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For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, a memorial wall for military bomb technicians will not have any names added from action in Iraq and Afghanistan. The annual Explosive Ordnance Disposal Memorial Read More …
At least 11 students were killed and 16 other people, including five Romanian solders, were wounded in a car bombing in southern Kandahar province on Monday morning, local officials said. According to Kandahar officials the explosion happened at about 11am Read More …
At least seven people were killed in two explosions in Kabul city early Monday morning, local officials confirmed. In addition, 20 others were wounded. The first explosion happened at about 8am local time in Shashdarak area of Kabul city after Read More …
The Non-Conventional Threat (NCT) Asia Pacific event is coming to Japan for its third edition! Taking place in the Marriott Hotel in Tokyo from the 28th to the 30th of May, the event is hosted by the CBRNe Society in partnership with Read More …
Rourkela: A day after huge cache of explosives was recovered from Alleppey-Dhanbad Express in Jharsuguda, the Ministry of Railways issued an advisory to railway officials to be ‘alert’ and take necessary preventive measures. The Ministry has asked senior officials of Read More …
At least four people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria late on Thursday, the national emergency agency said, the second such clash in Maiduguri city in a month. Five suicide bombers were also killed Read More …
At least three people were killed and 30 others injured on Friday by an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at a wedding ceremony in northwestern Pakistan, near its border with Afghanistan, local officials confirmed. “The IED went off in a Read More …
series of recent attacks in the recent news cycle has served as high-profile reminders of the danger that weaponized chemicals pose to their intended targets. But the reality which is not as frequently reported is that non-targets in the vicinity Read More …
The Iraqi city of Fallujah on the Euphrates River west of Baghdad has seen repeated conflict over the years. Then came repairs to infrastructure including the city’s Iron Bridge until recently spotted, submerged improvised explosive devices – IEDs – made Read More …
At least 3,000 civilians have been either killed or injured by improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, in Somalia in the past three years. 2017 was by far the deadliest, largely due to a massive bombing in Mogadishu in October that killed more than 500 Read More …
Being the best Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team in the Pacific requires physical fitness, poise under pressure, an extensive knowledge of U.S. and foreign munitions, the confidence to face any challenge, and this year… a pair of totally epic mustaches. Read More …
Explosive remnants of war lead to devastating humanitarian consequences, causing injury, death and massive displacement of civilians across Libya. With limited resources, Libyan Security Institutions such as the National Safety Authority and Military Engineers carry out the critical and risky Read More …
Three suicide bombers attacked Pakistani police and paramilitary soldiers in the southwestern city of Quetta on Tuesday, killing six police and wounding 15 members of the security forces, officials said. One bomber detonated his explosives near a police truck, provincial Read More …
Four worshippers have been confirmed killed following a suicide attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern town of Bama early Sunday, a local official and the police said. At least eight others were wounded after two suicide bombers, a male Read More …
At least 57 people have been killed after a suicide bomber struck at a voter registration centre in Afghanistan. Islamic State immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the capital Kabul, which also left 119 people injured. Police said the Read More …
Five civilians were killed in a mine explosion in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Friday. As per the officials, the incident occurred near Haska Mina district of Nangarhar province as a civilian vehicle hit an IED, reports the Tolo News. Read More …
The centre of Berlin has been evacuated after the discovery of a Second World War bomb dropped by Britain. The central railway station, economy ministry and the natural history museum have all been closed to the public while bomb disposal Read More …
First Responders from Asia enhanced their capabilities in emergency response to chemical incidents during a regional basic training course held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 9-13 April. The training was jointly run by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Read More …
VBIED attack targets the LNA’s chief of staff commander in Libya’s Cyreneica IHS Jane’s Terrorism Watch Report – Daily Update 20 April 2018 Unidentified militants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) targeting the convoy of General Abdel-Razeq Nathouri – Read More …
At least 53 unexploded bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are still to be retrieved in Marawi’s ground-zero as most part of the city’s war torn areas has been cleared of explosives left by the ISIS-linked Maute group, Task Force Read More …
