UK: Warning after several suspected bombs found on Holme beach

People are being warned not to search for bombs on a beach in Norfolk. It follows a spate of suspected bombs being discovered at Holme, near Hunstanton, over the past week. The Hunstanton Coastguard Rescue Team issued the caution after Read More …

Thailand: EOD teams neutralize buried rocket warhead near bombed gas station in Sisaket

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams successfully destroyed a high-explosive warhead from a BM-21 rocket embedded in the road near a PTT gas station in Kantharalak district, Sisaket province. This area was previously targeted in a Cambodian rocket attack. Since 2:00 Read More …

Ukraine: Over 5,000 hectares cleared of explosives in de-occupied territories in July

In July, demining units of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense cleared 5,136 hectares of territory liberated from Russian occupation. This information was provided by the Main Department of Mine Action, Civil Protection, and Environmental Safety on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform. Read More …

Pakistan: Five children killed, 12 injured while playing with mortar shell in Lakki Marwat

Five children were killed and 12 others were injured when a mortar shell they were playing with exploded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat area on Saturday. Aamir Khan, spokesperson for the Bannu region police, told Dawn.com that the children found Read More …

Hawaii: Maui police call in bomb squad to assess ordnance found off Pūlehu Road

The Maui Police Department called in the Hawaiʻi Inter-Island Bomb Squad to assess reports of possible military ordnance found off of Pūlehu Road, Wednesday afternoon. The device was found on July 30, 2025, about a quarter mile mauka of the Read More …

Thai air force debunks Cambodian bomb claim

An old bomb found in a border community in Cambodia and dug up from underground was not dropped from a Thai plane during the recent clashes, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) said on Thursday. The Phnom Penh Post on Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC confirms use of Thai MK-84 bombs in recent border war

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has confirmed that MK-84 bombs dropped by Thai fighter jets were used during the recent border war between Cambodia and Thailand, following a field investigation by its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team. Heng Ratana, Read More …

Cambodia: CMAC launches emergency response to clear UXOs after ceasefire

In the wake of the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand that took effect at midnight on July 28, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has received multiple emergency explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) requests from conflict-affected communities, according to CMAC Read More …

Ukraine: Storm washes sea mine ashore on Odesa coast

Recently, during a storm on the coast of the Odesa region, waves washed a naval mine ashore, and the Ukrainian Navy conducted a controlled detonation, the Telegram channel of Ukrainian military reports. “A dangerous object was washed ashore by the Read More …

Sudan: Three minefields unearthed in and around Khartoum

Sudan’s National Mine Action Centre (NMC) says its action teams have discovered three ‘internationally banned minefields’ planted in and around Khartoum, allegedly by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their occupation of the area. The director of the centre, Maj Read More …

Cambodia: CMAA urges people in Preah Vihear province to be wary of cluster bombs fired from Thailand

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has issued an urgent appeal to residents living near the Thai border to remain extremely cautious following reports that Thai armed forces fired cluster munitions into Cambodian territory on Friday in Read More …

UK: Mortar shell neutralised by controlled explosion on beach north of Lowestoft

Video showed the moment a mortar shell was destroyed in a controlled explosion on a beach. Gorleston Coastguard said it was called to help bomb disposal experts safely neutralise the device just north of Lowestoft on the Suffolk-Norfolk border on Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police probing arson attack targeting west Belfast home

A house belonging to a self-styled loyalist pastor has been targeted in an overnight petrol bomb attack. The property, in the Forthriver Road area of Glencairn. belongs to Clifford Peeples, who was jailed for possession of explosives with intent to Read More …

Ukraine: Warhead of Russian missile defused in Kyiv

Bomb disposal experts from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have defused the warhead of a downed Kh-69 missile that Russian forces launched at the capital on the night of 20-21 July. The missile fell near a residential building following Read More …

Grenades, mortars and rockets: What to do if you find military explosives

Police responded to two separate munitions discoveries in the Maritimes this week, prompting the public to ask: What do you do if you find, dangerous, potentially explosive items? “There are absolutely things that members of the public should do, and Read More …

South Korea: Unexploded shell found in a flower bed of a house in Gangneung, Gangwon-do

An unexploded military shell was found in a flower bed of a house in Ipam-dong, Gangneung-si, Gangwon. The military Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team (EOD), which was dispatched after receiving the report, immediately began collecting the UXO. The shells recovered were Read More …

Japanese WWII destroyer torpedoed by U.S. boats discovered on Pacific seafloor – still armed with munitions

A famed Japanese destroyer sunk by U.S. torpedoes during a pivotal battle in World War II has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean more than 80 years after it sank, an exploration team has revealed. The warship Read More …

Ukraine: How Technology Is Transforming Humanitarian Demining

Over 137,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory are potentially contaminated with explosive ordnance. In such a heavily mine-contaminated environment, Ukraine can no longer treat demining as a narrowly technical or purely security-related task. Today, it is a fundamental pillar of Read More …

Yemen: At least five children killed in blast in Taiz

At least five children in southwestern Yemen have died after an explosive device detonated in a residential area where they were playing football, rights groups and witnesses said. On Saturday, the Yemen Center for Human Rights and another rights group 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 …