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The suspect was detained by officers from the Policia Nacional following an investigation into his alleged links to ISIS ideology and extremist propaganda. He is suspected of alleged membership of a terrorist group, glorification of terrorism, self-training, self-indoctrination and the indoctrination Read More …
Works on the beach’s seafront brought to light on Monday, around five in the afternoon, a rusted metallic object that forced the stoppage of work and the cordoning off of part of the promenade and the sandy area. The workers Read More …
The repatriation effort, coordinated by Spanish authorities with support from WHO, the European Union, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and multiple governments, marked the end of an emergency operation that has gripped global health attention for weeks Read More …
Personnel from the 1st CBRN Company, of the CBRN Defense Regiment (RDNBQ) “Valencia” No. 1, conducted Exercise Hades 26 at the facilities of the Energy, Environmental and Technological Research Center (CIEMAT) in Madrid at the end of April. Personnel from Read More …
The Centre of Excellence for Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED COE) organised and ran a new edition of the Weapons Intelligence Team (WIT) Training Developer Course at its facilities in Hoyo de Manzanares. This training was inaugurated by the deputy director Read More …
The National Police has deactivated a mortar shell located on the campus of the University of Huelva. The device – which showed obvious signs of oxidation and deterioration – has been neutralized by specialists from the TEDAX-CBRN, the unit specialized Read More …
Private Daniel Ruiz Mateo, assigned to the Command of the ‘Álvarez de Sotomayor’ Manoeuvring and Shooting Range, in Viator (Almeria), died this Friday, 31 October, after an explosion occurred at the military facilities at around 11.00 am. Private Alejandro Carvajal Read More …
The Spanish Canary Islands Command provides specialized training on the threat of improvised explosive devices in Cote d’Ivoire as part of the EU Security and Defence Inititiative in the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI GoG). Far from home, under the demanding Read More …
Aid flows to Ukraine shifted significantly in March and April 2025. While the United States allocated no new aid during this period, European countries increased their support. As a result, Europe has, for the first time since June 2022, surpassed Read More …
As part of Spain’s ongoing commitment to the Lebanese people, the Spanish blue helmets of the UNIFIL contingent in the Eastern Sector—led by Spain—continue their awareness-raising efforts. This time, through a series of educational conferences aimed at increasing knowledge of Read More …
The Deployable Chemical Laboratory (LQD) and the SIBCRA Forensic Sampling Team (Sampling and Identification of Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Agents) of the CBRN Defense Regiment “Valencia” No. 1 participated in the “Yprés” and “Ánfora 25” exercises. Both exercises were designed Read More …
The Guardia Civil has removed three bottles of picric acid, also known as trinitrophenol (TNP), from a secondary school in Llucmajor. The containers were found in the chemistry and biology laboratories and were confiscated after being alerted by school officials, Read More …
The anarchist Salvatore Vespertino, a fugitive since July 2023 who had been missing since February of the same year, was captured tonight in the Spanish city of Vallecas (Madrid). The anarchist, arrested today by the Spanish National Police, was sentenced Read More …
A mobile training team (Mobile Training Team/MTT), made up of five military trainers from the Engineer Battalion of the Spanish Army’s XVI ‘Canarias’ Brigade, is giving a course on Countering Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IEDs) in Porto Novo, the capital of Read More …
Six people have been injured in an explosion at an ammunition factory owned by a subsidiary of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall in south-eastern Spain. The blast occurred at a Rheinmetall Expal Munitions depot in Javalí Viejo, in the Murcia region, Read More …
CANADIAN FORCES BASE SUFFIELD, Alberta, Canada – NATO forces recently honed their skills during live-agent chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) training at Exercise Precise Response on Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta, Canada. CBRN troops from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Read More …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is proud to announce the launch of an innovative project in Ukraine that is set to transform demining operations and create critical methodologies for mine action. This initiative features the deployment of sixteen Technical Read More …
A Spanish court handed an 18-year prison sentence Tuesday to a man found guilty of sending six parcels containing explosives to Spain’s prime minister and other government, military and diplomatic targets, including the U.S. and Ukrainian embassies. The 76-year-old Pompeyo Read More …
A sinister ISIS ring that called for attacks on Euro players has been snared after a major operation in Spain. Spanish cops uncovered a twisted propaganda network urging their followers to target Real Madrid football players. The extremist unit shared Read More …
Three Afghan nationals and three Spanish tourists were killed in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, the Taliban government has said, as it raised the death toll from the attack in a market. On Saturday, the government said that the bodies of Read More …