed and his two children were injured after they went through a grandfather’s belongings and found a hand grenade that detonated when someone pulled the pin, the authorities said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Department did not Read More …
In the first of a series of features exploring the fight against trafficking in the Sahel, UN News takes a closer look at what’s behind the growth of the phenomenon. A tangled trafficking web has been woven across the Sahel, Read More …
A 10-year-old boy tragically lost his life in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, suspected to be triggered by Maoist insurgents. The incident occurred last evening in a remote village located in the Jharkhand district, leaving the local community in Read More …
Animals, as well as people, do defend the country in times of war. The four service dogs, Dzhuki, Irbis, Antei and Odin, have been decorated with medals for their loyal service. They belong to the Eastern Operational and Territorial Unit, Read More …
A man was killed and six others were injured in a tragic incident of a suicide attack near Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade in Zhob on Friday. According to police, Mr Haq remained safe during the blast. The JI chief Read More …
California officials are investigating the disappearance of 30 tons (61,000 pounds) of ammonium nitrate from a railcar crossing the Midwest. Ammonium nitrate, which is used as fertilizer, can also be used to create explosives and was a key component in Read More …
Security personnel have recovered explosives and a “Remote Initiation Mechanism” for improvised explosive devices (IED) in Manipur where soldiers continue patrolling areas affected by ethnic clashes, the Army said on Thursday. The Assam Riffles have also cleared roadblocks set up Read More …
Handicap International/Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. Place: Chad or Egypt Mission site To Be Determined Duration of contract: 6 months Starting date: Read More …
In the village of Snizhkivka, Izyum district, the Kharkiv region, a man detonated himself on his own yard while attempting to neutralize an explosive object. Oleh Syniuhubov, the Chief of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram, according Read More …
The UK’s aid watchdog has raised concerns over cuts to the humanitarian assistance budget that have led to vital projects in Afghanistan being halted or delayed. In its report, published on Thursday, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact highlighted that Read More …
U.S. military officials are walking back claims that a recent strike in Syria killed an influential al-Qaeda figure, following assertions by the dead man’s family that he had no ties to terrorists but was a father of 10 tending to Read More …
A Russian freight train carrying grain derailed in annexed Crimea early Thursday in what some media accounts described as an explosion. According to the Baza Telegram channel, which is believed to have links to Russia’s law enforcement agencies, five railroad Read More …
In November 2021, Stephen Edward Oliphant claimed he found a suspicious device in a toilet basin at Wetherspoons pub The Hat and Feathers, in Seaham, County Durham. After raising the alarm and alerting police, the pub was evacuated and a Read More …
The State Security Service of Georgia (SSG) announced on May 17 that it had detained six Georgian citizens on charges of supporting the Islamic State terrorist organization as a result of the counter-terrorist operation conducted simultaneously in four locations. The Read More …
The Department of State Services (DSS), in joint operations with the Nigeria Army and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has raided hideouts of insurgents/terrorists in parts of Kaduna and Kano states, even as five suspects were arrested and a variety Read More …
An explosion has killed two people in Spain, with authorities suspecting the blast was linked to “gender-based violence”. The blast happened near a children’s playground in the town of Orio in the north of the country on Tuesday, according to Read More …