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Police arrested a Seymour man during a domestic disturbance call after officers found homemade explosive devices in the home. While conducting the investigation for the reported domestic disturbance, police said they found what appeared to be “improvised” explosive devices along Read More …
The Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement released on Friday, stating that the discovery was made during a targeted clearance operation. Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have uncovered Read More …
Cambodia saw 24 casualties from landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in the first half of 2025, a 31% decrease from the same period last year, according to Lang Kosal, Spokesman for the Cambodian Mine Action Read More …
2025 marks a milestone for the BC RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit (EDU), as the unit celebrates 50 years of service in British Columbia. Started with just two part-time members in 1975 when the RCMP took over explosives work across BC, Read More …
Former head of Lugansk Manolis Pilavov has been killed by an explosion in the center of the city. Investigators classified the explosion as a terrorist attack. According to preliminary data, the explosion was caused by a female suicide bomber, the Read More …
Seven people are “unaccounted for” after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse resulted in a fire in Northern California’s Yolo County, officials said. It happened Tuesday evening in the community of Esparto at Devastating Pyrotechnics. The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office Read More …
Four people have appeared in court over the break-in at RAF Brize Norton after £7million of damage was inflicted. The group Palestine Action have claimed the damage on two Voyager aircraft was carried out by them. Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Jony Read More …
Ukraine has decided to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines. Ukrainian manufacturers are already preparing to launch domestic production, Media Center Ukraine reports, citing Fedir Venislavskyi, Representative of the President of Ukraine to the Verkhovna Rada, Member of Read More …
At least five people were martyred and 11 others sustained injuries after a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeted a double-cabin official vehicle near the Sadiqueabad crossing in Khar Tehsil of Bajaur district. The explosion occurred near a Phatak Read More …
As Ukraine faces complex security challenges amid ongoing conflict and external aggression, the risk of incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) materials has intensified. Accidental releases, sabotage, or the intentional use of hazardous substances require not only a Read More …
Decades after major conflicts in Afghanistan, unexploded ordnance (UXO) continues to claim innocent lives—especially among children. In the latest tragedy, two young nomadic children were killed and another was injured after a leftover rocket shell exploded in Ghor province. The Read More …
A fresh wave of terror attacks linked to suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters has rocked parts of Borno State, leaving a teenage girl dead, two civilians injured, and critical infrastructure destroyed, including a major bridge linking communities Read More …
From January to June 2025, mine clearance units of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine cleared 41,243 hectares of land of explosive ordnance in areas previously liberated from russian occupation. This is nearly half the area of Kyiv or more Read More …
An unidentified man allegedly built a homemade bomb hidden inside of a tennis ball and planted it in a strangers’ residential garage. According to homeowner Britney Ortiz Djuric, she heard a “very loud” explosion coming from her garage just before Read More …
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Tuesday strongly condemned an explosion that struck the Darkar camp housing internally displaced Yazidis in the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province, calling for a full investigation into what it described as an Read More …
A Co Fermanagh man charged with possessing an armour-plating explosive device has been granted bail at the High Court. A judge ruled there were “exceptional circumstances’’ to permit Emmett Maguire to return home to his family to help his wife Read More …
Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) says that a “large, homemade firecracker” temporarily shut down parts of the Falcon substation on Sunday. According to CSPD, at approximately 11:30 a.m. on June 29, 2025, a man came into the Falcon substation at Read More …
Security forces seized a huge quantity of explosives from a Maoist dump in a forest in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district, a police officer said on Sunday. The explosives including 500 electronic detonators were seized from a Maoist dump set up in Read More …
Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh discussed with representatives of international organizations and UN agencies the draft work plan for the National Mine Action Center in Syria and its structure, in line with humanitarian priorities and international practices. Read More …
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had signed a decree to pull Ukraine out of the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines as a necessary step in view of Russian tactics in their 40-month-old war. Read More …