UK: Man’s homemade explosives led to street evacuation

A man has been jailed for throwing acid and making explosives in a “home laboratory” inside his flat in Derbyshire over the course of 15 years. Police cordoned off streets and evacuated 35 homes after finding explosive materials in a Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb defused in Lakki Marwat

The police on Tuesday defused a bomb in the Michenkhel area of Lakki Marwat district. An official said that local residents spotted a suspected object along a dirt track in the urban locality and informed police. The cops stopped movement Read More …

Finland and Lithuania set to produce anti-personnel mines

Lithuania and Finland look set to start domestic production of anti-personnel landmines next year to supply themselves and Ukraine because of what they see as the military threat from Russia, officials from the two NATO member states told Reuters. The Read More …

Kenya: Seven police officers injured in Mandera IED attack

Seven police officers were injured early Tuesday morning after their patrol vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) along the Gadudia-Laga Road in Mandera East, near the Kenya-Somalia border. The officers were travelling from Bambo towards Mandera town Read More …

Northern Ireland: Explosive device seized by police in south Armagh

An explosive device and a number of other items have been seized by police in south Armagh. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said officers recovered and made safe an improvised explosive device, and removed a number of items Read More …

Pakistan: One dead, three children injured in KP’s Bannu after quadcopter attacks by militants

One person was killed while three children were injured after militants carried out two quadcopter attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Wednesday, according to police. The incident comes after reports of multiple quadcopter and drone attacks in KP and Read More …

Latest Sea Breeze Exercise Focuses on Mines in the Black Sea

For the third year in a row, the U.S. and partner nations, including Ukraine, have their eyes on the Black Sea’s future and how to deal with the thousands of mines in the region. The Black Sea is currently closed Read More …

Sahel militants turn civilian drones into deadly weapons

Terror groups are increasingly using new tactics, notably armed suicide or kamikaze drones, according to a government statement released following several attacks on cities in western Mali on 1 July. The use of commercially available small civilian drones for strikes Read More …

Israel: 5 IDF soldiers killed, 14 wounded in IED attack in northern Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces named four soldiers had been killed fighting in the northern Gaza Strip Beit Hanoun on Monday, with another also killed in the same incident. Fourteen soldiers were also wounded as the 97th Battalion (Netzah Yehuda) faced Read More …

Philippines: WW2 bombs, Japanese grenade found at Philippine General Hospital

Two vintage World War II bombs and a Japanese grenade have been unearthed on the ground floor of Salcedo Hall at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) on Monday, 7 July. In an announcement released by the UP-PGH Read More …

Vietnam: Three cluster bombs safely detonated in Quang Tri province

A mobile explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team from NPA/RENEW successfully neutralised three dangerous cluster munitions found in residential areas in the central province of Quang Tri, following reports from local residents. On July 3, a local woman discovered an unexploded Read More …

Mexico: Criminal groups are using drone bombings to displace indigenous communities in Northwest

In recent months, more than a dozen Indigenous communities in northwest Mexico have been violently displaced from their lands by criminal organizations. Drawn by the promise of gold and other valuable minerals, these groups have escalated their tactics—using drones armed Read More …

Pakistan: Three officers injured in blast on highway police vehicle in Balochistan’s Nasirabad

Three cops were injured in an attack on a highway police vehicle in Balochistan’s Nasirabad District on Monday, an official said. Highway Police’s Senior Superintendent of Police Khadim Husain said that the incident took place when the highway police team Read More …

Israel: IDF strikes targets in Yemen, Houthis launch 2 ballistic missiles

The Israel Defense Forces said that it had struck Houthi targets overnight in the Yemeni coastal cities of Hodeidah, Ras Issa, and al-Salif; hours later, the Iran-backed terror group launched ballistic missiles, triggering sirens in the Dead Sea area. Israeli Read More …

Turkey: 12 soldiers die in methane gas incident in northern Iraq

Twelve Turkish soldiers died after being exposed to methane gas during a search operation in northern Iraq, the Turkish National Defense Ministry reported on Monday. The soldiers were carrying out a sweep operation in a cave at an altitude of Read More …

Thailand: Police officer shot in Yala, two rangers injured by explosion in Narathiwat

A traffic police officer was shot dead by southern insurgents as he was directing traffic in front of a convenience store in Krong Pinang district of Yala province on Saturday night. Police say that the insurgents were waiting opposite the Read More …

Niger: 11 terrorists killed in the Tillabery and Dosso regions

The Nigerien army announced on Sunday that it had killed at least 11 terrorists in response to two coordinated attacks carried out on Wednesday and Thursday in the Tillabery and Dosso regions of western Niger. According to a military statement Read More …

Ireland: Gardaí probe if Aughinish bomb linked to Russian attack on Ukraine

Gardaí are investigating if a “viable” bomb found near a Russian-owned alumina refinery in Limerick last Friday had been a direct reaction to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. On Friday afternoon a bomb was discovered attached to a fuel tank Read More …

Ukraine: Bomb disposal experts destroy Russian drone armed with two mines in Sumy region

In the Sumy region, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists destroyed the warhead of a Russian drone equipped with fragmentation mines. The Sumy Regional Police reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “One of the attack drones used by the enemy Read More …