Sahel: Boko Haram’s intelligence networks fuel its deadly resurgence

Since launching its Camp Holocaust offensive at the beginning of 2025, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has carried out over 200 attacks, killing at least 500 people. And Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), excelling in predatory offensives and Read More …

Ukraine: National Guard soldier killed, four injured in Kyiv explosions

A National Guard soldier was killed and four people were injured in two explosions in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. The injured include another National Guard serviceman, a security guard, and two police officers. Prosecutors are treating the incident as a terrorist Read More …

California: Beale EOD team safely disposes of Military Ordnance found in Mendocino County

The 9th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, responded to Mendocino County, California, after local authorities reported the discovery of an item believed to be military Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) on private property, on Dec. 9, 2025. By Read More …

Cyprus: Bomb explosion in Akrotiri vehicle

A bomb exploded in a parked vehicle in the Akrotiri community in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the sovereign base areas (SBA) police. Officers were called to the scene at around 2am following reports of an explosion. Initial Read More …

Hawaii: Maui man sentenced to 40 months for possessing explosive powder

Jess Kiesel Lee, 43, of Kula, Maui, was sentenced last week by US District Judge Jill A. Otake to 40 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for possessing, as a convicted felon, explosive powder. The announcement Read More …

Nigeria: IED explosion injures four in Borno, Boko Haram attack Yobe police officer’s home

Four people were injured when a truck carrying bags of onions reportedly triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Lingir Village, Guzamala Local Government Area, Borno State, on Wednesday. The truck was en route from Baga Village, Kukawa LGA, to Read More …

Ukraine Launches GRIT Platform for Efficient Land Demining Prioritization

As part of the Demine Forum 2025, the Ministry of Economy and Environment presented the Ukrainian platform GRIT (Ground Rehabilitation through Innovation Technologies) for analysing territories for demining. Its task is to determine demining priorities based on economic viability, the Read More …

Cambodia needs $150 million to be mine-free by 2030

Cambodia requires at least $150 million to complete humanitarian demining operations and reach its goal of becoming mine-free by 2030, Senior Minister Ly Thuch, First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), told Khmer Times on Read More …

Ireland: Viable explosive device and €18,000 in drugs seized in Limerick

Gardaí attached to the Limerick Divisional Drugs Unit conducted a search operation at two residential properties in Talbot Avenue, Prospect, Limerick on Monday afternoon, December 8th, 2025. The operation led to the seizure of drugs and drug paraphernalia with an Read More …

Ukraine: UN FAO, Qatar Fund for Development allocate $10 mln to support rural communities affected by mine risk

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) have signed an agreement worth $10 million to support rural communities affected by potential contamination of agricultural land with mines and explosive remnants Read More …

Mexico: Car bomb targeting community police station kills 6 in Michoacán

The explosion of a car bomb outside a community police station in the town of Coahuayana, Michoacán, on Saturday killed six people, including at least three police officers. Michoacán Attorney General Carlos Torres Piña reported on Sunday that the death Read More …

UK: Teenager convicted of producing explosives

A call to a domestic assault has today led to the conviction of an 18-year-old man, who had spent years manufacturing a collection of weapons from his bedroom. Today, Sakhile Ntsele, 18 (10.01.2007) of Wandsworth Road, SW8 has been convicted Read More …

Europol: New report explores use of robotics and unmanned systems in the fight against crime

The integration of unmanned systems into crime is already here, and we have to ask ourselves how criminals and terrorists might use drones and robots some years from now. Just as the internet and smartphones presented significant opportunities as well Read More …

Northern Ireland: Viable pipe-bomb found as homes evacuated in West Belfast security alert

A number of homes were evacuated following the discovery of a pipe-bomb in West Belfast. Emergency services are currently at the scene in the Areema Drive area of Dunmurry. A pSNI spokesperson said: “Our officers attended the scene, along with Read More …

From CBRN laboratory to battlefield: International field trials with gas masks

Worldwide, the demand for advanced equipment that provides protection against chemical and biological weapons is growing. Despite international treaties prohibiting the development, production and use of such weapons, incidents involving their deployment continue to occur. TNO’s Defence, Safety & Security Read More …

Nigeria: Authorities secure the release of 100 kidnapped students

After more than two weeks in captivity, 100 students kidnapped from their school in Nigeria have been released. On November 21, more than 300 hundred people, most of them students, were abducted from St Mary’s School in Papiri, in northern Read More …

Thailand launches air strikes after border clash with Cambodia kills soldier

Thailand launched air strikes on its neighbour Cambodia today, the Thai army said, with both sides trading blame for the latest eruption of fighting on their disputed border which killed a Thai soldier. After Cambodian troops fired on Thai forces Read More …

Paskistan: Jaffar Express attack averted in Balochistan’s Nasirabad

Security forces foiled an attempt to target Jaffar Express by recovering a bomb planted on a railway track in Nasirabad district on Saturday. Police officials said unidentified individuals had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on the track in the Read More …

Cambodia’s third extension request to complete anti-personnel mine clearance approved

The Twenty-Second Meeting of State Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Convention) held in Geneva, Switzerland on Dec. 1-5, officially approved Cambodia’s request for a third extension — covering the period 2026-2030 — to complete the clearance and Read More …

New Mexico: Kirtland EOD partners with Pueblo of Isleta to remove 115 decades-old munitions, strengthening long-term safety

ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. — Airmen from the 377th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight partnered with the Pueblo of Isleta in October to safely identify and neutralize 115, WWII and Cold War-era military munitions discovered on tribal land. This marks a significant Read More …