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Bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a Kent beach. A piece of suspected ordnance was found by a metal detectorist at West Bay in Westgate-on-Sea on Saturday morning. Coastguards closed the beach until Sunday morning, when Read More …
A $5,000 reward is out for a man police want in connection with a lawnmower explosion and suspicious house fire in Westmoreland County. James Sever is facing multiple charges, including attempted homicide, aggravated assault and the unlawful possession of a Read More …
The project “Sustainable Mine Action in Support of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Communities Affected by Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, funded by KOICA for $6 million USD, and implemented by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Read More …
Emergency crews in Calgary have cordoned off a section of the Manchester Industrial area as they work to dispose of potentially explosive materials that were found there. Police were called to the 4700 block of First Street S.W., just east Read More …
A live World War II-era bomb discovered on the banks of Sungai Segama in Kampung Batu 8 has been safely detonated by police bomb disposal experts. Lahad Datu police chief ACP Dzulbaharin Ismail said the unexploded ordnance (UXO) was destroyed Read More …
The Lagos State Police Command has announced that its Explosives Ordnance Disposal, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit will carry out a simulation exercise in the Eko Atlantic City area. According to a statement posted on the Command’s official Read More …
More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste have lain scattered across the Atlantic Ocean for nearly 50 years, a relic of an era when dumping nuclear materials at sea was considered safe. Between 1946 and 1990, European countries, including France Read More …
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) ninth cabinet has announced significant achievements in its ongoing campaign to protect citizens, support reconstruction, and safeguard the environment through extensive landmine clearance operations. According to the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA), over 11.3 Read More …
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is proud to announce explosives detection canine Steeler, a 2½-year-old Labrador retriever from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), scores the title of 2025 top canine of the year. TSA held a nail-biter nationwide contest Read More …
The Navy has confirmed that a suspected bomb found by a metal detectorist was a wartime mortar. On August 24, a metal detectorist came across a suspected bomb at Taddiford Gap in Lymington. The metal detectorist, Jack, found it at Read More …
A Berlin court on Tuesday gave a 16-year old who helped prepare a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year a suspended 1-1/2 year prison sentence under juvenile criminal law. Charges against the Syrian adolescent, who Read More …
Batala police arrested a suspect linked to a Pakistan-backed terror module, seizing grenades and explosives, disrupting a cross-border conspiracy. The Batala police on Monday unearthed a Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence-backed terror module with the arrest of one person and seized four Read More …
Parts of a suspected Ukrainian combat drone were found in a field on Monday after crashing in Estonian territory on Sunday morning, the Internal Security Service (ISS/KAPO) said. Pieces of the drone were found in a farmer’s field in Elva Read More …
Police say explosive devices discovered at a Burlington apartment building triggered evacuations and an hourslong road closure in the city. A Burlington man is in jail for allegedly building bombs. And that’s what sparked a massive response from local, state Read More …
A Walton man has been arrested on charges of allegedly being in possession of an explosive device, drugs and a firearm. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol Division responded to reports of an individual threatening self-harm on August 6th. Read More …
An artillery shell found on a beach has been detonated in a controlled explosion. Whitehaven Coastguard Rescue Team said the ordnance had been discovered on Drigg Beach in Cumbria on Sunday by a member of the public. It said the Read More …
The Army Bomb Squad conducted a controlled explosion after a device was found on Sandymount Strand on Friday. The device is understood to have been historical in nature. There were no reports of any injuries. “The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Read More …
More than 30 suspected terrorists were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) they were assembling inside a mosque in Bajaur district went off on Thursday. The incident came hours after at least 15 suspected terrorists were eliminated in an Read More …
A car bomb attack near the military school of Colombia’s Marco Fidel Suarez Air Base, in eastern Cali, left at least six people dead and several others injured. The explosion occurred around 3 p.m. in the vicinity of the military Read More …
Soldiers in South Cotabato recovered 17 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) believed to have been planted by communist rebels, preventing a possible attack in the province, the military said on Thursday. Troops from the Army’s 105th Infantry Battalion responded to reports Read More …