Inside the painstaking search for five million decaying bombs in Cambodia

On a steep and slippery hillside beside a quiet village in Battambang province in north-west Cambodia, a small team is hard at work clearing land mines from conflicts decades ago. It is an arduous and painstaking task, with de-miners using Read More …

FDLE Capitol Police introduces new detective K-9

The FDLE Capitol Police introduced their brand new detective K-9, Hunter. Hunter joined his Capitol Police handler two months ago. He is a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois-German Shepherd mix from Hungary. Hunter is trained to sniff and detect explosive compounds like Read More …

Texas: Man places object under statue moments before explosion in Downtown San Antonio

The FBI, the San Antonio police and fire departments are working to find the person responsible for an explosion that damaged a statue downtown. Around 3 a.m. Monday, authorities received reports of an explosion in the 300 block of West Read More …

Japan: GSDF removes unexploded bomb left over from WWII in Osaka

Ground Self-Defense Force members removed an unexploded U.S. bomb likely dropped during World War II from the site of a future university campus here on Nov. 6. Officials called for the evacuations of around 3,750 residents in about 2,200 households Read More …

Yemen: Houthis reveal latest mine and cluster bomb casualty statistics

The Houthis in Yemen announced yesterday that 643 people have been killed and wounded in its areas of control since the beginning of this year as a direct result of mines and cluster bombs in the war that is in Read More …

Vietnam: 227-kilogram bomb discovered during landslide repair in Quang Tri Province

The mobile mine clearance team of Quang Tri Province under the Peace Trees Vietnam organization, on November 7, said that it had safely moved the MK-82 bomb discovered on National Highway 15D to the gathering place to proceed with the Read More …

Philippines: 1 dead, 11 hurt in Tacurong City bus bombing

A passenger was killed while 11 others were badly hurt in a bomb explosion inside a bus in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat province at noon on Sunday. Police Lt. Col. Joan Maganto, chief of the Tacurong City Police, said Read More …

Somalia: Explosion in Mogadishu Kills 2 Students

Police in Somalia say at least two people have been killed and five others wounded by a roadside explosion that hit a vehicle carrying students in the Dayniile district of Mogadishu. “Those wounded include people traveling with the students, and Read More …

UK: Police and firefighters attacked with fireworks and petrol bombs

Police officers say they were attacked with fireworks, petrol bombs and a Molotov cocktail in a series of violent bonfire night incidents in Scotland. Two officers in Edinburgh were treated in hospital for head injuries after youths threw bricks at Read More …

UK: Firebombing of Dover immigration centre was motivated by ‘extreme right-wing’ terrorist ideology

The firebombing of an immigration centre in Dover was motivated by extreme right-wing terrorist ideology, police have confirmed. Counter Terrorism Policing South East has said on Saturday they have recovered evidence indicating it was ‘motivated by a terrorist ideology’. The Read More …

Bangladesh: One wounded in crude bomb explosions at Uttara, two held

One person was wounded in crude bomb explosions at a multistory apartment building in the city’s Uttara area Friday afternoon. Police detained two persons-Sihab and injured Habib from the spot. The incident took place around 1:15pm at a residential building Read More …

Ukraine: Mine clearance of entire Luhansk Oblast will take at least 10 years

It will take at least 10 years to demine the entire occupied part of Luhansk Oblast. Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast “It will take at least 10 years Read More …

Cambodia: CMAA set to celebrate 30th anniversary of demining efforts with eye on 2025

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the start of efforts to demine Cambodia, which began in earnest in 1992. The events planned are set to take place over November Read More …

UK: Six police officers are under investigation over Manchester Arena terror attack

Six police officers are under investigation over the terror attack on Manchester Arena, it emerged yesterday. The Independent Office for Police Conduct is carrying out a probe into two Greater Manchester Police officers, while four members of British Transport Police Read More …

New Jersey: Bomb Materials Found In Jersey Shore Motel, 1 Charged

A Maine man was arrested and charged last week with causing false alarm after improvised explosive material was found in his South Jersey motel room, authorities said. The scare took place on Oct. 28 at around 8:37 a.m. after Wildwood Read More …

Somalia: Mogadishu’s deputy mayor car targeted in roadside bomb

At least one child died and 11 others were injured after an IED explosion in Dayniile district of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, the latest in a series of terrorist attacks. The remote-controlled landmine blast targeted the car of the Read More …

Phoenix police, FBI launch campaign to prevent potential bombings ahead of Super Bowl

“Just this year in Arizona, threats were made to schools, congressional offices, businesses, and houses of worship,” says Andrew Seiffert, an Infrastructure Security Agent with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Operation Flashpoint is a new federal, state, and local Read More …

France: Three people are on the run after explosion damaged ATM in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

A loud detonation sounded Tuesday around 3:30 am Avenue Gambetta in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. Thieves fled after attacking an ATM with explosives. “Police officers on patrol heard the bang. When they arrived on site, they found that the ATM screen had been Read More …

Azerbaijan: Construction company’s driver hits landmine in Jabrayil District

The Jabrayil District Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan received information on a landmine explosion in liberated Jabrayil, the Office told Trend. According to the preliminary investigation, driver of Azerbaijan’s construction company Ilgar Ahmadov was severely injured after hitting an anti-personnel landmine Read More …