Unexploded ordnance bring endless nightmare to Iraq

In the northern Iraqi hamlet of Hassan-Jalad, almost every family has a story to tell about a time when a child, nephew or brother was lost to wartime munitions. Located near Mosul, a former stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) Read More …

UK: Terror awareness warning ahead of Christmas in Bedfordshire

Christmas shoppers and people attending festive events are being urged to be vigilant to the threat of terrorism. Bedfordshire Police said the warning followed the recent increase in the UK’s terrorism threat level. More uniformed officers are expected to be Read More …

Delhi man arrested at Coimbatore airport for carrying suspected explosive substance

Police said the 31-year-old was carrying packets of a powder that seemed to be in the explosive category of substances; the man claimed it was a type of ore imported from Cambodia The Peelamedu police on Sunday arrested a 31-year-old Read More …

Guerrilla tactics offer Ukraine’s best deterrent against Putin’s invasion force

While there is no consensus concerning what current Russian military activity near Ukraine means, it has led to strong statements from US officials. On December 3, the Washington Post reported that US intelligence has found the Kremlin is planning a Read More …

UK: Man is arrested on suspicion of making or possessing an explosive substance in Derby

A man has been arrested and more than 50 houses are evacuated after a number of suspicious items were found during a police search warrant. Officers attended a house in Derbyshire alongside a bomb disposal unit at around 11.30am today Read More …

Why France faces so much anger in West Africa

It all started so positively. Where have things gone wrong? Why does France now appear so unpopular in Africa? French President Emmanuel Macron has increased aid to the continent, begun the return of cultural artefacts stolen during the colonial wars Read More …

Turkey: Police officer finds bomb under his car ahead of Erdoğan’s event

A bomb was discovered under the private car of a police officer in the Nusaybin district of southeastern Turkey’s Mardin Saturday. It was later revealed that the officer was assigned to a team that was going to provide reinforcements for the Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC hits 78 per cent of goals for 2021 despite pandemic

The Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) plans to clear all explosive remnants of war (ERW) on 125 sq km next year to advance the decades long clean-up effort closer to its scheduled completion in 2025. The demining centre held a Read More …

UK: Train services delayed after discovery of unexploded World War Two bomb near track in Hampshire

An unexploded Second World War bomb has been found near railway tracks, leading to the delay of some train services. Police received a report about the unexploded bomb at a construction site in Netley, Hampshire, at 10am on Friday, according Read More …

Somalia: Four killed, many hurt in roadside blast in Lower Juba province

At least four people were killed and several others wounded in a roadside bomb attack targeting a water hauling vehicle meant for drought victims in Somalia’s Lower Juba region on Thursday, state media and police said. The IED was planted Read More …

US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world

The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried — about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election. And so, block by block, he stole 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of C4 plastic explosives from the training Read More …

Pennsylvania: Burglary suspect considered ‘armed and dangerous’ arrested in Warwick

A man considered armed and dangerous was arrested in Warwick after officers stopped him there Tuesday, according to police. Warwick police said in a news release that David Bruno Jasiulewicz, 32, was a suspect in a burglary investigated by state Read More …

Nebraska: Grand Island police are trying to track down the person responsible for a pipe bomb blast

Grand Island police are trying to track down the person responsible for a pipe bomb that exploded in a shed at a business in the west end of town. Police reports indicate that an employee at Mid-Nebraska Feeds said an Read More …

Afghanistan: Two Injured in Kabul Blast

At least two people were injured in a blast that occurred in Kabul’s Police District 6 on Tuesday morning, officials said. General Mobin, spokesman of Kabul security department, said the explosion was due to a mine placed in the area. Read More …

Iraq: Clearance Operations on a massive IED belt in Tal Kaif, North of Mosul

After eight months of operations conducted by UNMAS implementing partner, Global Clearance Solutions (GCS), in Tal Kaif, north of Mosul, over 250,000 square meters of contaminated land were cleared, and more than 1,200 items of explosive ordnance rendered safe and Read More …